Vinson Knight Belnap (1863-1920)

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

Biographical Materials

• Belnap, W. Dean. Heritage With Honor: Genealogy and History of the Ancestry and Descendants of Gilbert Belnap (1821 – 1899) (1974)
• Centennial History in Honor of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap, 1850-1950 (including 1952 and 1956 Supplements) 

Newspaper Articles

• “The Week in Society–Silver Wedding,” Ogden Standard Examiner, 8 May 1900

Census Records

• 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, Ogden, Weber, UT (10 Jun 1900)
• 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Ogden, Weber, UT (21 Apr 1910)
• 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Ogden, Weber, UT (19 Jan 1920)
• 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Ogden, Weber, UT (7 Apr 1930)

Death Records

• Death Certificate: Vinson Knight Belnap, 1920
• Death Certificate: Sarah Emily Hardy Belnap, 1938

Photographs and Images

Individual Images

• Vinson Knight Belnap, standing (taken in Ogden, Utah, by Hoffman Brothers) (from Marion Adaline Belnap Kerr photo collection)
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• Vinson Knight Belnap, standing (taken in Ogden, Utah, by Hoffman Brothers) (same as above; black/white)
• Vinson Knight Belnap, profile (taken in Ogden, Utah, by J. O. Stephens) (from Marion Adaline Belnap Kerr photo collection)
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• Vinson Knight Belnap, profile (taken in Ogden, Utah, by J. O. Stephens) (same as above; black/white)
• Vinson Knight Belnap (from Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah)
• Vinson Knight Belnap (from original in possession of Jeane Erickson Burton)
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Headstones

• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Vinson K. Belnap (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)
• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Vinson Knight Belnap (family plot marker) (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)
• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: S. Emley [sic] Belnap (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)

Spouse

• Sarah Emily Hardy (1864-1938)

Children

• Mary Belnap (1887-1891) [no issue]
• Adaline Belnap (1889-1917) [married; no issue]
• Vinson Ray Belnap (1892-1954)
• Reta Belnap (1895-1978)
• Lord Lovel Belnap (1897-1964)
• Glen Vord Belnap (1903-1947)

Parents

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

Last update:  15 Jun 2020