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Submitted by: DJ Donnell-Watson
Email address: <djdwatson@yahoo.com>
 

Husband: Henry BELL
Birthdate: 26 Dec 1812
Birthplace: Pickaway County, Ohio, Virginia Military District
Death date: after June 1878
Place of death: Franklin County, KS
Burial: Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas
Marriage date: 04 Aug 1831
Marriage place: Pickaway County OH

Wife: Elisabeth CHERRY
Birthdate: 1809
Birthplace: Pickaway County OH
Death date: after June 1878
Place of death: Franklin County, KS
Burial: Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas
Father: Jesse CHERRY
Mother: Catherine MERTZ

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Jesse R BELL
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1833
Birthplace: Pickaway County OH
Death date: 28 Jul 1898
Place of death: Payne County, Oklahoma
Burial: Fairlawn Cemetery, Payne County, Oklahoma
Marriage date: 1851
Marriage place: Madison County, Iowa
Spouse's name: Hulda Adamson
Marriage date: 25 Jul 1869
Marriage place: Ottawa Franklin Kansas
Spouse's name: Mary Jane WILSON

Child No. 2: Abner D BELL
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1834
Birthplace: Pickaway County, OH
Death date: 1908
Place of death: Peoria Franklin Kansas
Burial: Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas
Marriage date: 20 Nov 1861
Marriage place: Peoria Franklin Kansas
Spouse's name: Susan FISHER

Child No. 3: Rebecca C BELL
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1837
Birthplace: Hancock County, Ohio

Child No. 4: Mary C Mercy BELL
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 Nov 1840
Birthplace: Amanda Hancock OH
Death date: 28 May 1906
Place of death: Logan County, Oklahoma
Burial: Logan OK
Marriage date: 30 Jan 1868
Marriage place: Ottawa Franklin Kansas
Spouse's name: George Perry Taylor

Child No. 5: Martha BELL
Sex: F
Birthdate: 18 Mar 1843
Birthplace: Amanda Hancock OH
Death date: 3 Dec 1910
Burial: Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas
Place of death: Kansas
Marriage date: about 1862
Marriage place: Franklin County, Kansas
Spouse's name: Benjamin MENDENHALL
Marriage date: about 1880
Marriage place: Franklin County, Kansas
Spouse's name: Robert H Stewart

Child No. 6: Ira J H BELL
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1846
Birthplace: Amanda Hancock OH
Death date:

Child No. 7: Hester Elizabeth or Elisabeth BELL
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1853
Birthplace: Madison County, Iowa
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
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Documentation:
Probate Records, Pickaway County, Ohio marriage;
Land Records, Hancock Cty, Ohio, Henry Bell;
1840 and 1850 Census Hancock County Ohio lists all children of Henry and Elisabeth Bell;
1870 Census Franklin, Franklin, Kansas for Henry and Elisabeth Bell;
1875 Landowners Records, Historic Society, Franklin County Kansas;
1878 Landowners Records, Historic Society, Franklin County Kansas;
Copy of marriage license from District Court, Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas for Mary  Bell/George Taylor,
         Jesse Bell and Mary Jane Wilson, Abner Bell and Susan Fisher; Cemetery Index, Franklin County, Kansas;
1865, 1875, 1885 Census for Franklin County and Elk County, Kansas