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Personal data Orpha Belle Draper 

• Alternative name: Belle Draper Salsberry
• She was born on November 8, 1851 in Lytton, Fulton Twp., Fulton Co., OH.
• Resident on November 11, 1873: Pike Twp., Fulton Co., OH.
• Census in the year 1870, Fulton Twp., Fulton Co., OH.
• Census in the year 1880, Pike Twp., Fulton Co., OH.
• Census in the year 1900, Pike Twp., Fulton Co., OH.
• She died on June 28, 1922 in Fulton Co., OH, she was 70 years old.
• She is buried on July 30, 1922 in York Twp., Fulton Co., OH (Greenlawn Cem.).
• A child of Columbus (or James ?) Draper and Sophia Ann Johnson
• This information was last updated on September 26, 2015.

Household of Orpha Belle Draper

She is married to Israel Anderson Salsberry.

They got married on October 6, 1872 at Fairfield, Lenawee Co., MI, she was 20 years old.

Israel Anderson Salsberry oo Orpha Belle Draper

Marriage source: Stahl, Harriet, Johann Jacob Stahl Sr of LeHigh Co PA, (Mt. Vernon, IN, Windmill Pub Inc, MCMXCV), pg. 357, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for fact of marriage.

1871/1872 from 1900 census - married 28 years.

Kaiser, Carolyn R., Certified Copy of Record of Marriage, (Lenawee Co., MI, C.R.K., viii Jan MCMXX)

'J A Saulsbury, 25 White, b. Fulton Co., Ohio Orpha B. Draper, 21 White, b. Fulton Co., Ohio Oct 6 1872 Fairfield [Lenawee Co. MI] by Witt L. Winship Justice of the Peace ...' <>

Child(ren):

1. Mary Belle Salsberry  1873-1930 
2. Garfield Rex Salsberry  1880-1938

Notes about Orpha Belle Draper

Orpha Belle Draper

Source: Stahl, Harriet, Johann Jacob Stahl Sr of LeHigh Co PA, (Mt. Vernon, IN, Windmill Pub Inc, MCMXCV), pg. 357, Repository: Lenig Lib., Newport, PA for name = Belle.

1 Jun 1900 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census sheet 173B, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'line 60, Salsberry, Arabelli, wife, white, fem, born Nov 1857, age 48, married 28, two children, two living, born OH, fath born NY, moth born OH, can read.' Need to recheck read/write/speak.

Tombstone Inscriptions Fulton Co OH, (Swanton OH, FCCOGS, MCMLXXXVI), pg. 153, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for yob = 1851 yod = 1922.

Salsberry, Israel A., Pension Application Dept of the Interior Bureau of Pensions, 25 Mar 1915

'... wife's full name and her maiden name. Answer Orpha Belle Draper'

Heise, George B., Declaration for Widow's Pension, (Wauseon OH, G.B.H., 23 Jan 1920)

'That she was maried to said soldier ... October 6th 1872, under the name of Orpha B. Draper at Fairfield, Michigan by Wilt L. Winship. J. P. that she had not been previously married ...'

Variant of Orpah noted. Ruth 1:4 Common Version.

7 Feb 1920 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census, sheet 180B, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'92, x, 208, 208, Salsberry, Orpha A., head (1), Owns free, fem., white, 68, Widow, can read/write, b. OH, parents b. OH, can speak Eng, occ = None'

OH Historical Soc. Roll 9 OH Dept of Health Vols 25 - 32 Years 1918 - 1922, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'26 County Fulton Salsberry Belle 3899 | 33328 6/28/22'

Early Pioneer Obituaries of Fulton Co., OH, (Swanton OH, FCCOGS, n.d.), pg. 121, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH

'Orpha Bell Draper, second child of Ann and Columbus Draper, was born November 8th, 1851 near what is now known as Lytton, Fulton Township, Fulton County, Ohio. Here she spent her childhood days and grew to young womanhood. She taughtdistrict school several times and was married to Isra__ Salsberry in 1872. To this union were born two children, Mary B. Re_ November 11, 1873, and Garfield _ Salsberry March 23rd. 1880. She spent her entire life after he marriage onthe old homestead in Pike twp. and reared her family there. She was widowed Dec. 12th. 1919 when her husband passed to eternal rest. She was very much attached to her home and was a woman of the type that has much to do with thedeveloping of our county to its present state. She was a firm believer in industry and progress. In 1898 she took a foster son, Mr He_man Warwick of Mishwauka, Ind. into her home and cared for him until he grew to young manhood. OnJune 28th. 1922 she passed to her home beyond and is survived by her three children, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and two sisters and three brothers who keenly feel her loss. A mother has passed on after long anduseful life. ...

The funeral service was held from the home six miles north east of Wauseon, conducted by C. E. Rostofer of the Wauseon Christian Church Friday afternoon 2:00. The body was laid to rest in Delta cemetery.

... Card of Thanks ... Dr. G. R. Salsberry and wife Alfred Rex and family Herman Worwick and family'

Burial date found from a perpetual calendar. 28 June 1922 falls on a Wednesday. 30 June 1922 falls on a Friday.

OHDI: 'SALSBERRY BELLE County: FULTON, DoD 6/28/1922 Vol. # 3899 Cert # 33328'

"Fulton County Ohio Death Records Book #3 Transcription Page 160a, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH

Salsberry, Belle ae: 70 date of death: June 28, 1922 Place of death: Ohio Fulton Occupation: H. Wife Marital status: W Place of birth: Ohio Cause of death: Myocarditis Father: Unknown Physician: C. L. Hutchins"

Fulton County, Ohio Death Record Transcriptions Book #3 1902-08 & 1920-1924, (Swanton, OH, FCCOGS, MMIX), pgs. 180 & 181, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH.

[Pg. 180 Line 17]

"Salsberry, Belle age 70 Date June 28, 1922 Ohio Fulton Occupation H.Wife"

[Pg. 181 Line 17]

"Widowed b. Ohio Cause of Death Myocarditis Name of Father Unknownn Physician C. L. Hutchins" <>

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