Abstract:
John Bellamy was born in Wilmington in 1854. He was a graduate of Davidson College and the University of Virginia and in 1875 was admitted to the Wilmington bar. He held a number of state and national positions as a member of the Legislature and two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was president of the State Bar Association and counsel for a number of businesses, including Seaboard Air Line Railway and Southern Bell Telephone Company.