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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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