Sarah Farris Bell (abt. 1869 - 1961)

Born about 7 Aug 1869 in Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 Oct 1961 at about age 92 in Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Sarah Farris Bell was born on ~7 Aug 1869 in Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA. Her parents were William Wilson Bell (1827 - 1894) and Mary Adeline (Carr) Bell (1832 - 1906).

Her siblings were...

1. Isaac Bell (1851 - 1915)
2. James Wilson Bell (1853 - 1925)
3. Caroline Bell (~1855 - <1860)
4. David Bell (1857 - >1880)
5. Ann Bell (1858 - 1962)
6. Mary Adeline (Bell) Bolton (1860 - 1951)
7. William Wilson Bell II (1862 - 1933)
8. Richard Bell (1865 - >1880)
9. Jesse Bell (1866 - 1922)
10. Loula Bell (1871 - 1966)
11. John Carr Bell (1874 - 1954)

Sarah married Orarrah S Bell date and place unknown.^{[citation needed]}

Sarah died on 29 Oct 1961 in Pontotoc aged 92.^[1]

Research Notes

1940 Census shows her living at Bell's Tourist Camp in Garland Township, Miller County, Arkansas. Relationship to head is listed as 'sister', but she was their aunt. Bell's Tourist Camp was on land that Isaac Bell and wife, Sallie Pinson Bell had purchased around 1891. This land is on the state line, and was considered part of Texarkana, Arkansas.

Sarah did marry and had at least 2 sons. Leger-741 00:55, 21 November 2021 (UTC)Leger-741

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99265870/sarah-farris-bell : accessed 20 November 2021), memorial page for Sarah Farris Bell (9 Aug 1869–29 Oct 1961), Find A Grave: Memorial #99265870, citing Pontotoc City Cemetery, Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Lynn Brooks Ellis (contributor 47167699) .

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSG-GCZ : 29 May 2021), Sarah Bell in entry for William Bell, 1870.

William Bell Male 42 Alabama

Mary Bell Female 38 Alabama

Isaac Bell Male 19 Mississippi

James Bell Male 17 Mississippi

David Bell Male 14 Mississippi

Ann Bell Female 12 Mississippi

Mary Bell Female 11 Mississippi

Wm Bell Male 9 Mississippi

Richard Bell Male 7 Mississippi

Jesse Bell Male 4 Mississippi

Sarah Bell Female 1 Mississippi

Jesse Bell Male 40 Alabama

William Todd Male 24 South Carolina

Julia Trott Female 45 Alabama

Lillie Pinson Female 14 Mississippi

Tump Pinson Female 10 Mississippi

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4PM-FLW : 19 February 2021), Sarah Bell in household of William W Bell, Beat 4 Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 166, sheet 85B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,662.

William W Bell Self Male 52 Alabama, United States

Mary A Bell Wife Female 48 Alabama, United States

David Bell Son Male 23 Mississippi, United States

Mary Bell Daughter Female 20 Mississippi, United States

William Bell Son Male 17 Mississippi, United States

Richard Bell Son Male 15 Mississippi, United States

Jessie Bell Son Male 13 Mississippi, United States

Sarah Bell Daughter Female 10 Mississippi, United States

Lou Bell Daughter Female 9 Mississippi, United States

John Bell Son Male 5 Mississippi, United States

• Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 6, Shelby, Tennessee; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 1241596 Accessed on ancestry.com, November 2021.

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Bell 25 Head

Sarah Bell 30 Sister

Mary A Bell 70 Mother

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDJ-6TJ : accessed 21 November 2021), Sarah F Bell in household of Lou Bell, Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 102, sheet 11A, family 214, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 756; FHL microfilm 1,374,769.

Other People on This Record

Lou Bell F 38 Mississippi

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNT5-SDT : 2 February 2021), Sarah F Bell in entry for Orarrah S Bell, 1920.

Orarrah S Bell Husband M 60 Mississippi

Robert E Bell Son M 20 Mississippi

Earnest L Bell Son M 17 Mississippi

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLP-FD3 : accessed 21 November 2021), Sarah Bell in household of Pinson Bell, Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 29A, line 36, family 777, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 84; FHL microfilm 2,339,819.

Pinson Bell Head Male 49 Mississippi

Calbert Bell Brother Male 46 Mississippi

Richard Bell Brother Male 34 Mississippi

Sarah Bell Aunt Female 60 Mississippi

Lou Bell Aunt Female 58 Mississippi

Chester Williams Lodger Male 60 Arkansas

Wardell Keel Lodger Male 28 Arkansas

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.