Augustus Weber Belnap (1860-1948)

Gathered here is the most comprehensive repository of materials on the life of Augustus Weber Belnap, son of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap.  Click on the links below to access biographical and historical information concerning Augustus Weber Belnap:

Biographical Materials

• Belnap, W. Dean. Heritage With Honor: Genealogy and History of the Ancestry and Descendants of Gilbert Belnap (1821 – 1899) (1974)
  • Heritage With Honor: Augustus Weber Belnap
  • Heritage With Honor: Mary Read
• Centennial History in Honor of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap, 1850-1950 (including 1952 and 1956 Supplements) 
• Progressive Men of Idaho (1904): A.W. Belknap [sic]
• Belnap, Joseph Francis. “Augustus W. Belnap: The Father of Salem Union Canal”

Letters

• Adaline Belnap to Augustus Weber Belnap (son), 13 Jan 1908 (transcription)

Newspaper Articles

• “Idaho Resident Dies at Hospital,” Ogden Standard Examiner, 25 Jul 1924

Census Records

• 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Weber County, UT (10 Jul 1860)
• 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Weber River Valley, Weber, UT (8 Jul 1870)
• 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Hooper, Weber, UT (11 Jun 1880)
• 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Wilford, Fremont, ID (6 Jul 1900)
• 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Salem, Fremont, ID (20-21 Apr 1910)
• 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Salem, Madison, ID (20 Jan 1920)
• 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Salem, Madison, ID (7 Apr 1930)

Death Records

• Death Certificate: Augustus Weber Belnap, 1948

Photographs and Images

Individual Images

• Augustus Weber Belnap, as a young man
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• Augustus Weber Belnap, as young man (from original in possession of Patricia Belnap Johnson)
• Augustus Weber Belnap (from Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah)
• Augustus Weber Belnap, oval portrait (from original in possession of Jeane Erickson Burton)
• Augustus Weber Belnap, rectangular portrait (from original in possession of Jeane Erickson Burton)
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Group Images

• Augustus Weber Belnap (middle) with daughters Lola Ethel Belnap Sommer (left) and Mary Adaline Belnap Jeppson (right), n.d.
• Augustus Weber Belnap and sons; front row (left to right): George Belnap, Augustus Weber Belnap, Ezra Leonard Belnap; back row (left to right): Augustus Ruben Belnap, Earl Read Belnap, Charles William Belnap, Joseph Francis Belnap, Elmer Durlin Belnap (received from Orvid B Jeppson), n.d.
• Augustus Weber Belnap, Mary Louisa Belnap Lowe, and Hyrum Belnap (left to right) at Belnap Family Reunion held in Salem, Idaho, at home of Augustus Weber Belnap (“Uncle Gus”) (from “A” Jewel Belnap Furniss), Aug 1936
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• Family Gathering at Belnap Family Reunion held in Salem, Idaho, at home of Augustus Weber Belnap (from “A” Jewel Belnap Furniss), Aug 1936
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Headstones

• Headstone: Wilford Cemetery: Augustus Weber Belnap and Mary Read (received from Orvid B. Jeppson)

Spouse

• Mary Read (1860-1948)

Children

• Augustus Ruben Belnap (1887-1963)
• Charles William Belnap (1889-1967)
• Thomas Gilbert Belnap (1892-1893) [no issue]
• George Belnap (1894-1980)
• John Belnap (1896-1896) [no issue]
• Earl Read Belnap (1897-1974)
• Joseph Francis Belnap (1899-1989)
• Ezra Leonard Belnap (1902-1986)
• Elmer Durlin Belnap (1904-1960)
• Mary Adaline Belnap (1905-1995)
• Lola Ethel Belnap (1907-1973)

Parents

• Gilbert Belnap (1821-1899)
• Adaline Knight (1831-1919)

Last update:  15 Jun 2020