Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Martin H. Bell    
                Born: Nov-15-1857          in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  1
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
              Father: John Henderson Beall   (1815 -     ) 
              Mother: Leah Jane Collins   (1822 - 1903) 
                Wife: Ruanna Elder   1  
             Married: Aug-31-1882          in Calhoun Co, WV  2,3
                Born: Oct-  -1855           1
              Father: John Elder   (1828 - 1893) 
              Mother: Priscilla Richards   (1836 - 1861) 
Other spouse 1
           F Child 1: Dora M. Bell      
                Born: Mar-  -1883          in Calhoun Co, WV  1
           M Child 2: Roy W. Bell      
                Born: Mar-  -1887          in Calhoun Co, WV  1
           F Child 3: Flora Gay Bell 1     
       Also known as: Gay 4,5
                Born: Dec-  -1889          in Calhoun Co, WV  1,6
                Died: 1956                  6,1
              Buried:                      in Charles Husk Cem, Coon Rd (off Hur-to-Richardson Rd), Calhoun Co WV  7,8
             Husband: Samuel Clayton Husk  b. Jan- 2-1881  d. Apr-17-1955  
       Also known as: Clay Husk 4
             Married: Sep-3-1905           in Calhoun Co, WV  9
           F Child 4: Lelah Priscilla Bell      
                Born: Jan-31-1892          in Calhoun Co, WV  1
           F Child 5: Hattie Bell      
                Born: Jan-  -1894          in Calhoun Co, WV  1

Sources:
(1) Polly Walker Kreaps, Walker WV 26180, , Walker Family GEDCOM 
(http://txnetwork.net/walker/gedcoms/pkreaps/html/pkreaps.html) 
(2) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as 
Martin H. Bell, age 24, of Calhoun Co, son of Henderson & Leah; and Rua Bell, widowed, age 23, b. Ritchie Co, res. 
Calhoun Co, dau of John Elder.  Married Aug 31 1882. 
(3) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm). Participants 
identified as Martin H. Bell and Rua Bell, the bride's last name being a corruption of the name of her first husband, 
Spencer M. Beall. 
(4) Marriage record of daughter. 
(5) Marriage record of son. 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Headstone. 
(8) Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society, Cemeteries in Calhoun County West Virginia, Grantsville Printing Co, 
Grantsville WV (1985) 
(9) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989) 







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