Bell Family Information

 

Robert Bell, Sr.
[son of Samuel Bell and ? ?]
born: 1731/1732 - Ulster, Ireland or Pennsylvania
died: February 1816 - Davidson County, Tennessee
1st marriage: c1763 - Orange County, North Carolina which was later Guilford County
1st wife: Catherine Walker
[daughter of John Walker and Catherine Rutherford]
born: Orange County, North Carolina
died: after 16 December 1770 - Guilford County, North Carolina

Children of Robert Bell, Sr. and Catherine Walker Bell:

1. Mary Bell
born: 4 November 1763 - Rowan County, North Carolina which was later Guilford County
died: 23 September 1827 -
married: 5 August 1788 - Sumner County, Tennessee
husband: Thomas Williamson
[son of James Williamson and Sarah ?]
born: 30 November 1767 - Montgomery County, Virginia
died: 11 September 1825 - Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee

2. Samuel Bell
born: 11 February 1766 - Rowan County, North Carolina which was later Guilford County
died: 1836 - Davidson County, Tennessee
married: 16 June 1791 - Davidson County, Tennessee
wife: Margaret Edmiston
[daughter of John Edmiston and ? ?]
born: 23 January 1773
died: 6 July 1830 - Davidson County, Tennessee

Children of Samuel Bell and Margaret Edmiston Bell:

2.1. John Bell
born: 15 February 1797 - Davidson County, Tennessee
died: 10 September 1869 - Dickson County, Tennessee
buried: Mount Olivet Cemtery - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
1st wife: Sally Dickinson
born:
died: 1832 - Tennessee
2nd marriage: November 1835 - Davidson County, Tennessee
2nd wife: Jane Patton Erwin (1st husband was Thomas Yeatman)
[daughter of Andrew Erwin, Sr. and Jane Patton]
born: 22 October 1798 - Buncombe County, North Carolina
died: 15 October 1877 - Maury County, Tennessee

 

3. Ann Bell
born: 27 June 1768 - Rowan County, North Carolina later Guilford County
died: 24 December 1860
married: 4 November 1790 - Davidson County, Tennessee
husband: William Marshall
born: 2 November 1757
died: 27 January 1826 or c1856

4. Robert Bell, Jr. (twin)
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 16 December 1770 - Caswell County, North Carolina
died: 9 October 1853 - Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi
1820 Census - Monroe County, Mississippi (Robert Bell, age 45 and over)
1830 Census - Monroe County, Mississippi (Robt Bell, age 50-59)
1840 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Robert Bell, age 60-69)
1850 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Robert Bell, age 79)
married: 29 April 1794 - Logan County, Kentucky
wife: Grizzell McCutcheon
[daughter of John McCutcheon and Elizabeth Weir]
born: 2 February 1775 - Washington County, Virginia
died: 22 April 1854 - Pontotoc County, Mississippi
1850 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Grissel Bell, age 75)

Children of Robert Bell and Grizzell McCutcheon Bell:

4.1. John Bell
born: 1792 - Kentucky
died: 1860 - New Orleans, Louisiana
buried: near Handsboro, Harrison County, Mississippi
[served in the Civil War]
1850 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (John Bell, age 58)
married: 1816 or 1819 - Tennessee
wife: Lucinda "Betsey" Handley
[daughter of Samuel Handley and Susannah "Susan" Cowan]
born: c1800 - Tennessee
died: 1857 - Handsboro, Harrison County, Mississippi
buried: near Handsboro, Harrison County, Mississippi
1850 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Lucinda Bell, age 50)

Children of John Bell and Lucinda Handly Bell:

4.1.1. Robert Walker Bell
born: 28 January 1818 - Tennessee
died: 24 September 1865
1850 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Robert Bell, age 31)
1860 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Robert Bell, age 41)
married: 4 November 1852 - Pine Bluff, Arkansas
wife: Margaret Williams Chancellor
born: 6 July 1828 - Virginia
died: 3 November 1925
1860 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Margarett W. Bell, age 30)

Children of Robert Walker Bell and Margaret Williams Chancellor Bell:

4.1.1.1. Franklin Bell
born: c1853 - Mississippi
1860 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Franklin Bell, age 7)

4.1.1.2. Douglas Bell
born: c1854 - Mississippi
1860 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Douglas Bell, age 6)

4.1.1.3. John Bell
born: c1855 - Mississippi
1860 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (John Bell, age 5)

4.1.1.4. Mary Jane Bell
born: c1857 - Mississippi
1860 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Mary Jane Bell, age 3)

4.1.1.5. Anna Bell
born: Anna Bell
born: c1859 - Mississippi
1860 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Anna Bell, age 9/12)

 

4.1.2. Claiborne Handly Bell
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: December 1821 - Monroe County, Mississippi
died: 16 November 1909 - Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee
1850 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Claiborne Bell, age 20)
1860 Census -
1870 Census - Lafayette County, Mississippi
1880 Census - Saint Louis County, Missouri
1900 Census - Colbert County, Mississippi
buried: 18 November 1909 - Old Mississippi City Cemetery, Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi
married: 1 December 1858 - Handsboro, Harrison County, Mississippi
wife: Louisa "Lou" G. Washington
[daughter of Col. Fairfax Washington and ? ?]
born: 21 August 1835 - Virginia
died: 30 May 1911
buried: Old Mississippi City Cemetery, Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi
1870 Census - Lafayette County, Mississippi
1880 Census - Saint Louis County, Missouri
1900 Census - Colbert County, Mississippi
1910 Census - Harrison County, Mississippi

4.1.3. Mary Jane Bell
born: 1823 - Mississippi
died: 1879 - Waco, McLennan County, Texas
1850 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Mary Bell, age 22)
husband: ? McGaughy

4.1.4. Harriett N. Bell
born: 18 October 1825 - Tennessee
died: 26 September 1908 - Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas
buried: Pilot Point Community Cemetery - Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas
1850 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Harriet Bell, age 24)
married: 1857 - Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas
husband: Nicholas Alexander Barbe
born: 10 February 1827 in Russia (?)
died: 4 January 1907 - Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas
buried: Pilot Point Community Cemetery - Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas

4.1.5. Elizabeth Grizelda Bell
born: 10 March 1832 - Mississippi
died: 7 August 1883
1850 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Elizabeth Bell, age 20)
husband: Robert Handley
[son of Samuel Handley and ? ?]

4.1.6. William Bell
died young

4.1.7. Sarah Bell
born: c1831 - Mississippi
1850 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Sarah Bell, age 19)

4.1.7. Martha Bell
born: c1837 - Mississippi
buried: Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas
1850 Census - Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Martha Bell, age 13)
husband: ? Davidson
buried: Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas

 

4.2. Robert Bell, Jr.
born:
died: 15 September 1824 - Charity Hall, Monroe County, Mississippi

4.3. Catherine Bell
born: 7 June 1802 - Kentucky
died: 20 February 1884
buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery - Denton, Denton County, Texas
married: 22 September 1821
husband: John R. Haynes
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 28 January 1798 - North Carolina
died: 1 May 1895 - Denton, Denton County, Texas
buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery - Denton, Denton County, Texas

4.4. Elizabeth Bell
born: 3 December 1799
died: 1 February 1892 or 1893
married: Logan County, Kentucky
husband: Robert Cowan Handley
[son of Samuel Carroll Handley and Susannah "Susan" Cowan]
born: 6 July 1792 - Washington County, Tennessee
died: 27 August or September 1841 - Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Children of Elizabeth Bell Handley and Robert Cowan Handley:

4.4.1. Eliza Ann Handley
born: 27 February 1829 - Franklin County, Tennessee
died: 10 February 1902 - Marshall, Harrison County, Texas
married: 13 February 1845 - Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
husband: Walter Montecue

4.4.2. Robert William Carroll Handley
born: 1838
died: 1882

 

5. Catherine Bell (twin)
born: 16 December 1770 - Caswell County, North Carolina
died: 31 March 1859 - Davidson County, Tennessee
buried: McCutchen-Bryn Cemetery - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
married: 6 August 1791 - Davidson County, North Carolina
husband: Samuel McCutchen
[son of James M. McCutchen, Sr. and Griselda "Grisal" Campbell]
born: 13 April 1759 - Augusta County, Virginia
died: 19 February 1816 -Williamson County, Tennessee
buried: McCutchen-Bryn Cemetery - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

 

2nd marriage of Robert Bell, Sr: 17 January 1775 - Guilford County, North Carolina
2nd wife: Mary Boyd
[daughter of ? Boyd and ? ?]
born: c1754 - North Carolina
died: after 1802 - Davidson County, Tennessee

Children of Robert Bell, Sr. and Mary Boyd Bell:

6. John Bell
born: 9 December 1776 - Guilford County, North Carolina
died: c1823
married: 8 March 1810 - Tennessee
wife: Sarah Bell
born: c1775

7. James Bell
born: 23 August 1777 - Guilford County, North Carolina
died: 23 June 1823 - Wilson County, Tennessee
wife: Mary Dean
born: 12 July 1777 - Virginia
died: 8 August 1829 - Wilson County, Tennessee

8. Hugh Bell
born: 1 May 1779 - Guilford County, North Carolina
died:
married: 15 November 1800 - Davidson County, Tennessee
wife: Margaret McKinney

9. Daniel Bell
born: c1780 - Guilford County, North Carolina
died: c1814 - in Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812

10. Francis Bell
born: 23 November 1782 - Guilford County, North Carolina
died: 21 June 1866 - Menard County, Illinois
married: 21 July 1807 - Davidson County, Tennessee
wife: Peggy Bailes
born: 1807
died: 15 September 1807 - Davidson County, Tennessee
2nd marriage of Francis Bell: 6 January 1809 - Davidson County, Tennessee
2nd wife: Elizabeth Allen
born: 14 February 1790 - Breson, Rowan County, North Carolina
died: 15 August 1835 - Greene County, Illinois

11. David Bell
born: 2 July 1786 - Sumner County, Tennessee
died: 1 August 1863
married: 14 April 1814 - Davidson County, Tennessee
wife: Elizabeth Edmiston
born: 29 October 1792 - Virginia
died: 4 September 1862

12. Thomas Bell
born: 13 September 1789 - Davidson County, Tennessee
died: c1879 - Davidson County, Tennessee
married: 10 November 1815 - Davidson County, Tennessee
wife: Martha Edmiston

13. Sarah Bell
born: c1792 - Davidson County, Tennessee
died: 3 March 1848 - Greene County, Illinois
married: 6 June 1815 - Davidson County, Tennessee
husband: John Allen
born: 17 December 17921 - Breson, Rowan County, North Carolina
died: 16 February 1841 - Greene County, Illinois

14. William Bell
born: c1793 - Davidson County, Tennessee
died: Gallatin, Tennessee

15. Nathaniel Bell
born: c1793 - Davidson County, Tennessee
died: c1844
married: 18 January 1823
wife: Eleanor Johnston

16. Jane Bell
born: 24 July 1795 - Davidson County, Tennessee
died: 25 August 1860
married: 2 July 1818 - Gallatin, Tennessee
husband: Peter Hines Martin
born: 4 November 1793
died: 26 July 1849

17. Abraham Bell
born: before 1795 - Davidson County, Tennessee
died: Mississippi

18. Rebecca Bell
born: before 1795 - Davidson County, Tennessee
died: February 1816 - Davidson County, Tennessee


Updated May 17, 2011

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