First marriage: Helen Artie Belles married John Bayless Hill on 30 June 1874 Owen county, Indiana, USA; Helen Artie and John Bayless Hill had no issue; John Bayless "Jackie" Hill, artist; 1849 Indiana, USA-died 19 November 1874 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; son of John Fitch Hill and Sarah Hann Grant.
Second marriage: Helen Artie Hill married Maurice Macmillan 4th quarter (22 November) 1884 in district of Bromley (Volume 2a, Page 693), county of Kent, England.
Helen A. "Nellie" Belles Macmillan wrote a letter to Ella U. Stillinger Belles, wife of Frank Tarleton Belles, Nellie's half-brother, dated 18 December 1914:
“I hope you are all well and will have a pleasant Christmas together. This will be a sad time for everyone here for there is not a family that has not lost relations or friends in this war. Dan and Harold are in the New Army but will not go out until spring. Arthur has always had a weak heart and they will not take him. He is very unhappy not to be in training with his brothers. Never has anything been finer than the ardour of all the young men, of all classes. If only England had listened to Lord Robert’s warnings, she would not be in such an unprecedented state. However the nation is rising splendidly to meet the demands of it and complete harmony and unity exists. All classes are brought together in a wonderful way. There are no such things now as party politics and differences in religion, of class: all are Britons; even the poorest is willing to give the best he has and the whole Empire has given its best and much of it. This is no ordinary war but a war to crush out forever the idea that “Might is Right” and the idea that all nations great and small, would do better under the Iron Rule of Prussia with her “Kultur” rammed down the throats of all of us, and every man and every boy, every penny in the Empire will be given before this is allowed. I only wish I had 20 sons to give to such a cause.
We have had a very wet winter. In France it is very wet too, and life in the trenches is very hard but there are no complaints and never were soldiers more cheerful and unselfish.”
Source: 2015-12-03, Nellie Macmillan Writes Home by Laura Wilkerson, Genealogy Specialist, Owen County Public Library.
Helen Artie "Nellie" Belles is a daughter of Dr. Joshua Tarleton Belles (04 January 1826 Scott county, Kentucky, USA-24 August 1896 Arney, Owen county, Indiana, USA; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana, USA; married, first, on 20 March 1850 in Marion county, Indiana, USA, Julia Ann Reid (born c. 1829 Indiana, USA; died in 1862 (Helen Artie was six when her mother died; source: Life Magazine; Macmillans of Sussex and Indiana; 1958) in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Julia Ann Reid Belles was reinterred, on 17 April 1913, at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; Plot: Sec: 50, Lot: 186; three of her five children were also reinterred with her on that same date: Edward, Emma and George Belles).
Joshua Tarleton and Julia Ann had five children of whom only Helen Artie Belles survived childhood: 1 Emma Belles (c. 1855-before 1870), 2 Helen Artie "Nellie'" Belles Hill Macmillan (c. 1856-1937), 3 Edward Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863), 4 George Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863), and 5 unknown Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863).
Second marriage: Joshua Tarleton Belles married Amanda Tull on 28 January 1864 in Marion county, Indiana, USA; Amanda Jane McCurdy Tull Belles born 25 December 1829 Indiana, USA; died 09 August 1893 Spencer, Indiana; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana, daughter of Samuel and Mary McCurdy.
Joshua Tarleton and Amanda Jane had (four children were born to the second marriage: source: Life Magazine; Macmillans of Sussex and Indiana; 1958; I can identify only two of the children: 1 Frank Tarleton Belles and 2 Flora A. Belles Franklin Archer):
1 Frank Tarleton Belles (August 1865 Indiana, USA -died 03 December 1900 Spencer county, Indiana, USA; married 1886, Ella Una Stillinger born 16 October 1867-27 February 1957; "Mrs. Ella Una Belles of Indianapolis, an aunt by marriage of British PM Harold Macmillan, died in General Hospital here yesterday, her age was ninety" ; source: NYT, 28 Feb. 1957; buried Riverside Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana; and they had: a Morris "Maurice" Owen Belles (10 March 1888 Indiana-02 January 1958), b May Blanche Belles Ross Stierwalt (24 December 1890 Indiana; in 1940 US Census Blanche is listed with second husband, Walter Stierwalt, and her mother, Ella Stillinger Belles; May Blanche Belles Ross Stierwalt died 1955; Blanche Stierwalt buried Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana, with her second husband, Walter Stierwalt; married, first 1910, John P. Ross, married, second, Walter F. Stierwalt) and c Earl S. Belles (15 October 1895-May 1975; married, first 1922 Opal L. Eakin; married, second 1938, Thelma J. Fox.; Earl S. Belles listed his birthdate as 08 October; the Indiana Births, 1880-1920 lists his birthdate as 15 October), and
2 Flora A. Belles Franklin Archer (19 September 1867 Indiana, USA-died sometime after 1930 USA; lived in Michigan in 1930; no death or burial data, however, Flora may be buried at Riverside Cemetery, no listing as of 2014; married, first 1885, Benjamin Franklin, 1860-died 05 January 1936; Benjamin and Flora A. had a Bruce Belles Franklin (24 April 1887-1947; buried Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan, Ohio; married between 1910 and 1917 Hazel M. Thomas of Ohio, 1889-1941; buried Fairview Cemetery), b Mona I. Franklin Beckett (26 July 1889-18 June 1976 Indianapolis, Indiana; buried Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan, Ohio; married 1915 Ivan E. Beckett; buried Fairview Cemetery) and c Mildred Mary Franklin Price (24 October 1892; lived in Michigan in 1930; died sometime after 1930 USA; no death data; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana (no data on gravemarker); married, 20 June 1911, Harry F. Price; buried Riverside Cemetery), Flora A. Belles Franklin married, second, 04 July 1904, Dr. John Buford Archer, Democratic chairman of a congressional district in Indiana, born c. 1866 to 1868 Indianapolis, Indiana-died 12 June 1914 Washington, D.C.; burial, 15 June 1914, Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana; Flora A. and John Buford Archer had no known issue).
Joshua Tarleton Belles is a son of John J. Belles born 26 October 1781 USA; John J. Belles was issued 80 acres of land in Marion county, Indiana (Township 15-N, Range 4-E, Section 25) on 22 February 1828 and another 80 acres in the same Township/Range and Section on 12 August 1834; John J. Belles died 05 June 1839 near Indianapolis, Indiana, USA and Artemesia Tarlton born 09 October 1788 Hagerstown, Maryland-died 14 August 1826 in Scott county, Kentucky, USA.
Artemesia Tarlton is a daughter of Pvt. Caleb Tarlton (1765 Hagarstown or St Marys county, Maryland, USA; served in the War of 1812; died 1841 Fayette county, Kentucky, USA; buried on his farm on Newtown Pike, 4 m. N of Lexington KY, USA) and Nancy Bean (1767-died 1843 Fayette county, Kentucky, USA; buried Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA).
John J. Belles is a son of Henry Belles, died c. 1808 USA, and Mary, died c. 1834 USA; Henry and Mary had: Mary Belles Pence, John J. Belles, Hannah Belles, Mary Belles, May Belles, Henry Suckey Belles, Sally Belles, Rebecca Belles and David Belles.
Second marriage: Helen Artie Hill married Maurice Macmillan 4th quarter (22 November) 1884 in district of Bromley (Volume 2a, Page 693), county of Kent, England.
Helen A. "Nellie" Belles Macmillan wrote a letter to Ella U. Stillinger Belles, wife of Frank Tarleton Belles, Nellie's half-brother, dated 18 December 1914:
“I hope you are all well and will have a pleasant Christmas together. This will be a sad time for everyone here for there is not a family that has not lost relations or friends in this war. Dan and Harold are in the New Army but will not go out until spring. Arthur has always had a weak heart and they will not take him. He is very unhappy not to be in training with his brothers. Never has anything been finer than the ardour of all the young men, of all classes. If only England had listened to Lord Robert’s warnings, she would not be in such an unprecedented state. However the nation is rising splendidly to meet the demands of it and complete harmony and unity exists. All classes are brought together in a wonderful way. There are no such things now as party politics and differences in religion, of class: all are Britons; even the poorest is willing to give the best he has and the whole Empire has given its best and much of it. This is no ordinary war but a war to crush out forever the idea that “Might is Right” and the idea that all nations great and small, would do better under the Iron Rule of Prussia with her “Kultur” rammed down the throats of all of us, and every man and every boy, every penny in the Empire will be given before this is allowed. I only wish I had 20 sons to give to such a cause.
We have had a very wet winter. In France it is very wet too, and life in the trenches is very hard but there are no complaints and never were soldiers more cheerful and unselfish.”
Source: 2015-12-03, Nellie Macmillan Writes Home by Laura Wilkerson, Genealogy Specialist, Owen County Public Library.
Helen Artie "Nellie" Belles is a daughter of Dr. Joshua Tarleton Belles (04 January 1826 Scott county, Kentucky, USA-24 August 1896 Arney, Owen county, Indiana, USA; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana, USA; married, first, on 20 March 1850 in Marion county, Indiana, USA, Julia Ann Reid (born c. 1829 Indiana, USA; died in 1862 (Helen Artie was six when her mother died; source: Life Magazine; Macmillans of Sussex and Indiana; 1958) in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Julia Ann Reid Belles was reinterred, on 17 April 1913, at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; Plot: Sec: 50, Lot: 186; three of her five children were also reinterred with her on that same date: Edward, Emma and George Belles).
Joshua Tarleton and Julia Ann had five children of whom only Helen Artie Belles survived childhood: 1 Emma Belles (c. 1855-before 1870), 2 Helen Artie "Nellie'" Belles Hill Macmillan (c. 1856-1937), 3 Edward Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863), 4 George Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863), and 5 unknown Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863).
Second marriage: Joshua Tarleton Belles married Amanda Tull on 28 January 1864 in Marion county, Indiana, USA; Amanda Jane McCurdy Tull Belles born 25 December 1829 Indiana, USA; died 09 August 1893 Spencer, Indiana; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana, daughter of Samuel and Mary McCurdy.
Joshua Tarleton and Amanda Jane had (four children were born to the second marriage: source: Life Magazine; Macmillans of Sussex and Indiana; 1958; I can identify only two of the children: 1 Frank Tarleton Belles and 2 Flora A. Belles Franklin Archer):
1 Frank Tarleton Belles (August 1865 Indiana, USA -died 03 December 1900 Spencer county, Indiana, USA; married 1886, Ella Una Stillinger born 16 October 1867-27 February 1957; "Mrs. Ella Una Belles of Indianapolis, an aunt by marriage of British PM Harold Macmillan, died in General Hospital here yesterday, her age was ninety" ; source: NYT, 28 Feb. 1957; buried Riverside Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana; and they had: a Morris "Maurice" Owen Belles (10 March 1888 Indiana-02 January 1958), b May Blanche Belles Ross Stierwalt (24 December 1890 Indiana; in 1940 US Census Blanche is listed with second husband, Walter Stierwalt, and her mother, Ella Stillinger Belles; May Blanche Belles Ross Stierwalt died 1955; Blanche Stierwalt buried Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana, with her second husband, Walter Stierwalt; married, first 1910, John P. Ross, married, second, Walter F. Stierwalt) and c Earl S. Belles (15 October 1895-May 1975; married, first 1922 Opal L. Eakin; married, second 1938, Thelma J. Fox.; Earl S. Belles listed his birthdate as 08 October; the Indiana Births, 1880-1920 lists his birthdate as 15 October), and
2 Flora A. Belles Franklin Archer (19 September 1867 Indiana, USA-died sometime after 1930 USA; lived in Michigan in 1930; no death or burial data, however, Flora may be buried at Riverside Cemetery, no listing as of 2014; married, first 1885, Benjamin Franklin, 1860-died 05 January 1936; Benjamin and Flora A. had a Bruce Belles Franklin (24 April 1887-1947; buried Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan, Ohio; married between 1910 and 1917 Hazel M. Thomas of Ohio, 1889-1941; buried Fairview Cemetery), b Mona I. Franklin Beckett (26 July 1889-18 June 1976 Indianapolis, Indiana; buried Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan, Ohio; married 1915 Ivan E. Beckett; buried Fairview Cemetery) and c Mildred Mary Franklin Price (24 October 1892; lived in Michigan in 1930; died sometime after 1930 USA; no death data; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana (no data on gravemarker); married, 20 June 1911, Harry F. Price; buried Riverside Cemetery), Flora A. Belles Franklin married, second, 04 July 1904, Dr. John Buford Archer, Democratic chairman of a congressional district in Indiana, born c. 1866 to 1868 Indianapolis, Indiana-died 12 June 1914 Washington, D.C.; burial, 15 June 1914, Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana; Flora A. and John Buford Archer had no known issue).
Joshua Tarleton Belles is a son of John J. Belles born 26 October 1781 USA; John J. Belles was issued 80 acres of land in Marion county, Indiana (Township 15-N, Range 4-E, Section 25) on 22 February 1828 and another 80 acres in the same Township/Range and Section on 12 August 1834; John J. Belles died 05 June 1839 near Indianapolis, Indiana, USA and Artemesia Tarlton born 09 October 1788 Hagerstown, Maryland-died 14 August 1826 in Scott county, Kentucky, USA.
Artemesia Tarlton is a daughter of Pvt. Caleb Tarlton (1765 Hagarstown or St Marys county, Maryland, USA; served in the War of 1812; died 1841 Fayette county, Kentucky, USA; buried on his farm on Newtown Pike, 4 m. N of Lexington KY, USA) and Nancy Bean (1767-died 1843 Fayette county, Kentucky, USA; buried Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA).
John J. Belles is a son of Henry Belles, died c. 1808 USA, and Mary, died c. 1834 USA; Henry and Mary had: Mary Belles Pence, John J. Belles, Hannah Belles, Mary Belles, May Belles, Henry Suckey Belles, Sally Belles, Rebecca Belles and David Belles.
First marriage: Helen Artie Belles married John Bayless Hill on 30 June 1874 Owen county, Indiana, USA; Helen Artie and John Bayless Hill had no issue; John Bayless "Jackie" Hill, artist; 1849 Indiana, USA-died 19 November 1874 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; son of John Fitch Hill and Sarah Hann Grant.
Second marriage: Helen Artie Hill married Maurice Macmillan 4th quarter (22 November) 1884 in district of Bromley (Volume 2a, Page 693), county of Kent, England.
Helen A. "Nellie" Belles Macmillan wrote a letter to Ella U. Stillinger Belles, wife of Frank Tarleton Belles, Nellie's half-brother, dated 18 December 1914:
“I hope you are all well and will have a pleasant Christmas together. This will be a sad time for everyone here for there is not a family that has not lost relations or friends in this war. Dan and Harold are in the New Army but will not go out until spring. Arthur has always had a weak heart and they will not take him. He is very unhappy not to be in training with his brothers. Never has anything been finer than the ardour of all the young men, of all classes. If only England had listened to Lord Robert’s warnings, she would not be in such an unprecedented state. However the nation is rising splendidly to meet the demands of it and complete harmony and unity exists. All classes are brought together in a wonderful way. There are no such things now as party politics and differences in religion, of class: all are Britons; even the poorest is willing to give the best he has and the whole Empire has given its best and much of it. This is no ordinary war but a war to crush out forever the idea that “Might is Right” and the idea that all nations great and small, would do better under the Iron Rule of Prussia with her “Kultur” rammed down the throats of all of us, and every man and every boy, every penny in the Empire will be given before this is allowed. I only wish I had 20 sons to give to such a cause.
We have had a very wet winter. In France it is very wet too, and life in the trenches is very hard but there are no complaints and never were soldiers more cheerful and unselfish.”
Source: 2015-12-03, Nellie Macmillan Writes Home by Laura Wilkerson, Genealogy Specialist, Owen County Public Library.
Helen Artie "Nellie" Belles is a daughter of Dr. Joshua Tarleton Belles (04 January 1826 Scott county, Kentucky, USA-24 August 1896 Arney, Owen county, Indiana, USA; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana, USA; married, first, on 20 March 1850 in Marion county, Indiana, USA, Julia Ann Reid (born c. 1829 Indiana, USA; died in 1862 (Helen Artie was six when her mother died; source: Life Magazine; Macmillans of Sussex and Indiana; 1958) in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Julia Ann Reid Belles was reinterred, on 17 April 1913, at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; Plot: Sec: 50, Lot: 186; three of her five children were also reinterred with her on that same date: Edward, Emma and George Belles).
Joshua Tarleton and Julia Ann had five children of whom only Helen Artie Belles survived childhood: 1 Emma Belles (c. 1855-before 1870), 2 Helen Artie "Nellie'" Belles Hill Macmillan (c. 1856-1937), 3 Edward Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863), 4 George Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863), and 5 unknown Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863).
Second marriage: Joshua Tarleton Belles married Amanda Tull on 28 January 1864 in Marion county, Indiana, USA; Amanda Jane McCurdy Tull Belles born 25 December 1829 Indiana, USA; died 09 August 1893 Spencer, Indiana; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana, daughter of Samuel and Mary McCurdy.
Joshua Tarleton and Amanda Jane had (four children were born to the second marriage: source: Life Magazine; Macmillans of Sussex and Indiana; 1958; I can identify only two of the children: 1 Frank Tarleton Belles and 2 Flora A. Belles Franklin Archer):
1 Frank Tarleton Belles (August 1865 Indiana, USA -died 03 December 1900 Spencer county, Indiana, USA; married 1886, Ella Una Stillinger born 16 October 1867-27 February 1957; "Mrs. Ella Una Belles of Indianapolis, an aunt by marriage of British PM Harold Macmillan, died in General Hospital here yesterday, her age was ninety" ; source: NYT, 28 Feb. 1957; buried Riverside Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana; and they had: a Morris "Maurice" Owen Belles (10 March 1888 Indiana-02 January 1958), b May Blanche Belles Ross Stierwalt (24 December 1890 Indiana; in 1940 US Census Blanche is listed with second husband, Walter Stierwalt, and her mother, Ella Stillinger Belles; May Blanche Belles Ross Stierwalt died 1955; Blanche Stierwalt buried Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana, with her second husband, Walter Stierwalt; married, first 1910, John P. Ross, married, second, Walter F. Stierwalt) and c Earl S. Belles (15 October 1895-May 1975; married, first 1922 Opal L. Eakin; married, second 1938, Thelma J. Fox.; Earl S. Belles listed his birthdate as 08 October; the Indiana Births, 1880-1920 lists his birthdate as 15 October), and
2 Flora A. Belles Franklin Archer (19 September 1867 Indiana, USA-died sometime after 1930 USA; lived in Michigan in 1930; no death or burial data, however, Flora may be buried at Riverside Cemetery, no listing as of 2014; married, first 1885, Benjamin Franklin, 1860-died 05 January 1936; Benjamin and Flora A. had a Bruce Belles Franklin (24 April 1887-1947; buried Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan, Ohio; married between 1910 and 1917 Hazel M. Thomas of Ohio, 1889-1941; buried Fairview Cemetery), b Mona I. Franklin Beckett (26 July 1889-18 June 1976 Indianapolis, Indiana; buried Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan, Ohio; married 1915 Ivan E. Beckett; buried Fairview Cemetery) and c Mildred Mary Franklin Price (24 October 1892; lived in Michigan in 1930; died sometime after 1930 USA; no death data; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana (no data on gravemarker); married, 20 June 1911, Harry F. Price; buried Riverside Cemetery), Flora A. Belles Franklin married, second, 04 July 1904, Dr. John Buford Archer, Democratic chairman of a congressional district in Indiana, born c. 1866 to 1868 Indianapolis, Indiana-died 12 June 1914 Washington, D.C.; burial, 15 June 1914, Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana; Flora A. and John Buford Archer had no known issue).
Joshua Tarleton Belles is a son of John J. Belles born 26 October 1781 USA; John J. Belles was issued 80 acres of land in Marion county, Indiana (Township 15-N, Range 4-E, Section 25) on 22 February 1828 and another 80 acres in the same Township/Range and Section on 12 August 1834; John J. Belles died 05 June 1839 near Indianapolis, Indiana, USA and Artemesia Tarlton born 09 October 1788 Hagerstown, Maryland-died 14 August 1826 in Scott county, Kentucky, USA.
Artemesia Tarlton is a daughter of Pvt. Caleb Tarlton (1765 Hagarstown or St Marys county, Maryland, USA; served in the War of 1812; died 1841 Fayette county, Kentucky, USA; buried on his farm on Newtown Pike, 4 m. N of Lexington KY, USA) and Nancy Bean (1767-died 1843 Fayette county, Kentucky, USA; buried Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA).
John J. Belles is a son of Henry Belles, died c. 1808 USA, and Mary, died c. 1834 USA; Henry and Mary had: Mary Belles Pence, John J. Belles, Hannah Belles, Mary Belles, May Belles, Henry Suckey Belles, Sally Belles, Rebecca Belles and David Belles.
Second marriage: Helen Artie Hill married Maurice Macmillan 4th quarter (22 November) 1884 in district of Bromley (Volume 2a, Page 693), county of Kent, England.
Helen A. "Nellie" Belles Macmillan wrote a letter to Ella U. Stillinger Belles, wife of Frank Tarleton Belles, Nellie's half-brother, dated 18 December 1914:
“I hope you are all well and will have a pleasant Christmas together. This will be a sad time for everyone here for there is not a family that has not lost relations or friends in this war. Dan and Harold are in the New Army but will not go out until spring. Arthur has always had a weak heart and they will not take him. He is very unhappy not to be in training with his brothers. Never has anything been finer than the ardour of all the young men, of all classes. If only England had listened to Lord Robert’s warnings, she would not be in such an unprecedented state. However the nation is rising splendidly to meet the demands of it and complete harmony and unity exists. All classes are brought together in a wonderful way. There are no such things now as party politics and differences in religion, of class: all are Britons; even the poorest is willing to give the best he has and the whole Empire has given its best and much of it. This is no ordinary war but a war to crush out forever the idea that “Might is Right” and the idea that all nations great and small, would do better under the Iron Rule of Prussia with her “Kultur” rammed down the throats of all of us, and every man and every boy, every penny in the Empire will be given before this is allowed. I only wish I had 20 sons to give to such a cause.
We have had a very wet winter. In France it is very wet too, and life in the trenches is very hard but there are no complaints and never were soldiers more cheerful and unselfish.”
Source: 2015-12-03, Nellie Macmillan Writes Home by Laura Wilkerson, Genealogy Specialist, Owen County Public Library.
Helen Artie "Nellie" Belles is a daughter of Dr. Joshua Tarleton Belles (04 January 1826 Scott county, Kentucky, USA-24 August 1896 Arney, Owen county, Indiana, USA; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana, USA; married, first, on 20 March 1850 in Marion county, Indiana, USA, Julia Ann Reid (born c. 1829 Indiana, USA; died in 1862 (Helen Artie was six when her mother died; source: Life Magazine; Macmillans of Sussex and Indiana; 1958) in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Julia Ann Reid Belles was reinterred, on 17 April 1913, at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; Plot: Sec: 50, Lot: 186; three of her five children were also reinterred with her on that same date: Edward, Emma and George Belles).
Joshua Tarleton and Julia Ann had five children of whom only Helen Artie Belles survived childhood: 1 Emma Belles (c. 1855-before 1870), 2 Helen Artie "Nellie'" Belles Hill Macmillan (c. 1856-1937), 3 Edward Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863), 4 George Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863), and 5 unknown Belles (b&d between 1850 and 1863).
Second marriage: Joshua Tarleton Belles married Amanda Tull on 28 January 1864 in Marion county, Indiana, USA; Amanda Jane McCurdy Tull Belles born 25 December 1829 Indiana, USA; died 09 August 1893 Spencer, Indiana; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana, daughter of Samuel and Mary McCurdy.
Joshua Tarleton and Amanda Jane had (four children were born to the second marriage: source: Life Magazine; Macmillans of Sussex and Indiana; 1958; I can identify only two of the children: 1 Frank Tarleton Belles and 2 Flora A. Belles Franklin Archer):
1 Frank Tarleton Belles (August 1865 Indiana, USA -died 03 December 1900 Spencer county, Indiana, USA; married 1886, Ella Una Stillinger born 16 October 1867-27 February 1957; "Mrs. Ella Una Belles of Indianapolis, an aunt by marriage of British PM Harold Macmillan, died in General Hospital here yesterday, her age was ninety" ; source: NYT, 28 Feb. 1957; buried Riverside Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana; and they had: a Morris "Maurice" Owen Belles (10 March 1888 Indiana-02 January 1958), b May Blanche Belles Ross Stierwalt (24 December 1890 Indiana; in 1940 US Census Blanche is listed with second husband, Walter Stierwalt, and her mother, Ella Stillinger Belles; May Blanche Belles Ross Stierwalt died 1955; Blanche Stierwalt buried Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana, with her second husband, Walter Stierwalt; married, first 1910, John P. Ross, married, second, Walter F. Stierwalt) and c Earl S. Belles (15 October 1895-May 1975; married, first 1922 Opal L. Eakin; married, second 1938, Thelma J. Fox.; Earl S. Belles listed his birthdate as 08 October; the Indiana Births, 1880-1920 lists his birthdate as 15 October), and
2 Flora A. Belles Franklin Archer (19 September 1867 Indiana, USA-died sometime after 1930 USA; lived in Michigan in 1930; no death or burial data, however, Flora may be buried at Riverside Cemetery, no listing as of 2014; married, first 1885, Benjamin Franklin, 1860-died 05 January 1936; Benjamin and Flora A. had a Bruce Belles Franklin (24 April 1887-1947; buried Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan, Ohio; married between 1910 and 1917 Hazel M. Thomas of Ohio, 1889-1941; buried Fairview Cemetery), b Mona I. Franklin Beckett (26 July 1889-18 June 1976 Indianapolis, Indiana; buried Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan, Ohio; married 1915 Ivan E. Beckett; buried Fairview Cemetery) and c Mildred Mary Franklin Price (24 October 1892; lived in Michigan in 1930; died sometime after 1930 USA; no death data; buried Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana (no data on gravemarker); married, 20 June 1911, Harry F. Price; buried Riverside Cemetery), Flora A. Belles Franklin married, second, 04 July 1904, Dr. John Buford Archer, Democratic chairman of a congressional district in Indiana, born c. 1866 to 1868 Indianapolis, Indiana-died 12 June 1914 Washington, D.C.; burial, 15 June 1914, Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana; Flora A. and John Buford Archer had no known issue).
Joshua Tarleton Belles is a son of John J. Belles born 26 October 1781 USA; John J. Belles was issued 80 acres of land in Marion county, Indiana (Township 15-N, Range 4-E, Section 25) on 22 February 1828 and another 80 acres in the same Township/Range and Section on 12 August 1834; John J. Belles died 05 June 1839 near Indianapolis, Indiana, USA and Artemesia Tarlton born 09 October 1788 Hagerstown, Maryland-died 14 August 1826 in Scott county, Kentucky, USA.
Artemesia Tarlton is a daughter of Pvt. Caleb Tarlton (1765 Hagarstown or St Marys county, Maryland, USA; served in the War of 1812; died 1841 Fayette county, Kentucky, USA; buried on his farm on Newtown Pike, 4 m. N of Lexington KY, USA) and Nancy Bean (1767-died 1843 Fayette county, Kentucky, USA; buried Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA).
John J. Belles is a son of Henry Belles, died c. 1808 USA, and Mary, died c. 1834 USA; Henry and Mary had: Mary Belles Pence, John J. Belles, Hannah Belles, Mary Belles, May Belles, Henry Suckey Belles, Sally Belles, Rebecca Belles and David Belles.
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