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John Bell, born around 1806, married Sarah Pack in Harrison County, Kentucky, on January 23, 1830. Sarah Pack Bell was born around 1808.
Census records for Harrison County, Kentucky for the years 1860 and 1870 list John and Sarah Bell. In 1870, they were living in the Berry Hills District.
The following is a list of the children of John and Sarah Pack Bell:
1. William, born
about 1832. The 1870 Census for Harrison County lists an
unreadable name, believed to be Newt, was born about 1829, and I believe
this to be the same person. Newt Bell was listed as being a shoemaker.
2. Samuel (Lemuel?),
born about 1834 or 1836.
3. James Bell
(See below)
4. Martha Bell,
born about 1842 or 1844. Harrison County, Kentucky
marriage records list the marriage of Martha Bell to John W. Casey on
March 4, 1873, with the ceremony performed by Sam Foley.
5. Mary E. Bell,
born about 1844 or 1846.
6. Susan Bell,
born about 1846 or 1848.
7. Thomas Bell,
born about 1848 or 1849.
8. Sarah Bell,
born about 1853 or 1854. The 1870 Census for Harrison
County listed Sarah A. King and her husband, Van Buren King, as living
with John and Sarah Bell. Van Buren King was born about 1841.
James Bell, the son of John and Sarah Pack Bell, was born in December, 1840. On December 21, 1871, he married Rebecca Frances Bryant, the daughter of William and Lizzie Jones Bryant, in Harrison County, Kentucky. The marriage was performed by David Foley. Rebecca Bryant Bell was born November 11, 1854
James and Rebecca Bell were living in Fleming County, Kentucky, at the time of the 1900 census. James Bell died on August 15, 1917, and Rebecca Bell died on March 25, 1937. They are buried in the Muses Mills Cemetery in Fleming County, Kentucky.
The following is a list of the children of James and Rebecca Bell:
1. Anna Elizabeth
Bell, born July, 1874, married Frank Wolf.
2. John Bell,
who married Nola ___________.
3. Lillie Bell,
known as Betsy, born March, 1878, married Charles Rollins,
who lived from July 11, 1868 until March 31, 1943.
4. Thomas Bell,
who married Sally ____________.
5. Melinda Bell
(see below)
6. Lucian Bell,
born January, 1887, married Darnie Marshall.
7. Newton Bell,
born September, 1893 (1891?), died October 10, 1918. He
was a corporal in the United States Army during World War I, and died
during the war. He is buried in the Muses Mills Cemetery in Fleming
County, Kentucky.
8. Amanda Bell,
born September, 1893 (1891?), a twin to Newton Bell,
married Richard McKee. Amanda Bell McKee died on March 2, 1975.
9. Nola Bell,
born September 11, 1895, died May 5, 1964, married
James Wilson.
10. Lispie Bell, born
March, 1898.
Melinda Bell, the daughter
of James and Rebecca Frances Bryant Bell, married
John Preston Whalen,
who was born on August 6, 1885, in Fleming County,
Kentucky, on April
25, 1905 in Fleming County, Kentucky, at the home of James Bell.
Melinda Bell Whalen was born February 11, 1883, in Harrison County, Kentucky.
John and Melinda Whalen later moved to Mason County, Kentucky, and then
on to Brown County, Ohio. John Whalen died February 13, 1959 at the
Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Melinda Whalen died
on September 28, 1975. They are both buried at the Wedonia Cemetery.
