Dorsey BELT

                   He moved to Waverly, Minnesota.
Minnesota Land Records Record
about SILAS WBELT
Name: SILAS W BELT
Land Office: LITCHFIELD
Document Number: 1401
Total Acres: 80
Misc. Doc. Nr.: 2288
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: May 2, 1873
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original
Land Description: 1 E½SW   5TH PM No 118 N 26W 32
                  

                   The News Sentinel, Monday, June 4, 1945
Mary Mullican
Final rites will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock for Mrs. Mary
MULLICAN, 58, who passed away at 12:40 o'clock Sunday morning at her
home, 1122 Monroe street, following a lengthy illness. Death was due to
complications.
The deceased [Mary BELT], born Aug. 30, 1886, near Macy, was the daughter
of Raymond and Amanda (HORTON)BELT. On Feb. 14, 1906, she became the
bride of Benjamin MULLICAN, and with him rmoved a few years later to this
city, where she has resided for 25 years.She was a member of Grace
Methodist church in this city.
Survivors includethe husband; two daughters, Miss Kathleen Elizabeth
MULLICAN and Mrs. MarianEileen BURNETT, both of Indianapolis; two
sisters, Mrs. Grace ENYART of Indianapolis and Mrs. Maude SHELLEY of
Rochester; and two grandchildren, Karen Diane [BURNETT] and Robert Lynn
BURNETT of Indianapolis.
The body will lie at the Zimmerman Bros. funeral home, where friends may
call until the hour of thefuneral. The rites will be in charge of Rev.
F. R. BRIGGS. Burial will be atFive Corners cemetery, south of the city.
                  

                   CARRUTHERS, WILLIAM [Rochester, Indiana]
BIOGRAPHY
William Carruthers, farmer, P.O. Rochester, was born in Licking County,
Ohio, October 17, 1838. He is the son of James and Mary (Trickey)
Carruthers, who were natives of Virginia.The subject of this sketch lost
his parents when he was but an infant, and was given into the hands of
John Taylor, with whom he remained until 1854, whenhe started out to
battle with the hardships of life alone. He enlisted in September, 1861,
as a private in Company B, Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and
participated in numerous battles, among which may be mentioned Island No.
10, Arkansas Post, in the siege of Vicksburg for forty-eight days;
Jackson, Miss.; Champion Hill, where his company went into the battle
with fifty-sevenmen and came out with only seventeen. As a soldier, he
was brave and fearless. He was promoted to Commissary Sergeant; was
discharged in February, 1865. He was married March 10,1867, to Mary C.
Belt, who was born in Licking County,Ohio. She is the daughter of Dorsey
and Elizabeth (Bryant) Belt, who were natives of Virginia. Shortly after
marriage, Mr. Carruthers settled in Miami County, and was engaged in
farming until 1869, when he became a resident of Fulton County. He
resides in Section 35, and is engaged in farming and insurance.
[T. B. Helm, Fulton County Atlas, A. L. Kingman, 1883, p. 28]
                  

                   Thursday, December 4, 1919, Rochester Sentinel
Mrs. Melissa EVERED died at thehome of her nephew, Dorsey BELT, at
Elkhart, and her body was brought to thehome of her niece, Mrs. Ben
MULLICAN, Saturday afternoon, and funeral was held from that home Sunday
afternoon, preached by Rev. Thos. DAVIES. Intermentwas in Plainview
cemetery. Mrs. Evered was the widow of John EVERED and yearsago lived a
mile west of Macy. She leaves one brother, Raymond BELT. - - - MACY ITEMS.
                  

                   Wednesday, March 9, 1932
Rochester Sentinel
Cyrus Francis BELT, aged 82, diedTuesday afternoon at his home at 1401
Elm street, death being due to complications of diseases due to advanced
years.  He had been ill for several months.
The deceased was born on a farm near Five Corners on Jan. 22, 1850, the
son of Dorsey and Nancy (BRYANT) BELT.  Mr. Belt is the last of a family
of seven brothers and three     sisters.  He had spent his entire life in
this community and for many years followed the  occupation of a ditcher.
He was a believer in the Christian faith.
Surviving are his wife, formerly Harriet CONFER,whom he married on Oct.
10, 1890;
six children, Mrs. William MORRIS and Charles BELT, of South Bend; Mrs.
Bert ERB, of Wabash, Louise [BELT], of St. Louis, Mo.; W. H. BELT, of
Rochester, and Mildred [BELT]      at home; seven grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Thursdayafternoon at two oclock at the
residence, with Rev. Fred YEAZEL in charge.Burial will be made in the
Shelton cemetery south of        Rochester.