Alvin J. Bellamy, farmer of Vineyard Township, is the son of William and
Sallie (Martin) Bellamy. The father was born in Virginia, and moved with his
parents to Franklin County, Ga., where he married a Miss Westbrooks, who
bore him two children, one son and one daughter. After her death he married
Miss Martin, and nine children were the result of this union. He was a wheel·
wright by trade, although he made farming his chief occupation. He died at
the age of eighty-four, and was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a,s
were also his two wives. The paternal and maternal grandfathers of our subject
were both Revolutionary soldiers. Alvin J. Bellamy was born in Franklin
County, Ga., January 6, 1844, on a farm; received a limited education, and in
September, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-ninth Georgia Infantry,
(Confederate States Army), and served until the close of the war. He participated
in the battles of Jackson, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary
Ridge, Dalton, Resaca. Altoona, New Hope Clmrch, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Columbus.
After the battle of Jonesboro he was promoted to the rank of second
lieutenant of Company A, Col. Bryant's cavalry. Returning to Georgia, he
married Miss L. Ballenger in 1866. She was born in Franklin County, Ga.,
April 19, 1845, and by her marriage became the mother of six children, four
sous and two daughters. The same year of his marriage Mr. Bellamy moved to
Red River County, Texas, but the following year moved to Washington County,
Ark., locating where he now lives on·a fine farm of190acres,150 under cultivation.
He is one of the best farmers in his community, and one of the most successful.
He is a Democrat in politics; is a Master Mason, and both he and Mrs.
Bellamy are members of the Methodist Church.