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William Bryant married
Lizzie Jones. According to the marriage bond of their daughter, Rebecca,
they were both born in Harrison County, Kentucky, and were living there
in 1871. They had the following child:
1. Rebecca Frances
Bryant, born November 11, 1854
Rebecca Bryant married James Bell, the son of John and Sarah Pack Bell on December 21, 1871, in Harrison County, Kentucky. The marriage was performed by David Foley James Bell was born in December, 1840, and was the son of John and Sarah Pack Bell.
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.
