Beckham County, OK - Obits: Frances A. Bell, 1909
20 Aug 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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BELL, FRANCES A.
(24 Jun 1909, Thursday, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Grandma Bell Dead.  Late yesterday afternoon a message was received here
from Oklahoma City conveying the sad information that Grandma Bell, mother
of Hugh and Judge Bell, had crossed the river that marks the unknown
shore, and that the body would be shipped to the old home at Odessa, Mo.,
for interment.  Deceased formerly resided here and was held in great
esteem.
(Research: Census, 1900, Missouri, Jackson Co, Kansas City Wd 11,ED 124,
pg 5A, #87/99 (T623-864):
George W. Bell, age 73, b Dec 1826, Ky; fb Va; mb Ky; married 48 years;
Frances A. Bell, age 68, b Feb 1832, Mo; f/m b Ky; married 48 years; 9
children born, 6 living;
Hugh Bell, son, age 34, single, b Apr 1866, Mo; Dry goods merchant;
Mary E. Bell, daughter, age 21, single, b Oct 1878, Mo; Clerk-office.
Census, 1880, Missouri, Clay Co, Missouri City, pg 430B, #123/125 (T9-682):
George W. Bell, age 52, b Ky; fb Va; mb Ky; farmer;
Frances A. Bell, age 47, b Mo; f/m b Ky;
Rebecca Bell, age 23, b Mo; school teacher;
James S. Bell, age 18, b Mo; clerk - dry goods store;
Erskin Bell, age 16, b Mo; at home;
Hugh R. Bell, age 14, b Mo; at home;
Fleetwood Bell, age 11, b Mo; at home.  (the Judge Bell in the obituary).
Family Trees: ancestry.com:
Frances Ann Long, wife of George W. Bell, born 29 Feb 1832; died 23 June
1909.)