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Surnames: Bell, Chandler
Classification: Biography
Message Board URL:
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Message Board Post:
Benjamin Bell was born in 1805 in South Carolina. He married Frances Chandler 29Dec1827
in Lauderdale Co. Alabama. Frances was born 1806 in Virginia. The couple remained in
Alabama until approximately 1833 when they moved to Tennessee and had several additional
children.
The family removed to Smackover Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas prior to 1850.
Frances appears by herself in the 1860 census and the 1870 census at the age of 63
suggesting that Benjamin had passed by 1860.
Lenorah married Miles Joshua Gentry in the mid 1860's and they removed to Hempstead
county sometime after 1870, Several of the children appear in Hempstead County, Arkansas
later.
Although I have been unable to find specific links, I believe that William and Modesta
Gray followed the members of the Bell family into Hempstead and Howard County Arkansas
during the 1870's.
Children of Benjamin and Frances BELL
Mary A. b: 1830 in Alabama
Elizabeth b:1831 in Alabama
Frances E. b: 1832 in Alabama
Elijah (or Eliza)L. b: 1834 in Tennessee
Katherine b:1836 in Tennessee
Robert W. b: 1837 in Tennessee
Lenorah D. b: 1838 in Tennessee
Dorothy b: 1841 in Tennessee
Modesta Rosaline b: 27 Mar 1842 in Tennessee
Danetha b: 1843 in Tennessee
Thomas J. b: 1844 in Tennessee
Filmore b: 1856 in Arkansas
Additional info at:
http://www.geocities.com/gray5153/PrntsofModestaBell.html