Kentucky Ancestors
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Early roots of the BELSHA branch of our family tree date back to approximately 1785 with the birth of our 3x Great Grandfather, Jeremiah Belsha, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. We do not know definitively who Jeremiah's parents were or from where they originally came.
The first member of the Belsha branch of our family tree to arrive in Perry County, Missouri, highlighted in red, was probably our 3x Great Grandfather, Jeremiah Belsha (although there is evidence that an Elisha Belsha was in the Bois Brule area by 1800. Whether this was Jeremiah's father is speculation until further research is conducted).
Jefferson County, Kentucky
5. JEREMIAH BELSHA
(3x Great Grandfather)
b. abt. 1785, Jefferson Co., KY
d. before 1840, Perry Co., MO
+ Hester McCasland
4. JOHN BELSHA
(2X Great Grandfather)
b. 1816, Jefferson Co., KY
d. before April 1, 1846, Perry Co., MO
+ Harriet Finch
3. JOHN LOGAN BELSHA
(Great Grandfather)
b. October 24, 1844, Perry Co., MO
d. May 17, 1826, Perry Co., MO
+ Mary Elizabeth Hager
2. MARY ELEANORA BELSHA
(Grandmother)
b. November 4, 1894, Perry Co., MO
d. August 12, 1974, Perry Co., MO
+ James Henry Gibbar
1. ROSE ANNA GIBBAR
(Mother)
b. April 22, 1927, McBride, Perry Co., MO
d. February 23, 2000, Perry Co., MO
+ James Joseph Bohnert