Born in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hugh Bell
and Margaret McKinney
Sister of
Paris Dooley Bell I, Caroline (Bell) Godfrey, Zilpha (Bell) Harrison, Alfred Bell, Mary Boyd (Bell) Ford, Robert Allen Bell I, Adeline Catherine (Bell) Taylor, James Daniel Bell and Rebecca (Bell) Flannigan
Wife of
James Madison Bigham
— married
about 1837 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Alfred Hanon Bigham, Ann Elizabeth Bigham, Sarah Caroline (Bigham) Bell, Martha Joan (Bigham) Johnson, William Paris Bigham and Mary Jane Bigham
Died
at age 60
in Salem, Tipton, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2011
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Biography
Florence was the daughter of Hugh F. and Margaret McKinney Bell. Florence married James Madison Bigham about 1837. They lived in Ittawamba County in 1850 [1] and Pontotoc County, Mississippi in 1860 [2], living in Mississippi, for most of their married life. Florence died Aug 22 of 1872 in Tipton County Tennessee and is buried in the Salem Associate Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery there. [3]
Marriage
- Husband: James Madison Bigham
- Wife: Florence Bell
- Marriage:
- Date: Abt 1837
- Child: Alfred Hanon Bigham
- Child: Ann Elizabeth Bigham
- Child: Sarah Caroline Bigham
- Child: Martha Joan Bigham
- Child: William Paris Bigham
- Child: Mary Jane Bigham
Sources
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LZ-2FP
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GN-WBX
- ↑ FindAGrave|57383227
- "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LZ-2FP : Mon Jul 17 22:25:25 UTC 2023), Entry for James Bigham and Florence Bigham, 1850. Proof of name, birth and residence.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GN-WBX : Tue Jul 18 00:46:22 UTC 2023), Entry for James M Bigham and Florence M Bigham, 1860. Proof of name, birth and residence.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57383227/florence-m-bigham: accessed 04 September 2023), memorial page for Florence M Bell Bigham (2 Jan 1812–22 Aug 1872), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57383227, citing Salem Associate Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery, Salem, Tipton County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Mary Lynne Williams (contributor 48495662). Proof of birth, death, and place of burial.
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Florence by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Florence:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Florence by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Florence:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Joe Sneed 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JSNEED1A
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~3.12%
Clark Vinson :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rclarkvinson
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~1.56%
Robert Edwards :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member edwards433
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~1.56%
Sarah Nash :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H027429 [compare], yourDNAportal SARc58410b6
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~0.78%
Bud Crosthwait :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Sandy (Orr) Omtvedt :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member somtvedt
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Bill Mace :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Wmmace6753
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~0.78%
Nancy (Bell) Vondrak :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B756037
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