Ethel "or Ethel Mae" BELK was born on 7 Feb 1877 in Nineveh, Johnson Co., Indiana. She was educated at the Nineveh School System after 7 Feb 1877 in Nineveh, Johnson Co., Indiana. She appeared in the census on 11 Jun 1880 in IN Johnson Williamsburg Jefferson St; ED 157; pg 21; lines 31-36; dwelling 64 fam 64. Or Ethel Mae graduated about 1895 in Nineveh School System, Nineveh, Johnson Co., Indiana. She was educated after 1895 at the Normal College; per the 1940 census her Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year in Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States. Be it further remembered, that on this 1 day of May 1899, the following certificate was filed in my office, to wit: Indiana, to Wit: Johnson County, SS: This Certifies, that I joined in marriage, as Husband and Wife, J W Ward and Ethel (spelling was Ethes) Belk on the 27 day of April 1899. John C. Miller Christian Minister. She appeared in the census on 20 Apr 1910 in E 7th Street, Portland Ward 4, Jay, Indiana; Page: 9B; ED 82; line 54-60; 224/218. Or Ethel Mae appeared in the census on 9 Jan 1920 in Pike, Marion, Indiana; Page: 6B; ED: 14; Lines: 56-61; Dwelling:162; Family: 171. She lived at R. Rt. 28 in Zionsville, Indiana on 3 Mar 1920. She appeared in the census in 1940 in Perry, Marion, Indiana, USA. Or Ethel Mae was educated in 1940 at Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year in 422 National Avenue, Perry, Marion, Indiana, United States. In 1940 she was in 422 Summer Avenue, Perry township, Marion county, Indiana, USA. She lived in the same places as her husband after they were married in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States between 1953 and 1956. Or Ethel Mae died on 1 Dec 1956 at the age of 79 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States. She was buried after 1 Dec 1956 in Fag# 1899; Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Greenwood, Johnson, Indiana, United States. She was described as being five feet two inches tall, brown hair (which was gray as a young woman) with blue eyes. Or Ethel Mae had Social Security Number no number was found on the Social Security Death Index 12/10/2002.