After the death of Eliza, John married Malinda Bama Wilson in 1856 (US and International Marriage Records,1560-1900) in Monroe County, Tennessee. John and Malinda were the parents of six children.
John bought the Bell homeplace in Monroe County, Tennessee from his father in 1846. It included 80 acres in the Hiwassee District, and all of the tools and equipment for tanning leather. John was also a farmer and later was ordained a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
In 1856 he moved to Dade County, Missouri, south of Arcola in Polk Township. His brother Silas Bell Jr. and sister Mary Ann Bell Wilson and families soon followed him to Dade County. John, Silas and Mary Ann's mother Ellender lived with John's family until her death.
In 1872 John moved the family to the Halltown area in Lawrence County, Missouri.
Information from Silas Bell of Wayne County, KY by Geraldine B. Buland.
After the death of Eliza, John married Malinda Bama Wilson in 1856 (US and International Marriage Records,1560-1900) in Monroe County, Tennessee. John and Malinda were the parents of six children.
John bought the Bell homeplace in Monroe County, Tennessee from his father in 1846. It included 80 acres in the Hiwassee District, and all of the tools and equipment for tanning leather. John was also a farmer and later was ordained a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
In 1856 he moved to Dade County, Missouri, south of Arcola in Polk Township. His brother Silas Bell Jr. and sister Mary Ann Bell Wilson and families soon followed him to Dade County. John, Silas and Mary Ann's mother Ellender lived with John's family until her death.
In 1872 John moved the family to the Halltown area in Lawrence County, Missouri.
Information from Silas Bell of Wayne County, KY by Geraldine B. Buland.
Family Members
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Mary Ellen Bell Gilmore
1845–1893
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Silas Bell
1848–1936
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Ann Eliza Bell Morris
1850–1927
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Thomas Jefferson Bell
1852–1900
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John Bell
1855–1936
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Sarah Elizabeth Bell Ledbetter
1858–1904
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Joseph Winkle Bell
1861–1919
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Mary Ann Tennessee "Tennie" Bell Carter
1866–1939
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America Wallace Bell Carter
1869–1937
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Charles Payne Bell
1874–1962
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