Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Jesse Franklin Bell    
       Also known as: Jessie Franklin Bell 1
                Born: Jan-17-1922          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  2,3,4
                Died: Feb-22-2009           4
             Resided:                      in Largo, Pinellas Co, FL  5
             Resided: formerly             in Watkinsville, Oconee Co, GA  6
             Resided: 1993                 in Dunedin, Pinellas Co, FL  6
             Resided: 1992                 in Clearwater, Pinellas Co, FL  6
             Resided: 1945, 1948           in Salem, WV  3
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1938                 farmer  7
           Education:                      Salem College (1948, physics, mathematics)  8
            Military:                      Capt, US Marine Corps bomber pilot, World War II, Pacific  9
              Father: Jesse Homer Bell   (1882 - 1958) 
              Mother: Bessie S. VanHorn   (1881 - 1956) 
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
                Wife: Mary Magdalene Perine   1  
                Born: Apr- 4-1920          in Doddridge Co, WV  10,11
                Died: Nov-13-2002           11
              Buried:                      in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV  11
             Resided:                      in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  12,11
          Occupation:                      Postmistress, Reynoldsville Post Office  11
              Father: Don Columbus Perine   (1897 - 1960) 
              Mother: Ethel Maude Robinson   (1895 - 1941) 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Jesse Franklin Bell, Jr.      
                Born: Nov-12-1938          in Salem, WV  13,11,4
                Died: Feb-27-2002          in Doddridge Co, WV  11,4
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Jarvisville Rd, Tichenal, Harrison Co, WV  11
            Military:                      Pvt, US Marine Corps  11
                Wife: Living  

Sources:
(1) Obituary of son. 
(2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(6) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 
(7) Birth record of son. 
(8) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, 1948. 
(9) Newspaper article. 
(10) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as daughter of Don Columbus Perine and Ethel Maude Robinson. 
BR Bk Del- 2, p. 68. 
(11) Obituary. 
(12) Obituary of brother. 
(13) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Birth record shows birthplace as "Salem, Rt 1," but obituary and 
marriage record give it as West Union.  His obituary, as well as those of his mother and sister, give his first name as 
Jessie, as does his birth record.  But SSDI lists it as Jesse. BR Bk 5, p. 12. 







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