James Montgomery Bell (1812- bef 1900)

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James Montgomery Bell was born in 1812 in Lewisberg, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the sixth child born to Thomas Bell and Hannah Boggess.  He was raised on the family farm in Muhlenberg County.

On March 19, 1835, James married his cousin, Nancy G. Boggess.  He was 23 years old and she was 20 years.  Nancy was born in Muhlenberg County in 1814, the daughter of Robert Boggess (brother to Hannah Boggess) and Rosannah Reynolds.

           

James and Nancy had three children:

                       

                        Eliza               born in 1837

                        Mary               born in 1839

                        Ann                born in 1844

In 1840 and 1850, James and Nancy were living on a farm in Runney, Muhlenberg County. 

By 1860, the family had moved to Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, where James continued his work as a farmer.

There is a gentleman buried in the Wright Cemetery in Hubbard, Wayne County, Illinois, whose information closely matches that of James Montgomery Bell.  J. M. Bell was born on April 14, 1812 in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky and died on December 29, 1864 in Xenia, Clay County, Illinois.

Notes for James Montgomery Bell

Birth:  Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

Marriage to Nancy:  Muhlenberg County Marriages, 1799-1901.  Accessed 12 January 2008. http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/files/MUHLEN.TXT

1840 US Census:  Year: 1840; Census Place: Runney, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 120; Page: 346; Image: 699; Family History Library Film: 0007830.  Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

1850 US Census:  Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 2, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M432_214; Page: 227B; Image: 495.  Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1860 US Census:  Year: 1860; Census Place: Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: M653_374; Page: 836; Image: 394; Family History Library Film: 803374.  Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Possible Death?: Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

Notes for Nancy G. Boggess

Birth:  Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

Children:  Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

Notes for Eliza, Mary, and Ann Bell

Birth:  Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.