Biography - James Bellwood
JAMES BELLWOOD. He is a farmer, and the son of Seth M. and Polly (Shumaker) Bellwood, natives of Ohio. He was born in this county Mar. 3, 1845, where in the common schools he was educated. H served as School Director, and is Constable. He was married Aug. 11, 1870, to Sarah E. Shumaker [the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists a James Bellwood marrying a Sarah E. Shoemaker in Knox County on August 11, 1870]. Two children have blessed this union, one dead. A Democrat. Post Office, St. Augustine.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
