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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Walter Addison Whitlock: Birth: 04 SEP 1880 in Texas. Death: 30 NOV 1929 in Kaysville City Cemetery, Layton Davis Utah

  2. Hallie Whitlock: Birth: 22 DEC 1882 in Texas. Death: 12 MAR 1963 in San Mateo CA

  3. Exer Whitlock: Birth: 23 JUN 1883 in Texas. Death: 28 DEC 1957 in Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California

  4. Olla Whitlock: Birth: DEC 1884 in Texas.

  5. Rial Alexander Whitlock: Birth: 24 JAN 1887 in Putnam, Texas. Death: 11 JAN 1957 in Alameda, CA


Notes
a. Note:   We've always wondered why she was name Belle Zora...maybe she was named after Belzora Texas (now a ghost town)
 NAME: Belzora
 COUNTY: Smith
 ROADS: 2WD
 GRID: 1
 CLIMATE: Cold winter, hot summer
 BEST TIME TO VISIT: Not accessible COMMENTS: FM 14 ROW, 17 mi. north of Tyler Texas Historical Marker Number: 7705
 REMAINS: few tombstones, historical marker
 A thriving port for Tyler and East Texas, from 1850s until arrival of railroads in 1870s. One of many ports established when settlers (as in eastern states) turned to rivers for transportation. In Texas, river-freighting proved rather disappointing. The long, winding rivers were difficult for even small, shallow-draft steamers to navigate. Boats on the Sabine fared very well, however, because of abundant rainfall and favorable terrain. For several months each year, light steamboats could ascend the river to Belzora. The "Galveston News" for that period included Belzora in listings of ports. In dry seasons it was local practice to load goods on barges, flatboats and other craft and wait for a freshet to send them downstream. In addition to the boat landing, Belzora had a ferry used by travel on the Dallas-to-Shreveport Post Road. The town had a dozen businesses, a post office and a combination church-schoolhouse. Ambitious plans for greater inland navigation, deepening of river channel, and building of locks and dams never materialized. Belzora, like many sister ports, became an historic relic-- a ghost town. Submitted by: Darin McCoy
  California Death Index, 1940-1997
 about Belle Zora Whitlock
 Name: Belle Zora Whitlock
 [Belle Zora Griffin]
 Social Security #: 0
 Sex: FEMALE
 Birth Date: 16 Dec 1852
 Birthplace: Texas
 Death Date: 17 Feb 1947
 Death Place: Alameda
 Mother's Maiden Name: Woods
 Father's Surname: Griffin
  src1: month & yr from death certificate, year on certi says 1852; 1859 from census rec. 1859 on original family bible.
  Death Certificate with information provided by daughter Excer Slaker states that she lived nine years with daughter at same address and that she was a 55 year resident of California...moving there about 1892. Father Owen D. Griffin is stated was born in Ireland. (This is incorrect-he was born in Atlanta-census records also reflect this) Mother Catherine Woods was born in Texas (also incorrect - she was born in Georgia)
  Residence: 1106 Ashmount Ave, Oakland CA
  Husband William Whitlock is dead before 1900.
  1900 United States Federal Census
  about Belle Whitlock
 Name: Belle Whitlock
 Home in 1900: Berkely Ward 2, Alameda, California
 Age: 41
 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
 Birthplace: Texas
 Relationship to head-of-house: Head
 Race: White
 Occupation: View Image
 Neighbors: View others on page
 Household Members: Name Age
 Belle Whitlock 41
 Walter Whitlock 20
 Exer Whitlock 18
 Hallie Whitlock 17
 Olar Whitlock 15
 Rial A Whitlock 13



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