Sunday, March 1, 2015

James M. Bell (1815-1899)

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James M. Bell was born on July 2, 1815 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the son of Judge William Bell, Sr. and Sarah Knight.

On October 13, 1845 James married Mary Ann Elizabeth Hall in McCracken County or Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was 33 years old and she was 20 years.  Mary was born December 13, 1825 in Logan County, Kentucky, the daughter of Micajah Hall and Harriet W. Duval.

James and Mary had ten children:

                        Wyley Jesse              born March 24, 1847
                        Anna Isabell               born January 15, 1849                   
                        Susan H.                    born July 27, 1850
                        John William              born January 17, 1852
                        Frank                          born February 26, 1854
                        Ella                             born in 1855            
                        Mary                           born April 4, 1857
                        Virginia                      born 1860
                        Elizabeth J.                born in 1862
                        Mallie                         born in 1871            

After their marriage, the couple settled on a farm in McCracken County, Kentucky, where they stayed to raise their family.

In 1880, James and Mary had established their family on a farm in Hays, McCracken County, Kentucky.  Their real estate was worth $8,000 and their personal estate worth $1,000.  James was working on the family farm, along with his two sons, Jesse and John. 

James M. Bell died on October 8, 1889 in McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was buried in Mount Kenton Cemetery in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was 84 years old at his death. 

After her husband’s death, Mary stayed on the family farm, living with her daughter, Mally.  Her son, John, and his family lived on a farm nearby.  By 1910, Mary and Mally were renting a house on Yancy Street, near the farm of her son, John.

 Mary Ann Elizabeth Bell died on January 8, 1914 in McCracken County, Kentucky.  She was just one month past her 88th birthday.  Mary was laid to rest next to her husband in Mount Kenton Cemetery in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky. 



Notes for James M. Bell
Birth, Death, Burial:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
Marriage to Mary:  Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Source number: 12610.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM.
1850 US Census:  James M. Bell - Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: M432_211; Page: 183B; Image: 372.  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:  J M Bell - Year: 1860; Census Place: District 2, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: M653_383; Page: 829; Image: 493; Family History Library Film: 803383.  Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1870 US Census:  James M Bell - Year: 1870; Census Place: District 4, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: M593_487; Page: 55A; Image: 113; Family History Library Film: 545986.  Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1880 US Census:  James M. Bell - Year: 1880; Census Place: Hays, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: 430; Family History Film: 1254430; Page: 190B; Enumeration District: 128; Image: 0385.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Death:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Florence Station, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T623 540; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 74.

Notes for Mary Ann Elizabeth Hall
Birth and Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.
Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Florence Station, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T623 540; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 74.
Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: District 6, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T624_493; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 128; Image: 578.
Burial:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi


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