John Rudolph Belsly[1]
1863 - 1943 (80 years)-
Name John Rudolph Belsly Birth 29 May 1863 Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL 
Gender Male Occupation Farmer and businessman Residence 1905 Lacon, Woodford Co., IL Death 12 Jun 1943 Lacon, IL Person ID I5348 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 19 Dec 2017
Father Christian Belsly (Belsley), b. 31 Jul 1835, Partridge Twp, Woodford Co., IL d. 5 Mar 1917, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL (Age 81 years) Mother Mary Magdalene Schertz, b. 3 Mar 1837, Lemon Twp., Butler Co., OH d. 28 Nov 1911, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL (Age 74 years) Marriage 28 Oct 1856 Trenton, Butler Co., OH [1, 2, 3] - Witnesses: John Schweitzer, Annie Schrack; Joseph Lehman, Annie Moseman
Married by Rev. N. Augspurger. (Noah?)
Family ID F3423 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Alma Esther Ross, b. 21 May 1860, Livingston Co., IL d. 6 Oct 1895, Washburn, Woodford Co., IL (Age 35 years) Marriage 17 Feb 1888 Joliet, Will Co., IL [1] Children 1. June Roscoe Belsly, b. 6 Apr 1889, Washburn, Woodford Co., IL d. 11 Apr 1940, Moorhead, Clay Co., MN (Age 51 years)2. Bruce Belsly, b. 1890, Washburn, Woodford Co., IL d. 1900, Washburn, Woodford Co., IL (Age 10 years)3. Mark Oscar Belsly, b. 11 Dec 1893, Washburn, Woodford Co., IL d. 29 Aug 1973, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL (Age 79 years)Family ID F3747 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Dec 2017
Family 2 Jennie Chambers, b. 4 Apr 1875, Marshall Co., IL d. 10 Jun 1953, Lacon, IL (Age 78 years) Children 1. Freda Faye Belsly, b. 3 Mar 1898, Washburn, Woodford Co., IL d. 28 Feb 1953, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL (Age 54 years)2. Cleota Marie Belsly, b. 10 Mar 1899, Washburn, Woodford Co., IL d. 19 May 1985, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL (Age 86 years)3. Arla Mayo (Bill) Belsly, b. 24 Dec 1900, Washburn, Woodford Co., IL d. 7 Dec 1991, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 90 years)4. John Lorin Belsly, b. 6 Jul 1909, Lacon, IL d. 19 Jul 1998, Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 89 years)Family ID F4433 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Jul 2005
- Witnesses: John Schweitzer, Annie Schrack; Joseph Lehman, Annie Moseman
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Birth - 29 May 1863 - Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL 
Marriage - 17 Feb 1888 - Joliet, Will Co., IL 
Residence - 1905 - Lacon, Woodford Co., IL 
Death - 12 Jun 1943 - Lacon, IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - “In 1888 remarried Alma Ross. They lived on a farm he inherited from his grandfather. It was located midway between Lacon and Washburn on bottomland called Crow Creek. It is likely the same farm his parents lived on when they were first married. Alma died in 1895. Jennie Chambers became his second wife. John at one time owned six hundred ten acres of land. Besides farming, he also worked with a local telephone exchange which had forty phones on its line. As farmers wanted phones, John would extend a line to them and provide them with service when needed. In 1905 John moved his family to Lacon where he bought an implement and hardware store. He and his family ran the business until 1919 when his son Mark took over and the family returned to farming in the same area they had left. John and Alma had three sons. Roscoe farmed land his parents owned near Arthur, North Dakota and later farmed near Moorhead, Minnesota. Bruce lived to age ten. Mark ran the implement and hardware store and later built a bowling alley and locker plant in Lacon. He was a very successful investor in stocks and bonds. John’s marriage to Jennie produced two sons and two daughters. Freda and her husband Louis Klein operated a grocery store in Henry. Cleat (Dud) worked for many years at the Caterpillar Company in Peoria. Her husband Cecil Hunt worked at the Belsly Hardware in Lacon where they live. Area (Bill) has retired from farming. He lives in rural Washburn and is still a township supervisor. His love of hunting and knowledge of animals and birds make him one of the foremost authorities of wildlife in that part of Illinois. Uncle Bill and Aunt Alma have helped immeasurably gathering information for this booklet. Lorin was a trainman for the Santa Fe Railroad. He was also a businessman, city councilman and mayor of Lacon for eleven years. Under his leadership street lights and a sewer system were installed and paving, zoning and a marina were completed.” [1]
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