OBITUARY
Isaac Belcher died Wednesday evening of consumption at his home in Terry Clove, having been in feeble and failing health for several months. He was about 60 years of age and was a son of the late Roswell Belcher, and a grandson of Isaac Belcher, a free colored man who came from Connecticut in 1820 and settled on the "Belcher farm" in upper Terry Clove, and where Roswell Belcher and his brothers lived all their lives and where Frank Belcher now resides.
Isaac Belcher was a well read, well informed man of good habits an good character, respected by his neighbors, and like many of his race a skillful musician. It is no exaggeration to say that he was a white man in everything but the color of his skin. He is survived by his wife who Ellen Peters of Ithaca by one brother and two sisters.
Isaac Belcher died Wednesday evening of consumption at his home in Terry Clove, having been in feeble and failing health for several months. He was about 60 years of age and was a son of the late Roswell Belcher, and a grandson of Isaac Belcher, a free colored man who came from Connecticut in 1820 and settled on the "Belcher farm" in upper Terry Clove, and where Roswell Belcher and his brothers lived all their lives and where Frank Belcher now resides.
Isaac Belcher was a well read, well informed man of good habits an good character, respected by his neighbors, and like many of his race a skillful musician. It is no exaggeration to say that he was a white man in everything but the color of his skin. He is survived by his wife who Ellen Peters of Ithaca by one brother and two sisters.
OBITUARY
Isaac Belcher died Wednesday evening of consumption at his home in Terry Clove, having been in feeble and failing health for several months. He was about 60 years of age and was a son of the late Roswell Belcher, and a grandson of Isaac Belcher, a free colored man who came from Connecticut in 1820 and settled on the "Belcher farm" in upper Terry Clove, and where Roswell Belcher and his brothers lived all their lives and where Frank Belcher now resides.
Isaac Belcher was a well read, well informed man of good habits an good character, respected by his neighbors, and like many of his race a skillful musician. It is no exaggeration to say that he was a white man in everything but the color of his skin. He is survived by his wife who Ellen Peters of Ithaca by one brother and two sisters.
Isaac Belcher died Wednesday evening of consumption at his home in Terry Clove, having been in feeble and failing health for several months. He was about 60 years of age and was a son of the late Roswell Belcher, and a grandson of Isaac Belcher, a free colored man who came from Connecticut in 1820 and settled on the "Belcher farm" in upper Terry Clove, and where Roswell Belcher and his brothers lived all their lives and where Frank Belcher now resides.
Isaac Belcher was a well read, well informed man of good habits an good character, respected by his neighbors, and like many of his race a skillful musician. It is no exaggeration to say that he was a white man in everything but the color of his skin. He is survived by his wife who Ellen Peters of Ithaca by one brother and two sisters.
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
