Dr. William Martin Bellinger
Birthplace: Barnwell, South Carolina
Father: Edmund Bellinger 1807 – 1859
(Buried: Saint Andrews Catholic Church, Barnwell, South Carolina)
Mother: Columbia Elizabeth Woodruff Allen 1812 – 1888
(Buried: Saint Andrews Catholic Church, Barnwell, South Carolina)
Wife: Melvina Dunbar 1851 – 1919
(Buried: Barnwell Baptist Church, Barnwell, South Carolina)
Children:
Mary Bellinger 1871 – 1899
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Norwood, New York)
Edmund Willis Bellinger 1882 – 1962
(Buried: Barnwell Baptist Church, Barnwell, South Carolina)
Emily Bellinger Reynolds 1889 – 1980
(Buried: Barnwell Baptist Church, Barnwell, South Carolina)
Education:
1856: Graduated from University of Nashville Medical School
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Surgeon for 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Appointed Surgeon Provisional Army of the Confederacy
1864: Surgeon for Palmetto Sharpshooters
1864 – 1865: Senior Surgeon for Bratton's South Carolina Brigade
1865: Paroled at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9th
Occupation after War:
Medical Doctor in Barnwell County, South Carolina
Died: June 15, 1898
Place of Death: Barnwell County, South Carolina
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
Age at time of Death: 65 years old
Burial Place: Barnwell Baptist Church Cemetery, Barnwell, South Carolina
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