b: Coassola- Torino Italy; d: Mt Carmel; m: 4 Feb 1926 Sarah Etta Ferguson*; res: 1918 Universal- Vermilion Co IN 1930 Six Mile- Franklin Co IL to Mt Carmel ca 1935; res: 1940 Lick Prairie; ch: Donald G (20 Oct 1930 IL m: Mary Jane res: Mt Carmel) & Dale E (19 Aug 1936-15 Aug 2010 Evansville IN buried St Mary Cem m: 4 Jul 1957 Mt Carmel Cecilia Kieffer). (obit of Dale)
BELLESSA, Sarah Etta (Ferguson) 16 May 1895 - 9 Mar 1955 ()
b: Petersburg - Pike Co. IN; d: Mt. Carmel; d/of Thomas L. Ferguson (8 Aug 1862 IN-3 Apr 1938 Vincennes IN) & America Houseman (27 Apr 1867-1927); m1: 11 Jun 1910 Linton - Greene Co. IN John Barney (2 May 1888 Austria-22 Dec 1963 West Frankfort - Franklin Co. IL); m2: John Bellessa*; ch: Dlema (d: m: ? Rutter) & Clarence B (ca 1920 IN m: Hilda res: Fayetteville NC) & John J (2 Dec 1922 Wheatland- Knox Co IN-17 Oct 1998 FL). (obit of Dale)