Individual Details

Belle Comstock

(20 Jun 1863 - 18 Aug 1954)



Belle married Frank Fletcher; said to have resided in Porterville, CA [Tulare Co] in 1932. I did not find anyone named Fletcher in Tulare Co in 1930, that could be this person, although I did find them earlier.

This must be Belle:

1900 Census. Spring Creek, Coffey Co, Kansas, Hh 28
Frank L. Fletcher, b. Aug 1861, age 38, married 14 years, b. Kansas
Belle, wife, b. Jun 1863, age 36, 6 children - 5 are living, b. KA, parents b. TN
Wm, son, b. Apr 1887, age 13, b. MO
John, son, b. Dec 1890, age 9, b. MO
Mary, dau, b. Mar 1893, age 7, b. MO
James, son, b. Mar 1895, age 5, b. Kansas
Josiah, son, b. Aug 1899, age 9 months, b. Kansas

1910 Census. Star Twp, Coffey Co, Kansas, Hh 234
Frank Fletcher, age 48, married 1 for 24 years, b. Kansas, father b. Maine, mother b. Ohio
Bell, wife, age 47, 7 children - 6 living, b. KA, father b. TN, mother b. MO
Lizzie M., dau, 17, b. MO.
James E., son, 15, b. KA
Joseph S., son, 10, b. KA
Bessie A., dau, 8, b. KA

1920 Census. Westland Twp, Kiowa Co, Kansas, Hh 24
Frank L. Fletcher, age 58
Bell, wife, 56
Joseph S., son, age 20

1 Mar 1953. Local Kansas Census, Bloom, Ford County
Belle Fletcher, age 89.

1953 Ford County, Directory - includes city of Bloom
Belle Fletcher

Buried Bucklin Cemetery, Bucklin, Ford Co, KS.

The following is a very different Belle whose maiden name was Hodges but also married a Frank Fletcher - several of her records are attached to her profile in various trees - Belle Hodges Fletcher was born 1860 and a different lady! Her Frank Fletcher had no middle initial, was born 1863, died in 1927 in Walla Walla County, Washington.
1940 Census. Tacoma, Pierce Co, Washington, Hh 252
1005 Ainsworth - lived in same house in 1935
Belle Fletcher, 79, widow, b. Kansas
Ronald Russell, Lodger, 29, b. Washington, seaman, merchant marine

Events

Birth20 Jun 1863Kansas
Marriage11 Mar 1886Jerico Springs, Cedar County, Missouri - Frank Lyon Fletcher
Death18 Aug 1954Bucklin, Ford County, Kansas

Families

SpouseFrank Lyon Fletcher (1861 - 1926)
ChildWilliam Erving Fletcher (1887 - 1959)
ChildFrank L. Fletcher (1889 - 1890)
ChildJohn Rankin Fletcher (1890 - 1965)
ChildElizabeth Mary Fletcher (1893 - 1947)
ChildJames Elonzo Fletcher (1895 - 1958)
ChildJosiah Spring Fletcher (1899 - 1983)
ChildBessie Alice Fletcher (1902 - 1988)
FatherJames Irving/Ervin Comstock (1837 - 1893)
MotherMary Elizabeth Stamps (1839 - )
SiblingHarvey Alexander Comstock (1858 - 1930)
SiblingJames Franklin "Frank" Comstock (1859 - 1923)
SiblingElonzo Ervan Comstock (1866 - 1933)
SiblingTheodosia Comstock (1868 - )
SiblingElizabeth Comstock (1871 - 1955)
SiblingWilliam Decatur Comstock (1883 - 1960)

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