Mary (Brown) Bell (abt. 1813 - 1905)

Born about 1813 in Pennsylvania, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

Died 14 Feb 1905 at about age 92 in Keota, Keokuk, Iowa Territory, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

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Biography

Born 1813 in Pennsylvania.

1823/1824 Mary and her family move west to Ohio.

ABT 1836 Mary marries John Bell.

1850 Mary is living with her husband and their 6 children on a farm in Eden, Licking County, Ohio.^[1]

• John Bell (37 years, male, farmer, 1000$ real estate, born in Ireland)
• Mary Bell (37 years, female, born in Pennsylvania)
• Margaret Bell (13 years, female, born in Ohio)
• Elizabeth Bell (11 years, female, born in Ohio, attends school)
• Robert Bell (9 years, male, born in Ohio, attends school)
• Sarah Bell (7 years, female, born in Ohio, attends school)
• Simon Bell (5 years, male, born in Ohio, attends school)
• Mary E. Bell (3 years, female, born in Ohio)

ABT 1852 Mary, her husband and their children move to Wheatland, Bureau County, Illinois. Her parents and brothers also move to Illinois around that time.

1860 Mary and her family live in Wheatland, Bureau County, Illinois now.^[2]

• John Bell (48 years, male, farmer, 1440$ real estate, 446$ personal estate, born in Ireland)
• Mary Bell (48 years, female, farmer, born in Pennsylvania)
• Margaret Bell (23 years, female, house work, born in Ohio)
• Sarah Bell (17 years, female, house work, bron in Ohio, attends school)
• Simeon Bell (15 years, male, farmer, born in Ohio, attends school)
• Mary E. Bell (13 years, female, born in Ohio, attends school)
• Deborah A. Bell (9 years, female, born in Ohio, attends school)
• Francis A. Adrian (25 years, male, farm worker, born in Schweden)

1870 Mary and her husband are still listed in Wheatland Township, Illinois.^[3] They seem to be doing rather good for themselfes, if you look at their real and personal estate. I Do believe that Ellen is Deborah A. from 1850. Her full name could be Deborah Ellen Bell.

• Bell John (56 years, male, white, farmer, 3630$ real estate, 2222$ personal estate, born in Ireland, borth parents also of foreign birth)
• Bell Mary (55 years, female, white, keeps house, born in Pennsylvania)
• Bell Sarah (27 years, female, white, born in Pennsylvania?, father of foreign birth)
• Bell Simeon (25 years, male, white, farmer, born in Pennsylvania?, father of foreign birth)
• Bell Mary (23 years, female, white, born in Pennsylvania?, father of foreign birth)
• Bell Ellen (18 years, female, white, born in Illinois?, father of foreign birth)
• Bell Francis (10 years, male, white, born in Illinois, father of foreign birth, attends school)

1880 Mary and John still live in Wheatland, Illinois.^[4] Their youngest child is adopted.

• Bell John (white, male, 66 years, married, farmer, born in Ireland, both parents born in Ireland)
• Bell Mary (wife, white, female, 66 years, married, keeping house, born in Pennsylvania, both parents also born in Pennsylvania)
• Bell Franklin (adopted son, white, male, 20 years, single, farmer, born in Illinois, both parents born in Enland)

13 Dec 1893 Mary's husband John dies in Keota, Keokuk County, Iowa.^[5]

1900 Mary is listed in Keota Town, Iowa.^[6] She is living in der daughter Elizabeth's house, together with a granddaughter and her sister Sarah.

• Rogers E. J. (head, white, female, born Mar 1839, 61 years, widowed, 2 of her 3 children are still alive, born in Ohio, father born in Ireland, mother born in Pennsylvania, owns a house free of mortgage, can read, write and speak English)
• Bell M. (mother, white, female, born Oct 1813, 86 years, widowed, 4 of her 10 children are still alive, born in Pennsylvania, both parents also born in Pennsylvania, can read, write and speak English)
• Powell M. E. (niece - Sarah's daughter-, white, female, born May 1886?, 24? years, single, born in Illinois, father born in Virginia, mother born in Ohio, goods clerk, can read, write and speak English)
• Wilson S. (aunt, white, female, born Mar 1821, 79 years, widowed, all of her 8 children are still alive, born in Pennsylvania, both parents also born in Pennsylvania, can read, write and speak English)

Died 14 Feb 1905 in Keota, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.^[7]

Buried Keota Cemetery Keota, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6F99-68L?cc=1401638&wc=95RH-L2N%3A1031310001%2C1032391501%2C1031528401 : 9 April 2016), Ohio > Licking > Eden > image 12 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBT-6P7?cc=1473181&wc=7QMS-C89%3A1589423252%2C1589423994%2C1589424816 : 24 March 2017), Illinois > Bureau > Wheatland > image 8 of 14; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXZ3-458?cc=1438024&wc=92KJ-NQQ%3A518684301%2C519940001%2C519283801 : 22 May 2014), Illinois > Bureau > Wheatland > image 9 of 14; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYJ-3M91?cc=1417683&wc=QZ2Q-TX3%3A1589399935%2C1589400188%2C1589398103%2C1589394804 : 24 December 2015), Illinois > Bureau > Wheatland > ED 27 > image 8 of 11; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99413642/john-bell
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XXZ1-35?cc=1325221&wc=9BW6-N3K%3A1030552001%2C1033630201%2C1033652301 : 5 August 2014), Iowa > Keokuk > ED 45 Lafayette Township Keota town > image 16 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99413570/mary-bell