Dewey Sylvester Bell (1898 - 1979)

Born 27 Mar 1898 in Bothell, King, Washington, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Slayton) Bell — married 25 Jun 1921 in King, Washington, United States

Died 6 Oct 1979 at age 81 in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, United States

Biography

Dewey Sylvester Bell was born 1898 in Washington.

He was married 25 June 1921 in King County, Washington to Alice Slayton.^[1]

Research Notes

Dewey Sylvester Bell, b 3-27-1898 Bothell, WA, d 10-6-1979 Bremerton, WA, m Alice Slayton. They had no children. Dewey and Alice built two homes in Quartzsite, Arizona, where they wintered many years. Alice played piano and a small uke. Dewey played a mandolin, which he left to his nephew, Bob Smith. They played music every where they went and had many friends. They had built a house at Point-No-Point in the north of Kitsap Co. Alice was b 4-12-1898 Everett, WA, d 11-3-1972 Bremerton. She had a sister, Mrs Emma Prestegard of Seattle, WA. She was educated in Seattle, her family moving to Bremerton 1921.

Sources

1. ↑ "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," Dewey S Bell and Alice Slayton, 25 Jun 1921, King, Washington, United States, Washington State Archives, Olympia; FamilySearch digital folder 004213262. FamilySearch accessed 11 November 2020.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K358-VGK :12 December 2014), Dewey Bell, 1917-1918; citing Bay County, Florida, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,556,878.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFV-W7N : accessed 12 February 2017), Dewey S Bell in household of William S Bell, Charleston Ward 2, Kitsap, Washington, United States; citing ED 60, sheet 1A, line 85, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1931; FHL microfilm 1,821,931.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9SM-6GN : accessed 12 February 2017), Dewey Bell, Port Orchard Election Precinct, Kitsap, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-57, sheet 61B, line 41, family 295, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4348.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1TP-9JW : 20 May 2014), Dewey Bell, Oct 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).