— born in Mercer Co., MO:
4.  Richard BELCHER, b. 1845/6
5.  Margaret BELCHER, b. 1846/7
6.  Caroline BELCHER, b. 1849

1.  Family Group Sheet by Betty Ann (Matthiesen) Cogliati and her grandmother, Maude Irene (Thompson) Rose.

2.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1993.  Missouri Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-227):

Belcher, Harvey

Williams, Susan

13 Sep 1841

Grundy Co.

3.  1850 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #28 of 66):  District 56, Mercer Co., MO, p. 386B, 177/4, enumerated 26 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Richard Williams	63	M		Farmer	400	Virginia
Elizabeth	58	F				do
[seven of Richard & Elizabeth's children]
Henry Belcher	30	M		Farmer		Kentucky
Susan Belcher	30	F				Virginia
M A	19	F				Mo
Thomas	7	M				do
Martha	6	F				do
William	5	M				do
Richard	4	M				do
Margaret	3	F				do
Caroline	11/12	F				do

Richard & Elizabeth WILLIAMS are Susan's parents.  Obviously, "Henry" should be "Harvey."  M.A. is too old to be Harvey's child — is she Harvey's sister?  Listed three lines from James Henry THOMPSON & Angeline THAXTON, who are next to Angeline's parents, Benjamin D. THAXTON & Malinda L. GAULDING, who are two households from Susan's uncle, Royal T. WILLIAMS & Delilah Sampson GAULDING, brother of her father, Richard.  UPDATE (14 Nov 2016):  an email from Doreen McGowan indicates, "M.A.," is Missouri Ann Elizabeth BELCHER, born 8 Jan 1841, so the "19" in the census should be "9."

4.  1860 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find any of them, except for Missouri and Martha.

• Missouri STEPP (æ 19, female, b. MO) is living in Trenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO (p. 319), with her husband William STEPP (æ 23, b. IN), plus one child. • M.J. BELCHER (æ 17, female, b. MO) is living in Washington Twp., Mercer Co., MO (p. 193), with her grandparents, Richard WILLIAMS (æ 74, b. VA) & E. WILLIAMS (æ 66, b. VA), et al. [Martha is listed near several McCRAY and WILLIAMS families who are kin.]

5.  1870 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find any of them, except for Missouri.

• Missouri STEPP (æ 28, b. MO) is living in Jefferson Co., Colorado Territory (p. 370A), with her husband, William STEPP (æ 32, b. IN), plus seven children.

.  Emails from Art Daly, Doreen McGowan.