Benjamin Bell (1818 - 1901)

Born 16 May 1818 in Virginia, USA

Husband of Amanda (Starr) Bell — married 26 Sep 1840 in Sangamon County, Illinois

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1901 at age 82 in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Bell was born 16 May 1818 in Clarke County, KY.

Benjamin Bell married Amanda Starr in Sangamon County 26 Sep 1840 and they had 6 children.

On 21 Jun 1880, William G Bates, enumerator for Elkhart, Sangamon County, Illinois reports Benjamin Bell household between Thomas Bell and Samuel Remine households.^[1]
Benjamin Bell 62 (1818. self, married) b. Kentucky; both parents born in Virginia. Benjamin was a farmer.
Amanda Bell 60 (1820, wife, married) b. Kentucky; both parents born in Virginia. Amanda was keeping house.
William Bell 29 (1851, son, married) b. Illinois; both parents born in Kentucky. William works on farm.
Franlin Bell 24 (1586, son, single) b. Illinois; both parents born in Kentucky. Benjamin Franklin works on farm.
Florence Bell 21 (1861, daughter, single) Illinois; both parents born in Kentucky. Florence is at home.
Laura G Bell 21 (1859, daughter-in-law, married) b. Illinois; both parents born in Ohio.
Franklin Bell 2 (1878, grandson, single) he and both parents born in Illinois.
Joseph Wysaw 21 (1859, hired help,, single) he and both parents born in Maryland.

Benjamin was born in 1818. Benjamin Bell ... He passed away in 1901.

He had a son William b 11/29/1851 d 9/25/1919 in IL Burial: Constant Cemetery Buffalo Hart Sangamon County Illinois, USA

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 United States Census, Elkhart, Logan County, Illinois, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXV6-946 : accessed 22 June 2015), and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015); Benjamin Berry household; citing enumeration district 33, sheet 26B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0227; FHL microfilm 1,254,227.

• Power, John Carroll, Sarah A. (Harris) Power, and Grace D. Bales. 1970. History of the early settlers, Sangamon County, Illinois. "Centennial record.". [Springfield, Ill.]: [Reprinted by Phillips Bros.].
• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQC7-528 : 27 December 2014), Benjamin Bell in entry for William Bell, 25 Sep 1919; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,562,400.
• 1870 United States Federal Census
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXV6-948 : 14 July 2016), Benjaman Bell, Elkhart, Logan, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 33, sheet 26B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0227; FHL microfilm 1,254,227.
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=111666453