Elizabeth (Seals) Bell (1852 - 1932)

Born 10 Feb 1852 in Alabama

Ancestors

Died 30 Jan 1932 at age 79 in Pike County, AR

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Biography

Elizabeth was born 10 Feb 1852,^[1] in Alabama, daughter of Wilburn Seale and Elizabeth Stracener.

Elizabeth married James Harrison, 24 Oct 1873 in St. Clair co. Alabama. "Both of full age and have not heretofore been married."^[2]

She moved to Arkansas and lived near her parents Wilburn and Elizabeth who were in Pike County Arkansas after 1880.

Elizabeth Harrison, age 38, married second, William T Bell, age 54, on 2 Aug 1891 in Howard co., Arkansas. (Bride lives in Clay, Howard Co. Groom lives in White, Pike county) ^[3]

Death

Elizabeth Bell died 30 Jan 1932, New Hope, White Twp, Pike co. Arkansas, widow of "Billie Bell", age 79y 11m 20d, buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery.^{[4] [5]}

Timeline

1860 Federal Census, St Clair Alabama, Coosa Valley, p57, household #380, ^[6]
•Wilburn Seal, 39, born Alabama
• Elizabeth, age 38, born Alabama, cannot read or write
• Samuel V B, age 17, born Alabama
• James, age 14, born Alabama
• Lewis A, age 12, born Alabama
• Elizabeth, age 7, born Alabama
• Jasper N, age 2, born Alabama

1870 Federal Census, St Clair Alabama, Kelly's Creek, dwelling 95, ^[7]
• "William R Seales", age 49, farmer, born Alabama, can read and write
• "Elisabeth", age 46, born Alabama, cannot read or write
• "Elisabeth", age 17, born Alabama, reads and writes
• Jasper N, age 12, born Alabama, writes but doesn't read
• William E, age 10, born Alabama, cannot read or write
• Henry P, age 7, born Alabama
• Mary E, age 5, born Alabama
- Sons James and Lewis A Seales are both enumerated nearby.

By 1880 Elizabeth Harrison, age 28, states that she was widowed, and living with her daughter, Mary, age 5, in the same dwelling as her parents Wilburn “Ceils” and Elizabeth. ^[8]

1900 Federal census, White, Pike, Arkansas, USA. ^[9] W T Bell, b. Aug 1833, Georgia, married 8 years, farmer.
Lizzie, born Dec “1855” Alabama, age 44, m 8 yrs. 2 children, 2 living, reads and writes.
Charles, son, born May 1893, Arkansas

1910 Federal Census, White, Pike, Arkansas, USA. ^[10] William T Bell, 74, second marriage 18 yrs. b. Georgia, father b. North Carolina, m b. South Carolina, merchant in dry goods store.
Lizzie, age 56, 2nd marriage, 18 yrs, 2 children, born Alabama, father b. "Texas", mother b. Alabama

1930 census. White, Pike, Arkansas, Elizabeth Bell, widowed, age 78, living alone. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, #90261961. Also personal family communication, [[seale-237|RHSeale MD|2000
2. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9HV-8KJ6?cc=1743384&wc=3LJP-2N5%3A1586952902 : 21 July 2015), 007316690 > image 87 of 530; County Probate Courts, Alabama.
3. ↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTBS-263?cc=1417439&wc=QDM2-HKT%3A1589733477 : 18 March 2019), 004368525 > image 387 of 568; county offices, Arkansas.
4. ↑ Arkansas Death Certificates, 1914-1969 Ancestry.com($) 5/10/2022
5. ↑ No photo or sources at FindAGrave. "info. from old cemetery record compiled by Carolyn & Mitzi Dingler 1986." Find a Grave, database and images accessed 10 May 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth Bell (10 Feb 1852–30 Jan 1932),Find A Grave: Memorial #90261961, citing Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Newhope, Pike County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Darlene Watson (contributor 47314278) .
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch : 13 December 2017), Elizabeth Seal in entry for Wilburn Seal, 1860.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch : 22 May 2014), Alabama > St. Clair > Precinct 12 > image 14 of 36; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBM-1KZ?cc=1417683&wc=X4MW-JWL%3A1589394746%2C1589398027%2C1589398686%2C1589394816 : 24 December 2015), Alabama > St Clair > Mundine > ED 119 > image 18 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
9. ↑ Federal Census, Year 1900, White, Pike, Arkansas; Roll: 71; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0093; Sup Dist 5, p5B, household 77 ancestry.com($)
10. ↑ Federal Census, 1910; Census Place: White, Pike, Arkansas; Roll: T624_60; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0125, p1A ancestry.com($)
11. ↑ Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: White, Pike, Arkansas; Roll: 88; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0020; Image: 542.0, dwelling 123 Ancestry.com($)