Mary Belle Newberry b. 11 Mar 1889 Russell County, Virginia d. 1920 McDowell County, West Virginia: Burress & Palmer Genealogy

Mary Belle Newberry

1889 - 1920 (30 years)

Name Mary Belle Newberry

Birth 11 Mar 1889 Russell County, Virginia

Census 1900 1900 Elk Garden, Russell, Virginia

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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

ED: District 0055 Transcript ID is dbid=7602&iid=4117933_00158

Census 1910 1910 Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia

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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

ED: District 0106 Transcript ID is dbid=7884&iid=4454882_01380

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

Death 1920 McDowell County, West Virginia

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.

Siblings 6 siblings

+	1. Joseph Zachariah "Zach" Newberry b. 24 Feb 1882, Russell County, Virginia d. 26 Jan 1957, Iaeger, McDowell, West Virginia (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 Gap, Buchanan, Virginia (Age 44 years)
	5. Thomas Newberry Jr b. 1892, Russell County, Virginia d. 1 Jan 1893, Swords Creek, Russell, Virginia (Age 1 year)
	6. Edda "Eddie" Newberry b. 06 Feb 1894, Russell County, Virginia

Person ID P927 Burress | My Ancestors

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

Husband 1 Powell Osborne Palmer
b. 23 Apr 1887, Bateman, Patrick, Virginia
d. 24 May 1951, Raven, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 64 years)

Marriage 29 Aug 1905 Eckman, McDowell, West Virginia

Powell Osborne Palmer & Mary Belle Newberry Marriage Record

Divorce 17 Feb 1914 McDowell County, West Virginia

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 2 sons and 2 daughters

+	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, Virginia d. 05 Aug 1992, Baltimore, Maryland (Age 84 years)
+	3. Anna Ella Palmer b. 23 Oct 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 7 Jan 1945, Raven, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 34 years)
+	4. Hazel Leona Palmer b. 11 May 1911, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 18 Jul 1932, Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia (Age 21 years)

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Powell Osborne Palmer Family (1st Wife Mary Bell Newberry, children Belve, Elbert, Anna & Hazel)

Family ID F936 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Husband 2	James Pearson Burke b. 25 Feb 1889, West Virginia d. 2 Oct 1956, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 67 years)
Marriage	04 Aug 1914	Red Ash, Russell, Virginia
Marriage		James Burke and Mary Belle Newberry Palmer Marriage Certificate
Family ID	F142	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 11 Mar 1889 - Russell County, Virginia
	Census 1900 - 1900 - Elk Garden, Russell, Virginia
	Census 1910 - 1910 - Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
	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
	Divorce - Address: http://burress.us/Palmer_Divorce.pdf - 17 Feb 1914 - McDowell County, West Virginia
	Marriage - 04 Aug 1914 - Red Ash, Russell, Virginia
	Death - 1920 - McDowell County, West Virginia