Born about in South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Hawthorn
and Nancy Richey
Sister of
James Henry Hawthorne, John Oliver Hawthorn, Leona Hawthorn, Constantine Hawthorn, Pivaoiena Hawthorn, Robert E Hawthorn and Mary Hawthorn
Wife of
Augustus M Bell
— married
1855 in Pickens, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Newton Bell
Died about
at about age 74
in Lowndes, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2011
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Biography
Laney was born in about 1836 in , South Carolina, United States. She was the daughter of John Hawthorn and Nancy Richey.
When Laney was about 19 she married Augustus Bell in about 1855 in , Pickens, Alabama, United States. The couple had one child: Thomas Newton Bell. Reference: 44051
Laney died at the age of about 74 in about 1910 in Lowndes, Mississippi, United States.
She has long been in the cemetery records as follows: Laney Hawthorn Bell, Born 1836, Died 1910, but there is no monument. There is a penciled notation as "Bell" with a question mark in the vacinity of some unmarked graves on Row 7 in the NW section, the oldest portion, of the cemetery.
Sources
- 1860 United States Federal Census: The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Beards, Pickens, Alabama; Roll: M653_20; Page: 905; Family History Library Film: 803020 Ancestry Record 7667 #12284258
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13166244/laney-bell: accessed 27 May 2023), memorial page for Laney Hawthorn Bell (1836–1910), Find A Grave: Memorial #13166244, citing Vaughn Cemetery, Steens, Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by LeeLee (contributor 47202862).
Acknowledgement
- This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Laney by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Laney:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
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