Born about in Rutherford County, Tennessee. United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William M. Keele
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Elizabeth Catherine (Keele) Breshears, Nancy Keele, Richard Keele [half], Frances Keele [half], Elizabeth Keele, Jemima (Keele) Peay [half], Mary F. Keele, Richard Keele, William M Keele Jr., Payton Smith Keele [half] and Jacob Keele
Wife of
Jacob Coffelt
— married
about 1847 in Tennessee, United States
Wife of
John H. T. Bell
— married
17 Sep 1861 in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
William P. Coffelt
Died about
at about age 42
in Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Rhoda (Keele) Bell was a Tennessean.
Rhoda was born on 22 September 1824 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of William M. Keele.[1]
Her first husband was Jacob Coffelt. Their children were twins, William and Henry, Jemima and Catherine.[2][3]
After Jacob's death, she remarried to John Bell in 1861.[4] They had a son, James Wesley Bell.[5]
Rhoda died at the age of 42 on 8 January 1867.[1]
Research Notes
Need documentation for precise dates.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 NOTEAncestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011),
Page: Volume: 340; SAR Membership Number: 67893. - ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDH-28V : 23 December 2020), Jacob Keele in household of William Keele, Coffee, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Living with the in laws. All the family got enumerated as Keeles. Later records show Rhoda Keele had been md. to a Coffelt.
- William Keele M 79 Tennessee
- Anna Keele F 51 North Carolina
- Rhoda Keele [Coffelt] F 25 Tennessee
- Jacob Keele [Coffelt-husband of Rhoda] M 25 Tennessee
- William Keele [Coffelt] M 2 Tennessee
- Henry Keele [Coffelt] M 2 Tennessee
- Jemima Keele [Coffelt] F 0 Tennessee
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YQ-72T : 18 February 2021), Rhoda Coffield, 1860. Millersburgh, Rutherford, Tennessee. William Keel(e) Sr is in hh 394, Wm Jr in 395 and Rhoda in 396.
- Rhoda Coffield F 35 Tennessee
- William Coffield M 13 Tennessee
- Madison Coffield M 13 Tennessee
- Jemima Coffield F 11 Tennessee
- Catharine Coffield F 6 Tennessee
- ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHS-DR61 : 10 March 2021), John H T Bell and Rody Coffett, 17 Sep 1861; citing Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 379,649.
- ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS7M-35N : 23 February 2021), Keel in entry for James Wesley Bell, 17 Jan 1945; Death, Coffee, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rhoda 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 Rhoda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rhoda 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 Rhoda:
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~1.56%
John Stephenson
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~0.78%
Wes Johnson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M531503 [compare]
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~0.78%
Barbra (Keele) Lloyd :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member barbrakbarneslloyd
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~0.78%
Jackie Younge :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CX8504392 [compare]
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~0.78%
Joe Francis :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Betty (Gates) Newberry :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Diana (Jones) Holloway :
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+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B919573
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~0.78%
Donnie Schell :
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~0.39%
Michelle (Kelley) Angus :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Terri (Floyd) Beauchamp :
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Joe Holloway :
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Lee Ann Holloway :
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