Born in Cumberland, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Meador
and Jane (Holloway) Meador
Sister of
Joel Meador, Mary (Meador) Holland, Sarah (Meador) Holloway, John Meador Jr., Jehu Meador, Jonas Meador, Lydia (Meador) Holland, Ira Meador, Rosannah Meador and Martha (Meador) Frith
Wife of
James Henry Bell II
— married
31 Jan 1798 in Franklin, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
John Meador Bell Sr., James H. Bell III, Peter Holland Bell, Ira David Bell, William J Bell and Mary S (Bell) Gilbert
Died about
at about age 81
in Franklin, Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2011
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Biography
FRANCES "FRANKY" MEADOR, daughter of JOHN MEADOR and JANE HOLLOWAY.
She was born 19 Jan 1768 in Bedford Co, VA, and died Nov 1849 in Franklin Co, VA.[1]
Frankey Meador married James Bell on 31 Jan 1798 in Franklin County, Virginia.[2],[3]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157165364/frances-bell : accessed 18 November 2021), Find A Grave: Memorial #157165364, memorial page for Frances “Frankey” Meador Bell (19 Jan 1768–Nov 1849), citing Bell-Dudley Cemetery, Gladehill, Franklin County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by James E Brooks (contributor 47606974).
- ↑ James Bell & Franky Meador Bond: 31 January 1798, Franklin County, Virginia She daughter of John Meador Surety: Peter Holland Source: Marriage Bonds of Franklin County, Virginia, by Winfield, pg 33
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQ6-FT1 : 5 December 2014), James Bell and Frankey Meador, 31 Jan 1798; citing Franklin County, Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 31,523
- FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA. CEMETERIES, Compiled by The Franklin County Heritage Society (1998), p. 29: Bell/Morgan/Dudley Cemetery, at Routes 40 and 673:
- Frances Meador Bell, Wife of James Frances Bell, Feb. 1768 - Nov. 1849
- James Bell Jr., 1765 - Oct. 1, 1843
- Ira Bell, 9/16/1844
- John Meador Bell, 11/12/17989 (sic! Five number in year!) - 12/16/1853
- M. D. Bell, 5/31/1838.
- BROKEN LINK The Descendants of Robert de Medewe, by Unknown
- Rootsweb Archived Thread: "James Bell & Frances Meador", by Robbie Meadows-O'Brien
- Ancestry.com Archived Thread: "James Bell, William Bell, Jason Bell, Sarah Bell", by Carolyn June Hosier
- Holloways of the South Family Genealogy Page, by Brenda Holloway
Acknowledgements and Merges
- WikiTree profile Meador-148 created through the import of Clayton Burton_2009-10-26.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Clayton Burton. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Clayton and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frances 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 Frances:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frances 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 Frances:
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~1.56%
Ray Grant
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A328447 [compare], Ancestry member raygrant1964
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~0.78%
Heather Brown :
23andMe, GEDmatch M203567 [compare]
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~0.78%
Donna (Johnson) Reiling :
23andMe, GEDmatch M784208 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jim McGuire :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T168906 [compare]
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~0.78%
Catherine (Wills) Wydner :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch SJ9372364 [compare]
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Cindi (Bell) Cooke
Robin Lee
Robin Lee
Cindi (Bell) Cooke
Married date and place added. Incorrect 2nd spouse removed as well as incorrect child. The Frances Meador who married Micajah Dowell was born 1768 and married 5 Feb 1787 in Bedford Co., VA and died 10 July 1858 in Kentucky. She and Micajah Dowell had 10 children together during their marriage.
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by Cindi (Bell) Cooke
Robin Lee
Meador-752 and Meador-148 appear to represent the same person because: Incorrect parents removed, ready for merge
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by Robin Lee
Robin Lee
Note put on the Meador-752 profile, parents are incorrect on that profile, no sources provided.
posted
by Robin Lee
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