Mary Belle Newberry

1889 - 1920  (30 years)

• Name	Mary Belle Newberry
  Born	11 Mar 1889	Russell County, Virginia, USA
  Census 1900	1900	Elk Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 43 128 Henry Cochram Head Male White 1866 40 Married 25 Virginia Virginia Virginia Farm Laborer 44 128 Malissa Cochram Wife Female White 1864 36 Married 25 10 8 Virginia Virginia Virginia 45 128 Zacariah Cochram Son Male White 1881 19 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia Farm Laborer 46 128 Robert Cochram Son Male White 1883 17 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia Farm Laborer 47 128 William Cochram Son Male White 1888 12 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia Farm Laborer 48 128 Mollie Jane Cochram Daughter Female White 1889 11 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 49 128 Mary Bell Cochram Daughter Female White 1889 11 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 50 128 Eddie Cochram Daughter Female White 1894 6 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 1 128 Vince Cochram Son Male White 1897 3 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 2 128 James K Cochram Son Male White 1899 1 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia
  Census 1910	1910	Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 14 20 Powell O Palmer Head Male White 1887 23 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia Farmer 15 20 Mary Palmer Wife Female White 1889 21 Married Virginia Virginia Virginia 16 20 Elburn Palmer Son Male White 1906 4 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 17 20 Beverly Palmer Son Male White 1908 2 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia 18 20 Annie Palmer Daughter Female White 1910 0 Single Virginia Virginia Virginia
  Deed	9 Jun 1911	Tazewell County, Virginia
  This deed, made this the 9th day of June, in the year 1911, between Mollie Short and Joe Short, her husband, Mary Belle Palmer and P.O Palmer, her husband, of Tazewell County, Virginia, parties of the first part
  Deed Mollie Short et als to Robert L. Newberry Tazewell County Deed Records. Mollie Short et als to Robert L. Newberry This deed, made this the 9th day of June, in the year 1911, between Mollie Short and Joe Short, her husband, Mary Belle Palmer and P.O Palmer, her husband, of Tazewell County, Virginia, parties of the first part, and Robert L. Newberry, of Russell County, Virginia, party of the second part. Witnesseth: that whereas Thomas J. Newberry, died possessed of a tract of land, situarted in Russell County, Virginia, on the waters of Mill Creek, containing about 50 acres, more or less, which tract of land is described as follows: Beginning at a beech at the mouth of a spring branch on the west side of Mill Creek, a corner to the land of Charley Newberry, thence with his line up a ridge to a locust, thence southward with said Charles Newberry to a locust by the road, corner of said Newberry, thence northwardly with the road to a sourwood and chestnut, thence northwardly to the top of the ridge to a chestnut oak, thence down a spur to a birch on the west bank of Mill Creek, thence with John Newberry's line down the creek to the beginning. And being the same tract of land conveyed to the said Thomas J. Newberry by Anderson Newberry and wife, by deed dated the 19th day of May 1894, which deed is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Russell County, Virginia, in Deed Book 38 page 342-43. And the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer being two of the heirs of law of the said Thomas J. Newberry, deceased, and entitled to two undivided interest in the afore said described tract of land, therefore this deed. Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of sixty five dollars, heretofore paid to the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the said parties of the first part doth bargin, sell and convey with covenants of general warranty of title all the undivided interest of the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer in the above described tract of land unto the said Robert L. Newberry, however reserving the coal which did not belong to the said parties of the first part. To have and to hold the undivided interest of the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer in the tract of land fully described aforesaid, and that the said Robert L. Newberry shall have quiet and peaceable possession of the same, free from the claims of anyone whomsoever. Witness the following signatures and seals. P.O. Palmer, Mary B. Palmer, Joseph Short, Mollie J. Short Virginia, Tazewell County, to-wit: I, N.B Cacy, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that Mollie Short and Joe Short, her husband, Mary Belle Palmer, and P.O. Palmer, her husband, whose names are signed to the foregoing and annexed writing, bearing date on the 9th day of June 1911, have each acknowledged the same before me, in my county aforesaid. Given under my hand this the 9th day of June, 1911.
  Deed	19 Dec 1911	Tazewell County, Virginia
  P.O and Mary B. Palmer to Charles Cordill for $250 a parcel of land lying on the waters of Coal Creek County of Tazewell. Deed book 72 page 211
  	Palmer Caudill Deed 1911
  Died	1920	McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
  Mary Belle had to die 1915/20, as she married Burke in 1914 and he was widowed in the 1920. The story from one of her grand daughters was that she was murdered, beaten to death, they never knew who did it. Unable to confirm this.
  Age	30 years
  Siblings	6 siblings
  + 1. Joseph Zachariah "Zach" Newberry           b. 24 Feb 1882, Russell County, Virginia, USA           d. 26 Jan 1957, Iaeger, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 74 years) + 2. Robert Stinson Newberry           b. 14 Oct 1883, Russell County, Virginia           d. 31 Oct 1921, Iaeger, McDowell, West Virginia  (Age 38 years) + 3. William Elbert Newberry           b. 26 Feb 1885, Russell County, Virginia           d. 18 Nov 1934, McDowell County, West Virginia  (Age 49 years) + 4. Mollie Jane Newberry           b. 15 Mar 1886, Russell County, Virginia           d. 27 Oct 1930, Shortt's Gap, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 44 years)   5. Thomas Newberry Jr           b. 1892, Russell County, Virginia, USA           d. 1 Jan 1893, Swords Creek, Russell, Virginia, USA  (Age 1 years)   6. Edda "Eddie" Newberry           b. 06 Feb 1894, Russell County, Virginia, USA
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  Person ID	P927	Burress | My Ancestors
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas J. Newberry           b. 1858, Franklin County, Virginia, USA           d. 1894, Russell County, Virginia, USA  (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Malissa Alice "Lissie" Strouth           b. 18 July 1860, Russell County, Virginia, USA           d. 15 Oct 1921, Iaeger, McDowell, West Virginia, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Married	10 Jan 1880	Russell County, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband 1	Powell Osborne Palmer           b. 23 Apr 1887, Bateman, Patrick County, Virginia           d. 24 May 1951, Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 64 years)
  Married	29 Aug 1905	Eckman, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
  	Powell Osborne Palmer & Mary Belle Newberry Marriage Record
  Divorced	17 Feb 1914	McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
  Address: http://burress.us/Palmer_Divorce.pdf
  View full divorce records at the link above. P.O Palmer, Plaintiff Vs / In Chancery Mary Palmer, Defendant This cause come on this day to be heard upon the order of publication duly published and posted on request by law, Plaintiff's Bill and deposition of witnesses taken and filed in this case as prescribed by law, and upon the argument of counsel. And the court after having heard all the arguments of counsel and after naturally considering the same it is of opinion and doth adjudge, order and decree that the plaintiff P.O Palmer and the defendant Mary Palmer, be and they are hereby divorced from the bonds of matrimony from each other. And this suit having accomplished the purpose for which it was instituted the same is ordered to be omitted from the docket. Chancery Orders Book 11 Page 323, McDowell County, Circuit Court, February Term 1914
  Children	4 children
  + 1. Elbert Luke Palmer           b. 29 Jul 1906, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 8 Jun 1960, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 53 years) + 2. Belve Mark Palmer           b. 23 Apr 1908, Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 05 Aug 1992, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland  (Age 84 years) + 3. Anna Ella Palmer           b. 23 Oct 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 7 Jan 1945, Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 34 years) + 4. Hazel Leona Palmer           b. 11 May 1911, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 18 Jul 1932, Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia  (Age 21 years)
  Photos		Powell Osborne Palmer Family (1st Wife Mary Bell Newberry, children Belve, Elbert, Anna & Hazel)
  Last Modified	30 May 2018
  Family ID	F936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband 2	James Pearson Burke           b. 25 Feb 1889, West Virginia, United States           d. 2 Oct 1956, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 67 years)
  Married	04 Aug 1914	Red Ash, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
  	James Burke and Mary Belle Newberry Palmer Marriage Certificate
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Mar 1889 - Russell County, Virginia, USA Census 1910 - 1910 - Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA Deed - This deed, made this the 9th day of June, in the year 1911, between Mollie Short and Joe Short, her husband, Mary Belle Palmer and P.O Palmer, her husband, of Tazewell County, Virginia, parties of the first part - 9 Jun 1911 - Tazewell County, Virginia Deed - P.O and Mary B. Palmer to Charles Cordill for $250 a parcel of land lying on the waters of Coal Creek County of Tazewell. Deed book 72 page 211 - 19 Dec 1911 - Tazewell County, Virginia Divorced - Address: http://burress.us/Palmer_Divorce.pdf - 17 Feb 1914 - McDowell County, West Virginia, USA Died - 1920 - McDowell County, West Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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