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horses. He was an early director of ASHBA (the
American Saddle Horse Breeders Association), the forerunner of ASHA (the American Saddlebred Horse Association), of which he became president in 1958. In a notable lineage bred at Land O' Goshen were a top mare, Kalabara O'Goshen, who produced Ace
294:. In addition to their son, William Burke Belknap's parents had four daughters. Belknap's sisters were Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey (1876–1964), Alice Silliman Belknap Hawkes (1878–1972), Mary Belknap Gray (1881–1974), and Christine Belknap Robinson (1890–1919).
278:. When William Richardson Belknap died in 1914, part of his estate was donated by his children William Burke Belknap and Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey to help fund the purchase of the property at Third and Eastern Parkway for the University of Louisville's
325:. Edith, also known as "Aunt Edie" petitioned to become a naturalized citizen on July 10, 1942. She lived at Land O'Goshen farm with William Burke Belknap until his death and died March 24, 1983, in Oldham, Kentucky.
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O'Goshen and Gilded Gal O'Goshen. Gilded Gal O'Goshen was the dam of
Gallant Guy O'Goshen. A filly in 1945 at Land O'Goshen, owned by William B. Belknap and managed by S.Y. Tupper, was Pre-War Stuff O'Goshen.
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Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912, Volume 3, pp.
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University January 1, 1917. Entry for William Richardson Belknap in the Sheffield Scientific School, pp. 871-872. Published by University of Michigan Library.
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became the oldest humor magazine in the world. William Burke
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