Jul-28-2018
Husband: Alvin I. Bell
Born: 1842 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 Died: 1909 1 Buried: in Martin (aka Smith) Cemetery, Eldora, Marion Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2 Father: Isaac Bell Mother: Elizabeth ___
Wife: Mary E. Steele 3 Married: Dec-19-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 4
Born: ca 1835 in Loudoun Co, VA 5,2,3 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2 Father: Lewis Steele (1793 - ) Mother: Matilda ___
M Child 1: Truman L. Bell Census name: Trewman Bell 5 Born: Jun-15-1863 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 6 Died: Apr- 3-1940 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 6 Buried: in Rose Hill (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 6 Resided: in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 6 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farm laborer 6 Wife: Sarah C. Ruhama Perine b. Oct- 1-1858 d. Mar- 9-1939 Also known as: Ruhanna Perine 6 Married: Jun-24-1889 in Harrison Co, WV 7
M Child 2: Herman A. Bell Born: Sep-20-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,9 Died: Mar-23-1949 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 8,9 Buried: in Lost Creek 7th Day Baptist (Brick Church) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 9 Resided: 1933 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV 9 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Military: U.S. Army 80th Div, World War I, in France 9 Wife: Dora E. Edmonds b. 1865 d. 1954
M Child 3: Minter J. Bell Born: Oct-18-1868 Died: May-30-1933 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV 6 Buried: in Lost Creek 7th Day Baptist (Brick Church) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 6 Resided: near Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 6 Census: 1920, 1930 in Lincoln District, Marion Co, WV Wife: Mary Elizabeth Martin b. ca 1876 d. bef Feb 1905 Married: 1895 in Marion Co, WV 10 Wife: Nora Anderson b. Aug- -1868 d. Oct- 6-1918 Married: Feb-23-1905 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 10 Wife: Emily Rachel Kelley b. Aug-28-1890 d. Jan-21-1952 Married: ca 1920
Sources: (1) Headstone (year only) (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Death record of son. (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Alvin I. Bell, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Isaac & Elizabeth; and Mary E. Steel, 27, b. Loudon Co Va, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Lewis & Leah. Married Dec 19 1861 in Doddridge County. (Note: Leah Hazard, Lewis Steele's second wife, was actually Mary Steele's stepmother. His first wife, Matilda, was the mother of Mary and several others.), MR p. 138 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790732&Type=Marriage. (5) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (7) John Mark Perine, Parkersburg WV 26102, Perine Family of North Central WV (self-published) (8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997, p. 420. (10) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV.Name Index