Paris Dooley Bell II (1844 - 1904)

Born 24 Jun 1844 in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Wells) Simmons — married 3 Apr 1884 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 11 Dec 1904 at age 60 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Paris Dooley Bell II was born on 24 Jun 1844 in Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA. His occupation was 'bartender'. His parents were James Daniel Bell (~1818 - 1882) and Mary Alice (Cox) Bell (1823 - 1863).

His siblings were...

1. Margaret Lucretia (Bell) Edwards (1842 - 1908)
2. Franklin S. Bell I (1846 - 1912)
3. Georgia Ann Bell (1848 - 1920)
4. James Hugh Bell (~1849 - 1919)
5. Caroline Elizabeth (Bell) Spence (1851 - 1912)
6. Zilpha Jane (Bell) Simmons (1854 - 1891)
7. Robert Harold Bell (1855 - 1926)
8. Thomas Breckenridge Bell (1857 - 1937)
9. Mary Alice Bell (1860 - 1910)
10. William Samuel Bell (1862 - 1930)

Paris married Mary A. Wills (1860 - ).^[1]

Occupation

Occupation: bartender

Date: 1880

Place: Bishops Creek, Inyo, California, USA

Their son was Karl Raymond Bell (1887 - 1939).

Paris died on 11 Dec 1904 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California aged 60.^[2][3]

Research Notes

Bell Family (Smith, 2004) has:

"E-2 Paris Dooley Bell, b 6-24-1844 MS, d 12-11-1905 Los Angeles, m Mary Wills, b Jul 1860 IL, who remarried. (Mrs. Knapp did not have more information.) Paris shows in the 1880 census, Bishop's Creek, Inyo Co, CA, page 517. He is with Laurence Mulvihill, age 45 born Ire."

I think Bishops Creek is now Bishop. 08/15/08

(Joe Sneed 17:29, 23 March 2011 (EDT))

The Bishop Creek post office operated from 1870 to 1889 and from 1935 to 1938. The first Bishop post office opened in 1889.

Personal Knowledge Katherine Jeffrey has:

Next was Paris Dooley BELL (Jun 24, 1844-Dec 11, 1905) Born Mississippi, probably Pontotoc, enumerated in Bishop's Creek, Inyo CA 1880, m. Mary A WILLS 1884, Los Angeles City directory for 1890 at E s Anderson Av bet East First and Clementina, Boyle Heights; teamster. 1892 Voter registration, Paris Dooely BELL is still a teamster, but lives at 119 Anderson Street. Then 1900 census listed as "farm laborer in 1900 census when the family lived in Compton. Son listed as Carl R BELL (age 13; b. may 1887, per census.) Dooley is dead 1905. Wife listed as widow in 1909 is the only direct proof I have. I think the death date I have came from either June or Mary Van Vleet; but it matches up to my grandmother's recollection that her Uncle Frank outlived Uncle Dooley (we had photos of Uncle Frank's visit to Washington after 1910.

Sources

1. ↑ "California Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9DM-DKPZ : 24 March 2020), P.d. Bell, 1884.
2. ↑ "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HG45-QG6Z : 4 February 2020), Parris D. Bell, 1904.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #94380878 : accessed 16 November 2021), memorial page for Paris D. Bell (24 Jun 1844–11 Dec 1904), Find A Grave: Memorial #94380878, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Ann (contributor 46964942) .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-XLQ : 22 December 2020), Parris Bell in household of James Bell, Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

James Bell Male 35 Tennessee

Mary Bell Female 30 Alabama

Margarett Bell Female 7 Mississippi

Parris Bell Male 6 Mississippi

Franklin Bell Male 5 Mississippi

Georgianna Bell Female 4 Mississippi

James Bell Male 1 Mississippi

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M871-93W : 18 February 2021), Parris Bell in entry for J D Bell, 1860.

J D Bell Male 40 Ala

Mary Bell Female 37 Ala

Margarett Bell Female 17 Miss

Parris Bell Female 16 Miss

Franklin Bell Male 14 Miss

Georgean Bell Female 12 Miss

James Bell Male 11 Miss

Caroline Bell Female 9 Miss

Zilpha Bell Female 7 Mo

Robert Bell Male 5 Mo

Thomas Bell Male 2 Ark

Marygine Bell Female 0 Ark

Jesse Hounts Male 30 Tenn

William Hounts Male 31 Tenn

• "California Great Registers, 1850-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNFY-7J5 : 25 July 2019), Paris Dooley Bell, 19 Sep 1892; citing Voter Registration, 119 Anderson st, Los Angeles, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 976,929.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GY-SQM : 19 February 2021), Paris D Bell in household of Lawrence Mulvihill, Bishops Creek, Inyo, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 517A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,066

Lawrence Mulvihill M 45 Ireland

Peter Forbes M 30 Canada

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PK-TNQ : accessed 17 November 2021), Perris D Bell, Compton Township, Precinct 1, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 4B, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,091.

Perris D Bell Head Male 56 Mississippi

Mary A Bell Wife Female 40 Illinois

Carl R Bell Son Male 13 California

See also:

• Title: Hawthorne File

Author: Hawthorne, Fredrick

Note: Most of the data contained here comes from a .ged file provide by Fred Hawthorne

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
• Personal Knowledge Katherine Jeffrey