Becky,

 There is a Martha A. Belless married to William H. Parker on 11-02-1876 Fulton County. This is from the Illinois State Archives Database. This is an excellent resource, if you have never been to this database, this is the address. You can search statewide or by county. You might have to try a variation of name spellings though or search with the beginning letter of the name.

http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html

They are listed on the 1880 census in Bernadotte, Fulton County, Illinois, with two children,

Minnie A. age 3 and Sarah E age 1.

I hope this helps you a little bit.

                                                                        Deb

Becky and Deb,

Do you know if Elizabeth Belless, B. 1829, Indiana d. 1897 probably Fulton Co. Ill. married 12 Nov 1854, Fulton County, Illinois to Arthur Smith b. 1833, Tennessee was connected to your Belless family?  If so how?  Elizabeth is my gg grandmother.  Thanks.

Lee Harris Eakin EakinArkiv@aol.com