Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Jesse Homer Bell    
       Also known as: Homer J. Bell 
                Born: Feb-22-1882          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Jul- 6-1958          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 farmer  3
          Occupation: 1930                 real estate agent  2
           Education:                      West Virginia University  4
              Father: Ezra Woodhull Bell   (1859 - 1937) 
              Mother: Electa L. Hudkins   (1858 - 1918) 
                Wife: Bessie S. VanHorn   5  
             Married: Sep- 1-1915          at Grove, Doddridge Co, WV  2,4
                Born: Jan-13-1881          in Grove, Doddridge Co, WV  1,6,2
                Died: Apr- 9-1956          in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1929                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1915                 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV  8
              Census: 1900                 in Somerset Co, PA  
          Occupation: 1900                 saleswoman (dry goods)  6
           Education:                      West Virginia University  9
              Father: Camden A. VanHorn   (1857 - 1929) 
              Mother: Louisa Melvena Cain   (1860 - 1933) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Paul Bell      
                Born: ca 1918               2
              Census: 1930                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 2: Jesse Franklin Bell      
       Also known as: Jessie Franklin Bell 10
                Born: Jan-17-1922          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  11,12,13
                Died: Feb-22-2009           13
             Resided:                      in Largo, Pinellas Co, FL  14
             Resided: formerly             in Watkinsville, Oconee Co, GA  15
             Resided: 1993                 in Dunedin, Pinellas Co, FL  15
             Resided: 1992                 in Clearwater, Pinellas Co, FL  15
             Resided: 1945, 1948           in Salem, WV  12
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1938                 farmer  16
           Education:                      Salem College (1948, physics, mathematics)  17
            Military:                      Capt, US Marine Corps bomber pilot, World War II, Pacific  18
                Wife: Mary Magdalene Perine  b. Apr- 4-1920  d. Nov-13-2002  
                Wife: Gene Lenora Richardson  b. Jan- 1-1920  d. Feb-10-1947  
       Also known as: Gene Lenore Richardson 19
             Married: Jan-21-1945          in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV  20
                Wife: Alice Virginia Life  b. Jul-13-1920  
             Married: Jul- 4-1948          in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV  21

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(3) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(4) Newspaper wedding announcement. 
(5) Marriage record of son. 
(6) 1900 Census. 
(7) Obituary of father. 
(8) West Union Herald, 10/28/1915. 
(9) West Union Herald, 7/6/1916. 
(10) Obituary of son. 
(11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(13) Social Security Death Index. 
(14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(15) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 
(16) Birth record of son. 
(17) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, 1948. 
(18) Newspaper article. 
(19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(20) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Jesse Franklin Bell, single, b. Jan 17 1922 in 
Clarksburg, res. Salem, son of J. Homer Bell & Bessie VanHorn; and Gene Lenora Richardson, single, b. Jan 1 1920 in 
Lumberport, res. Shinnston, dau of Edwin Richardson & Bessie Coffman.  Married Jan 21 1945 in 
Shinnston. 
(21) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Jesse Franklin Bell, widowed, b. Jan 17 1922 in 
Clarksburg, res. Salem, son of Jesse H. Bell & Bessie Van Horn; and Alice Virginia Life, single, b. Jul 13 1920 in West 
Milford, res. Clarksburg, dau of Samuel Life & Martha M. Reed.  Married Jul 4 1948 at Nutter 
Fort. 







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