Nim was born in 1862. He is the son of Nimrod Bell and Nancy Suttle.
1.Getha Gina Bell, "The Bells in USA and Allied Families 1650-1977" (Ann Arbor Mich.: Edwards Bros., 1977) Chapter 11 compiled by Mrs. John A. Jellico (Nancy Rose Norris), and Mrs. William H. All (Helen Dameron Bell).
2.Mary Katherine Ault Gill, "The Ancestry of Stuart William Gill and His Wife Mary Katherine Ault Gill" (Signal Mountain, TN 37377: Stone Distributing, 1993).
3. 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 Census
4. Nimrod J. Bell, "Southern Railroad Man: Conductor N. J. Bell's Recollections of the Civil War Era", edited by James A. Ward, (DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, 1993).
5.Barbara Wilson Dooley, Nimrod J. Bell in "E-mail Re: Nimrod J. Bell", , listserve message to TNGenWebQueries Bradley County, 27 October 2004. Printout dated 27 October 2004. (She obtained the birth and death dates as well as his burial site from a cemetery book.)
I have more on this family on my website:
http://shaken83.home.comcast.net/
The ‘LINK” for the above ‘article’ written by Sharon Thomas :
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bell/12253/
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