Ritchie Hugh BELSER, Sr.^[1]

1848 - 1896  (48 years)

• Name	Ritchie Hugh BELSER  [2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	29 Feb 1848	probably Woodside Plantation, South Carolina   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Washington College (now Washington and Lee University)
  HIST	“He was named Thomas Richardson Belser, but in early life changed his name to Ritchie Hugh Belser.” Received certificate in English from Washington College from college president Robert E. Lee.
  MILI	He served at the age of fourteen as Orderly Sergeant in Reserves, near Charleston, South Carolina, and at the age of fifteen joined the regulars in the Confederate service. He served for the last year of the war in the upper part of South Carolina and in North Carolina, principally guarding prisoners.  [5]
  Occupation	In Confederate War, Farmer, Teacher, Mayor of Summerton
  Reference Number	2/19/1848
  _UID	624C51803C20499FA03C1F00CC16752A3F07
  Death	26 Dec 1896	Woodside Plantation or Summerton, South Carolina   [2, 3]
  Burial	Evergreen Cemetery, Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina   [3]
  Person ID	I4193	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2008

  
  

  Father	William States BELSER,   b. 1806   d. Jun 1852 (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Caroline Matilda GORDON,   b. 1804, Charleston, South Carolina d. 14 Mar 1869 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1833
  _UID	6C2F1DFB6DF44E61A8CA0760AF6578365EC4
  _UID	6C2F1DFB6DF44E61A8CA0760AF6578365EC4
  Family ID	F1536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gulielma Maria BAKER,   b. 6 Dec 1848, probably Sumter County, South Carolina d. 29 Aug 1928, Clarendon County, South Carolina (Age 79 years)
  _UID	9BB36EC932D04C57B88FFB935513C889B8C5
  _UID	9BB36EC932D04C57B88FFB935513C889B8C5
  Children	1. Caroline Baker “Caro” BELSER,   b. 1 Sep 1872, probably Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 6 May 1904 (Age 31 years)   2. William Gordon BELSER, Sr.,   b. 8 Oct 1875, Woodside Plantation, near Summerton, South Carolina d. Bef 29 Dec 2009 (Age < 134 years)   3. Richard Baker BELSER, Sr.,   b. 14 Mar 1879, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 14 Mar 1925, Sumter, South Carolina (Age 46 years)   4. James Edwin BELSER, Sr.,   b. 10 Oct 1883, Woodside Plantatin, near Summerton, South Carolina d. Bef 17 Dec 2010 (Age < 127 years)   5. Ritchie Hugh BELSER, Jr.,   b. 13/11 Jan 1887, Summerton, South Carolina d. 15 Oct 1957, Pinewood, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 70 years)   6. Colonel Irvine Furman BELSER, Sr.,   b. 25/15 Oct 1889, Summerton, South Carolina d. Aug 1969, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F1497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Hugh Charles Haynsworth, (Osteen Publishing Company, Sumter, SC). [S8273] . [S51] page 497. [S848] Ken Schmidt, Descendants of Christian Belser. [S10719] W. Gordon Belser, J. Edwin Belser and Irvine Furman Belser, (Published in1941), page 31.