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Pvt Robert Bell

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Pvt Robert Bell Veteran

Birth
Alabama, USA
Death
3 Aug 1864 (aged 30–31)
Georgia, USA
Burial
Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section F, plot 4622.
Memorial ID
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Bell, Robert Pvt.
Co. A POW
d. 8/3/64

Pvt. Robert Bell served 1st Alabama Calvary (Union) as did his brothers John, James and Francis from Winston County, Alabama. Only brother Henry joined the Confederacy by going to Choctaw County Mississippi to enlist with his cousin Andrew Lowrimore. Robert, his sister Eliza, and his father James B. Bell all wrote letters to Henry in Mississippi trying to convince him not to join the Confederacy and fight against the flag his ancestors had fought and shed blood to establish.

Henry turned those letters over to the Governor of Alabama naming his family as traitors to the Confederacy in Winston County, Alabama. Those Bell family letters are in the State Archives.George Robert Bell 1833-1864 was the husband of Sarah Ann York 1830-deceased. They were married 09 Feb 1854 by William M. Roden (Minister), and their marriage witnesses were William York and Eliza Bell Tyler.Their children were :James Robert Bell 1854-deceasedJohn W. Bell 1856-1858Frances Bell 1849-1907George Washington Bell 1861-1939.George Robert Bell is the son of James B. Bell 1898-1862 and Elizabeth Lowrimore Bell 1810-1878.ALA,
1st CAV Co. A.

Andersonville Prisoners of War
Surname: Robert Bell
Rank: PRIVATE
Company: A
Regiment: 1
State: AL
Arm of Service: CAVALRY
Death Date: 3 Aug 1864
Cause Of Death: DYSENTERY
Remarks: ROBERT BELLE [3]
Reference: p 1 [3]
Page: 141
Notes: BELLE
More Information: NO
Code: 14622
GRAVE: 4622

Robert Bell's wife was Sarah York. She was born 1830 in Mississippi. They had 4 children: Francis E. Bell, m. George Martin; James Robert Bell b 10 Nov 1854, George Washington Bell 1860-1939 who married Rhodie A. Martin and John W. Bell 1856-1858.
Contributor: Darlene B. Thomas (50000191)
Bell, Robert Pvt.
Co. A POW
d. 8/3/64

Pvt. Robert Bell served 1st Alabama Calvary (Union) as did his brothers John, James and Francis from Winston County, Alabama. Only brother Henry joined the Confederacy by going to Choctaw County Mississippi to enlist with his cousin Andrew Lowrimore. Robert, his sister Eliza, and his father James B. Bell all wrote letters to Henry in Mississippi trying to convince him not to join the Confederacy and fight against the flag his ancestors had fought and shed blood to establish.

Henry turned those letters over to the Governor of Alabama naming his family as traitors to the Confederacy in Winston County, Alabama. Those Bell family letters are in the State Archives.George Robert Bell 1833-1864 was the husband of Sarah Ann York 1830-deceased. They were married 09 Feb 1854 by William M. Roden (Minister), and their marriage witnesses were William York and Eliza Bell Tyler.Their children were :James Robert Bell 1854-deceasedJohn W. Bell 1856-1858Frances Bell 1849-1907George Washington Bell 1861-1939.George Robert Bell is the son of James B. Bell 1898-1862 and Elizabeth Lowrimore Bell 1810-1878.ALA,
1st CAV Co. A.

Andersonville Prisoners of War
Surname: Robert Bell
Rank: PRIVATE
Company: A
Regiment: 1
State: AL
Arm of Service: CAVALRY
Death Date: 3 Aug 1864
Cause Of Death: DYSENTERY
Remarks: ROBERT BELLE [3]
Reference: p 1 [3]
Page: 141
Notes: BELLE
More Information: NO
Code: 14622
GRAVE: 4622

Robert Bell's wife was Sarah York. She was born 1830 in Mississippi. They had 4 children: Francis E. Bell, m. George Martin; James Robert Bell b 10 Nov 1854, George Washington Bell 1860-1939 who married Rhodie A. Martin and John W. Bell 1856-1858.
Contributor: Darlene B. Thomas (50000191)


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  • Maintained by: L'eau Noire
  • Originally Created by: Bev
  • Added: Dec 29, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10187590/robert-bell: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Robert Bell (1833–3 Aug 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10187590, citing Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by L'eau Noire (contributor 47017234).