Roxanna (Young) Bell (1834 - 1917)

Born 27 Nov 1834 in Cannon County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Wife of James Thomas Bell — married 25 Nov 1858 in Cannon, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1917 at age 82 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Daughter of Alexander Young and Nancy Mullins Young. ^[1]

Roxanna married James Bell on Nov 25, 1858 in Cannon County, TN. ^[2]

Their children include:

• Mary Jane Bell, born about 1859
• Nancy Bell, born about 1861
• Susan Bell, born about 1863
• Abraham Lincoln Bell, born 22 Mar 1865, died 12 Dec 1946 ^[3]
• Alexander T. Bell, born 23 Dec 1868, died 19 Sep 1944 ^[4]
• Lena Bell, born about 1867
• Tennessee Adeline Bell, Born about 1870
• John Thomas Bell, born about 1873
• Jenetta Bell, born about 1875
• James Hearn Bell, born about 1877

Death Record: ^[5]

• Name: Mrs Roxanna Bell [Mrs Roxanna Young]
• Gender: Female
• Birth Date: 27 Nov 1834
• Birth Place: Tennessee
• Age: 82
• Death Date: 12 Mar 1917
• Death Place: Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee
• Father's name: Young
• Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
• Mother's name: Nancy Mullins
• Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee

Census Records

Home in 1850: District 2 Alexander, Cannon, Tennessee, USA ^[6]

• Alexander Young, 39
• Nancy Young , 35
• Rebecca A Young, 16
• Roxanah Young, 15
• William H Young, 14
• Pleasant E Young, 12
• Elisabeth J Young, 11
• Ezekial J Young, 9
• Smith N Young, 7
• John A Young, 6
• Martha A Young, 4
• Clementine Young, 2
• Elizah M Young, 0

Home in 1860: Cannon, Tennessee ^[7]

• J F Bell, 22
• Roxana Bell, 24
• Mary Bell, 9/12

Home in 1870: District 8, Cannon, Tennessee ^[8]

• James T Bill, 29
• Rocksanor Bill, 31
• Mary J Bill, 10
• Nancy Bill, 8
• Susan C Bill, 7
• Abraham L Bill, 5
• Lenah E Bill, 3
• Alexander Bill, 2
• Tennessee A Bill, 1/12

Home in 1880: District 8, Cannon, Tennessee ^[9]

• James F. Bell, 40
• Roxanah Bell, 44
• Lewis A. Bell, 15
• Lena E. Bell, 13
• Alexander Bell, 11
• Azalene Bell, 10
• John T. Bell, 7
• Jenetta Bell, 5
• James H. Bell, 2

Home in 1900: Civil District 17, Wilson, Tennessee ^[10]

• Williams Campbell, 30
• Nettie Campbell, 25
• Oscar I Campbell, 3
• Larver M Campbell, 1
• Earnest Campbell, 22
• Roxana Bell, 65

DNA

Binkley-335 shares DNA matches with the following descendants of James Bell and Roxanna Young:

• James/Roxanna> Mary Jane> Mariah Pulliam> William Flanigan> Patrick Flanigan> Private> Living child 5th cousin: 14cM 1 segment
• James/Roxanna> Roxanna> William Reynolds> Norma Reynolds> Private> Private: 5th cousin, 19cM 1 segment
• James/Roxanna> Alexander> Mary> James Waldron> William Waldron> Private: 4th cousin 1xr, 14cM, 1 segment
• James/Roxanna> Janettie> Oscar Campbell> Margaret Campbell> Private: 3rd cousin 2xr, 22 cM 3 segments
• James/Roxanna> Janettie> William Campbell> Mary Sue Campbell> Private: 3rd cousin 2xr, 16 cM, 2 segments

Sources

1. ↑ Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis 1848-1907. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives.
2. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VNFQ-79C : 4 December 2014), J T Bell and R A Young, 25 Nov 1858; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 70, Cannon, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
3. ↑ "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSZT-1HP : 25 May 2014), Roxanna Young in entry for Abraham Lincoln Bell, 12 Dec 1946; citing Evergreen Cemetery, Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, cn 26424, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2,137,377.
4. ↑ "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSRY-4PR : 25 May 2014), Roxanna Young in entry for Alex Bell, 19 Sep 1944; citing Evergreen Cemetery, Rutherford, Tennessee, cn 19968, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2,137,350.
5. ↑ Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis 1848-1907. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCD4-4P2 : 9 November 2014), Rohannah Young in household of Alexander Young, Cannon county, Cannon, Tennessee, United States; citing family 495, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census; Year: 1860; Census Place: Cannon, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1242; Page: 344; Family History Library Film: 805242
8. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census; Year: 1870; Census Place: District 8, Cannon, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1516; Page: 193A; Image: 192921; Family History Library Film: 553015
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDQP-DSW : 14 July 2016), Roxanah Bell in household of James F Bell, District 8, Cannon, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 23, sheet 525A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1246; FHL microfilm 1,255,246.
10. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census; Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 17, Wilson, Tennessee; Roll: 1606; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0147; FHL microfilm: 1241606

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