James Henry Bell

(20 May 1843 - 5 September 1897)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=7 Jul 2014
James Henry Bell was born on 20 May 1843.1 He was the son of James H. Bell.

James Henry Bell married Mary E. Mayer, daughter of John Jacob Mayer and ____ ____, on 6 July 1862.2

James Henry Bell appeared on the census of 8 June 1880 at College Street, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.3 He was a blacksmith according to the June 1880 census.3 He was a tool maker according to Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe.4 Elizabeth May Bell and her parents James and Mary appeared in two photographs taken by a Terre Haute photographer.

James Henry Bell died on 5 September 1897 at age 54.1 He was buried in Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana.1,5 The cemetery lot, # 252, section 3, was sold to Mary E. Bell by a deed dated 6 September 1897.6

Child of James Henry Bell and Mary E. Mayer

Citations

  1. [S199] Bell gravestone, lot 252, Section 3, Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana.
  2. [S306] Marriage Certificate, James H. Bell and Mary Mayer.
  3. [S53] James Bell household, 1880 U.S. census, Vigo County, Indiana, Terre Haute, Enumeration District 223.
  4. [S96] Interview, Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe, 23 and 24 December 2003.
  5. [S874] Find A Grave memorial page for James Henry Bell (1843 - 1897).
  6. [S461] Notes made 3 August 1997 by H. DeVoe at home of his parents, Chatham, Massachusetts.

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