Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Marshel Bell 1,2   
       Also known as: Marshall Bell 3
                Born: May-10-1823          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  4,5
                Died: Jul-20-1899          in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV  6,2
              Buried:                      in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  8
              Father: Benjamin Bell 
              Mother: Lydia ___ 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Jane Jeffries     
    Marriage license: Jul-16-1850          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  9
             Married: Jul-17-1850          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  10
                Died: bef Aug 1856          11
              Father: James N. Jeffries 
           M Child 1: Lloyd Bell      
                Born: ca 1851               12
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 2: Ephrem Bell      
                Born: ca 1853               12
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 3: Sobisca Bell      
         Census name: Labiska Bell 
                Born: ca 1858              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  13 (see note 1)
             Resided: 1879                 in Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Virginia A. Nicholson  b. Apr-22-1859  
             Married: Feb-27-1879          in Doddridge Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, MR p. 35 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10708245&Type=Marriage. 
(4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(5) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(9) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10708785&Type=Marriage. 
(10) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Marriage date in the handwritten marriage record is not clear.  It appears to 
be July 17th 1850, but may be July 19th.  Their marriage license had been issued on July 16th. MR p. 35 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10708245&Type=Marriage. 
(11) Record of husband's remarriage. 
(12) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1858.  But age 5 in the 1860
Census puts it in about 1855, while age 11 in the 1870 Census puts it in about
1859.







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