Alvin Jefferson Bellamy

Alvin J. Bellamy, farmer of Vineyard Township, is the son of William and

Sallie (Martin) Bellamy. The father was born in Virginia, and moved with his

parents to Franklin County, Ga., where he married a Miss Westbrooks, who

bore him two children, one son and one daughter. After her death he married

Miss Martin, and nine children were the result of this union. He was a wheel·

wright by trade, although he made farming his chief occupation. He died at

the age of eighty-four, and was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a,s

were also his two wives. The paternal and maternal grandfathers of our subject

were both Revolutionary soldiers. Alvin J. Bellamy was born in Franklin

County, Ga., January 6, 1844, on a farm; received a limited education, and in

September, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-ninth Georgia Infantry,

(Confederate States Army), and served until the close of the war. He participated

in the battles of Jackson, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary

Ridge, Dalton, Resaca. Altoona, New Hope Clmrch, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Columbus.

After the battle of Jonesboro he was promoted to the rank of second

lieutenant of Company A, Col. Bryant's cavalry. Returning to Georgia, he

married Miss L. Ballenger in 1866. She was born in Franklin County, Ga.,

April 19, 1845, and by her marriage became the mother of six children, four

sous and two daughters. The same year of his marriage Mr. Bellamy moved to

Red River County, Texas, but the following year moved to Washington County,

Ark., locating where he now lives on·a fine farm of190acres,150 under cultivation.

He is one of the best farmers in his community, and one of the most successful.

He is a Democrat in politics; is a Master Mason, and both he and Mrs.

Bellamy are members of the Methodist Church.