Catherine (Cooper) Bell (1833 - 1927)

Born 19 Apr 1833 in Putnam, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 4 May 1927 at age 94 in Lovilla, Monroe, Iowa, United States

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Biography

According to her obituary and death certificate she is buried in the Richmond Cemetery, however the grave is not marked. It is believed she is buried with her husband John, but her inscription was never added to the grave marker.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Monroe county, Monroe, Iowa, United States^[1]
• Fact: Residence (1860) Census Cedar Township, Monroe, Iowa, United States^[2]
• Fact: Residence (1870) Census Cass, Iowa, United States^[3]
• Fact: Residence (1880) Cedar, Monroe, Iowa, United States^[4]
• Fact: Residence (1895) Monroe, Iowa, United States^[5]
• Fact: Burial (5 May 1927) Richmond Cemetery, Cedar, Monroe, Iowa, United States^[6]
• Fact: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LQR4-8W5 OBITUARY: Lovilia Press May 12 1927

Catherine Cooper Bell was born in Putnam county, Indiana, April 19 1833 and died at the Frank Bishop home, southwest of Lovilia, Wednesday morning, May 4 1927, age 94 years and 15 days. She moved with her parents to Illinois State and lived in that state until 1841, when they moved to Iowa, living near Burlington for four years, then coming to Monroe County, where she had since made her home. In 1853 she united in marriage to John Bell and to this union was born 5 children, 4 girls and 1 boy, all having preceded her in death but one daughter, Mrs Frank Bishop, with whom she made her home for some time. Funeral services was held at the late home, Thursday, May 5, conducted by Rev J Wesley Petersen of the Lovilia U.B. Church and burial was made in the Richmond Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4N-CVV : 19 December 2020), Catharine Cooper in household of David Cooper, Monroe Township, Monroe, Iowa, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M821-L8Q : 18 February 2021), Catherine Bell in entry for John Bell, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVL-4T4 : 29 May 2021), Catharine Bell in entry for John Bell, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDL7-HF9 : 19 February 2021), Catharine Bell in household of John Bell, Cedar, Monroe, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 135, sheet 127B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,357.
5. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTQ3-1PF : 20 February 2021), Cathern Bell in household of Eli Bell, Monroe, Iowa, United States; citing p. 70, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,022,086.
6. ↑ "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q248-WTST : 8 November 2017), Catherine Bell, 04 May 1927, Lovilia, Monroe, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #681330, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101784577.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 09 September 2020, 23:04), entry for Catherine Cooper (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LQR4-8W5 ); contributed by various users.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ41-FJY : 3 November 2017), John Bell and Catharine Cooper, 14 Apr 1853, Monroe, Iowa, United States; citing reference vol 1 p 43, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 980,485.
• "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJGD-FYP : 14 January 2020), Catharine Cooper in entry for John Bell, 1853.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166610717/catherine-bell: accessed 30 December 2022), memorial page for Catherine Cooper Bell (19 Apr 1833–4 May 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 166610717, citing Richmond Cemetery, Monroe County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Nancy (contributor 47266316).