Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Belt, Benjamin 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1885

Benjamin Belt is one of the early settlers of Lyndon Township, whither he came 
in November, 1845. He settled in 1846 on section 7. He was born Dec. 7, 1802, 
in Huntington Co., Pa., whence he went with his parents eight years later to 
Ohio. They were pioneers in the valley of the Licking. Mr. Belt passed his 
minority in Licking County and was a resident there until his removal to 
Illinois. He was married April 30, 1823, to Deborah Callihan, a native of 
Ohio. Seven of their ten children are living: Samantha is the widow of David 
Ray; Hannah is the wife of G. H. Hamilton, a leading farmer of Lyndon 
Township, of whom a full account is given elsewhere in this Album; Elizabeth 
married John Belt; Salathiel lives in California; Celona is the wife of H. 
Daily and they live in Dakota; Sabrina is the widow of George A. Coleman; 
Frank lives on the homestead. Augustus is the name of an adopted son. Mrs. 
Belt died Feb. 17, 1878.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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