BELLINGER CEMETERY

This cemetery was documented by Sherrill Hochspier while doing  research for her publication of the Jefferson Cemetery.

  "Know All Men By These Presents: That we, C.B. BELLINGER and Serena BELLINGER; his wife, of the City of Portland, State of Oregon, in consideration of the sum of Four thousand ($4000) to us in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have bargained, sold and conveyed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey unto Alfred GOIN and to his heirs and assigns forever, all of the West half of the Donation Land Claim of Joh H. BELLINGER and Mary C. BELLINGER, his wife, notification No. 633, claim No. 54, in Township 9 South range 3 West of the Willamette Meridian and claim No. 81 in Township 10 South range 3 West of the Willamette Meridian, all in Marion County, Oregon, the part of said donation claim herein conveyed being that part that inured to said Mary C. BELLINGER under the donation law-saving, reserving and excepting out of said herein before described lands one acre, including the graves that are upon said premises, in which are buried the remains of said John H. and Mary C. BELLINGER, and Edward H. BELLINGER, father and grandparents of C.B. BELLINGER, grantor herein, and the remains of a niece of said grantor, and of other persons, the said acre so reserved to be in the form of a square, so as to leave said graves in the center thereof as nearly as may be; and further reserving to said C.B. BELLINGER, his heirs and representatives forever the right of ingress and egress to and from said parcel so reserved over the adjacent lands herein conveyed, together with all the herediaments thereto pertaining; also all our estate, right, title and interest therein and thereto, including dower and right of dower..............................

  This certifies that on this __ day of September, 1901, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared the within named C.B. BELLINGER and Serena BELLINGER, to me known to be the identical person described in and who executed the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same as their free and voluntary act and deed, and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned."  Vicca COMBS, Notary Public for State of Oregon, Deed Recorded Nov. 8, 1901.  Cemetery also known as Little Bethel Cemetery.

  Note: Later these burials were reinterred in various other cemeteries.  These cemeteries are noted if they are known.

IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN-by Fred Lockley
  ........Recently I stopped at what is now know as the Goin farm 14 miles south of Salem, on the Pacific highway.  This farm was formerly owned by E. H. Bellinger, father of Judge C. B. Bellinger of Portland.  Judge Bellinger's father is buried on this farm, as are also his grandfather and grandmother,  Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bellinger.
   John H. Bellinger built the first canal boat to ply on the Erie canal.  He served in the war of 1812.  He died in 1878 at the age of 87.  His son, Edward H. Bellinger, like his father, was born in New York state.  Judge Bellinger's grandfather and father moved from New York state to Illinois in 1836.  Here Judge C. B. Bellinger was born, November 21, 1839.  Judge Bellinger was 8 years old when he crossed the plains with his parents and grandparents in 1847..........Capital Journal, June 20, 1932.---

                         

Hon. Charles B. Bellinger
".............Judge Bellinger is a member of an eastern family which traces its lineage to Holland, and was represented among the pioneers of the Mohawk Valley, in the Empire state.  His paternal great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolution and his grandfather, John H. Bellinger, fought in the war of 1812.  To the latter is also given the credit for operating one of the first canal boats on the Erie canal.  In 1837 he removed with his family to Maquon, Ill., where he and his son Edward H., followed the wagon-maker's trade.  Ten years after settling in Illinois he decided to cross the plains to Oregon.  In his journey he was accompanied by his wife, their son and his wife and the three children in the family of the latter.
   The journey of six months was not without its grave dangers.  The Columbia River Indians were particularly troublesome that year, and just a little later in the season the historic Whitman massacre occurred.  The safety of the emigrants was probably due to the fact that much of the way across the plains they traveled with the Mormon contingent of that year, Brigham Young leading a large party that was accompanied by a strong military organization.  The Bellingers camped almost side by side with the Mormons until they reached the Bear River Valley, when the Mormons turned toward Salt Lake City and the other party continued on its way to Oregon.  They had come via St. Joseph, Mo., where they crossed the Missouri; thence up the Platte, via Independence Rock and Fort Laramie; from there via Fort Hall (now Soda Springs), crossing the Green river about ten miles north of the present railroad crossing.  Arriving in Marion county they settled in the then uninhabited region.  The environment was that of the roughest frontier.  Soon it became recognized among the pioneers that Edward H. Bellinger was a young man of fine qualities and excellent judgement, and they thereupon elected him a member of the territorial legislature of 1850.  However, before the beginning of the session, and while he was but thirty-two years of age, he died from injuries sustained by being thrown from a horse.  Meantime, in 1849, his father determined to seek the gold fields of California, and with a party traveled overland, swimming rivers and following a route practically the same as that now traversed by the railroad.  For a time he engaged in placer mining in California.  Upon his return to Oregon he continued to make Marion county his home until his death in 1882, ath the age of nearly ninety years.  In many respects he was a remarkable man, possessing strong characteristics and a distinguished personality, and even in his old age he retained the qualities that had awakened admiration when he was in his prime.  In religion he was a member of the Christian Church.
  Judge Bellinger's mother was Eliza Howard, a member of an old Massachusetts family, and herrself a native of that state.  Her death occurred in Grant county in 1883.  Of her five children, two only are now living, Charles B. and Mrs. Ellen Shrewsbury, of Los Angeles, Cal.  The only brother of Judge Bellinger, Edward H., who became a well-known business man of Salem, Ore., was drowned while attempting to cross Mill Creek during the freshet of 1889.  The eldest child in the family was Charles B. Bellinger, who was born in Maquon, Ill., November 21, 1839.  He was scarcely eight years of age when the family left his birth-place and undertook the perilous journey across the plains to seek a home in the undeveloped regions of the west.  After his father's death he made his home for several years with his grandfather.............."Portrait and Biographical Record page 408-410

                                        BURIAL LISTINGS

BELLINGER, Charles B.
  b. 21 Nov 1839
  d. 12 May 1905
  m.  9 Sep 1858  Margery Serena Johnson

BELLINGER, Edward H.
  b. 19 Feb 1815 NY
  d. 26 Oct 1850 Jefferson, Or.
  m. Eliza Ann Howard
  Reinterred Jefferson Cemetery
  "On the 26th of October, 1850, Hon. E.H. BELLINGER, member elect of the Legislative Assembly, from Marion county.
  Mr. B. was a native of New York.  He was an ardent politician of the democratic school, a true friend, possessed of a kind and benevolent heart, which won the esteem of all who knew him, and caused him to be mourned by a large circle of friends."
Oregon Spectator Apr 25, 1851

BELLINGER, Edward H.
  b.   1839
  d.  9 Feb 1890
  son of Edward Sr.
  m. Martha A. ?
  drowned crossing Mill Creek
  buried Salem Pioneer Cemetery

BELLINGER, John Henry
  b. 27 Nov 1791
  d. 13 Nov 1878
 "Death from Paralysis--Mr. J.H. BELLINGER, grandfather of Judge C.B. BELLINGER, who resides near Jefferson, while coming to this city on Wednesday, was stricken with paralysis, and was found in an unconscious state in his buggy near the Odd Fellows cemetery.  He was brought to the city, conveyed to the commercial hotel and medical aid called, but died during the night." Weekly Oregon Statesman, Nov 15, 1878 3:3 [Reinterred Jefferson Cemetery]

BELLINGER, Mary Catherine "Polly" [CRANE]
  b.    Mar 1793
  m. 22 Feb 1814 NY John Henry Bellinger
  d. 18 Jan 1876
 "Mary BELLINGER departed this life Jan. 18, 1876 aged 83 years.
  She was born in March, 1793, in New York.  In her early days she attended a ball, and while on the floor was smitten down by the power of the Spirit.  She danced no more!  She struggled in prayer, till light from on high gave joy.  She united with the Christian Church, remaining a worthy member till death.  In early life she was married to John BELLINGER.  In 1837 they moved to Illinois and thence to Oregon in an early day, and settled in a permanent home near Jefferson; where her aged companion still lives in loneliness.
   Mother BELLINGER was eminently like her Saviour, a habitual visitor at the house of suffering and death, exemplifying her love to Jesus, and corresponding love to man, by doing good.
  Five or six years since she received a stroke of palsy which confined her to her bed, rendering life very laborious.  In her afflictions she prayed and looked for the Savior to come and take her home.  Her religious life and Christian experience are the richest legacy a mother can leave to her family and friends.  Truly a Mother in Israel has fallen here, to rise in Glory.  Her mortal remains were interred on the hill in the family cemetery.  The occasion was improved religiously by Prof. J.C. Campbell and the writer, B.N. Longsworth."  Pacific Christian Advocate, Feb 3, 1876 38:5.  [Reinterred Jefferson Cemetery]

JOHNSON, Estavina [BELLINGER]
  b.
  d. 26 Mar 1886
  d/o Edward and Eliza (Howard) Bellinger
  wife of David Johnson ( died 10 Mar 1877)
  [Reinterred Jefferson Cemetery]

THOMAS, Elnora [FISH]
  b. 23 Dec 1890 SD
  d. 13 Nov 1915 Linn Co Or.
  age 24yrs 10mo 13dys
  d. of nephritis
  dau of Charles Fish b. Ill. and Emily Handly b. Ohio

TURNIDGE, Joseph Warren
  b.
  d. 18 May 1857  m. Elizabeth Dagley
buried Little Bethel Cemetery; came to Oregon in 1846 with brother Harrison from Holt, Oregon Co, Mo.
[Trail Blazers by Alice Turnidge Haust]