George Melvin BELCHER
Birth: 25 June 1905 in Kegley, Mercer County, Maryland
Death: 22 June 1922 in Milam, West Virginia (train accident)
Burial: Thompson Cemetery, Kegley, Mercer County, West Virginia
Footstone Text: G.M.B.
Headstone Text: GEORGE M. / BELCHER / JUNE 25, 1905 / JUNE 22, 1922 / Gone but not forgotten
Parents: William Burl BELCHER and Minnie Etta BELCHER (m. DUNCAN)
Parents' Children:
He was never married or had children.
Employment: Was working is first job as a derrick helper on the work train for the Virginia-Western Railroad. The train wrecked and overturned, killing George and another man, and injuring 3 others.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Also buried in this cemetery are: His brother -- William.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#154362160), FamilySearch website (#LVPN-J7X), and family records.
Death: 22 June 1922 in Milam, West Virginia (train accident)
Burial: Thompson Cemetery, Kegley, Mercer County, West Virginia
Footstone Text: G.M.B.
Headstone Text: GEORGE M. / BELCHER / JUNE 25, 1905 / JUNE 22, 1922 / Gone but not forgotten
Parents: William Burl BELCHER and Minnie Etta BELCHER (m. DUNCAN)
Parents' Children:
- George Melvin BELCHER
- William Carl BELCHER
- Pansy Elizabeth NEAL (m. BELCHER)
- Roy Wilson BELCHER
- Ida Ruth BLANKENSHIP (m. BELCHER)
- Minnie Helen WHITE (m. BELCHER)
- Clarence Leslie BELCHER
- Ruby Mae HELMS (m. BELCHER, h1. THORNE)
- Wilma Kathleen THORNE (m. BELCHER)
He was never married or had children.
Employment: Was working is first job as a derrick helper on the work train for the Virginia-Western Railroad. The train wrecked and overturned, killing George and another man, and injuring 3 others.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Also buried in this cemetery are: His brother -- William.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#154362160), FamilySearch website (#LVPN-J7X), and family records.