Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....Bell, Martin Garrett  February 1863 - December 11, 1904
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Author: Michael A. Bell

Biography of Martin Garrett Bell

Martin Barrett was born in Meriwether Georgia on February, 1863, and raised in 
Meriwether/Carroll County  Georgia.  He was the son of  James and Elizabeth 
Bell.  He was the brother of Joseph Nathaniel, George Washington,  James 
Jefferson,  Nancy Elizabeth Bell Butler,  Martha Frances Bell Swygert,  John 
Thomas, and Charles P.  Bell.  He married Annie E. Griffin, the daughter of  
J.R Griffin and Sarah E. Martin.  She was born on Jan, 1862.  They married on 
Nov 4, 1884 in Carroll, Georgia.

Martin and Annie had six children born to them in Carroll, Georgia. Anna Mae, 
on Sep, 1885, Lillie Frances,  on Oct 1887, Thomas Jefferson B. born on Oct 
12, 1889, Clifford Hambrick born on Jan 11, 1892, Nannie Ruth born July, 1894, 
and Charley Byrd born Jan 1, 1896.

On  Oct 12, 1898, Annie passed  away.  After Annie’s death, Martin petitioned 
the court to become administrator of her estate on April 9, 1900.  The request 
would be granted in the May term of 1900.  Next he would establish 
guardianship of his children.  This being done because Annie’s  share of her 
mother’s estate was passed onto the children.  He obtained legal guardianship 
and their estate on December 10, 1900.  He then petitioned the court for 
permission to sell the land that his children owned.  The reason was to 
provide for the children to cloth and educate them.  The court of Carroll 
County granted this request in early 1901.

Martin cared for his children for the next several years and in late November 
of 1904,  he became sick and died on December 11, 1904. 

Martin’s brother John Thomas and his wife Jodi cared for the children but both 
became ill in late 1905 and died in early 1906.

George Washington Bell,  Martin’s brother,  was guardian of Clifford Hambrick 
and Charlie Byrd Bell.  R.W. Adamson was guardian of Thomas Jefferson Bell, 
and W.H. Jackson was guardian of Lillie Frances Jackson Bell. 

Martin and Annie are buried beside Annie’s mother ,  Sarah E. Martin Griffin, 
at the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Carroll, Georgia.  Only a rock 
stone indicated their headstone.

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