DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Bell Family Cemetery
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			BELL FAMILY CEMETERY
			  Established 1853

The Bell Family Cemetery is located on Windwood Lane 
in Harborview subdivision between Timber Valley Drive 
and Bell Road in Donelson. This family cemetery was 
set aside from a 50 acre tract of land deeded to Mary 
Mann Bell in 1834 by her father Robert Mann. Succeeding 
generations of the Bell Family have used the plot as a 
family burial ground since its establishment. 
Approximately three dozen stones marking the locations 
of individual interments are inside the confines of the 
fence. Rough pieces of fieldstone, inscribed tablets or 
blocks of marble, limestone or granite mark the graves. 
The last burial here was in 1982. (Indicates notes on 
individuals)

B F BELL
Feb 12, 1821
Feb 2, 1860
(White marble tombstone)
(Benjamin Franklin Bell, father of Wm. A. Bell)

MARY BELL
June 23, 1821
Mar 27, 1902
I would not live always
I ask not to stay
(White marble tombstone)
(Mary Mann, wife of B. F. Bell, mother of Wm. A. Bell)
>From Funeral Records of Jonas Newton Carver, Funeral Director,
 1902-1907.
Died 3 miles S.E. of Donelson.
Cause: Paralysis
Contributing Cause: Lagrippe
Dr Fuqua of Donelson
No Services, burial Mar 29.

EVINA A. BELL
Apr 28, 1858
Mar 29, 1925
(White marble tombstone)
(Sister of Wm. A. Bell)

MATTIE J. BELL
Nov 17, 1877
Nov 17, 1899
(Tall white marble tombstone)
(Mattie J. Pugh, 1st wife of Andrew Bell)

MARY E. BELL
Aug 31, 1904
(Flat granite stone)
(Mary Elizabeth Bell, daughter of Wm. A. and Lilah Patterson 
Bell, twin to Marion F. Bell)
>From funeral records of Jonas Newton Carter, Funeral Director, 
1902-1907 Died Oct 17, 1904 near Rice's schoolhouse. 
Burial Oct 18. Casket, Gloss W.E. Size 2-O. Maker N.C. Co. 
delivered at shop. $5.00, by cash, by Wm Bell. 

MARION F. BELL
Aug 31, 1904
Aug 31, 1982
(Upright granite stone)
(Marion Franklin Bell, unmarried son of Wm. A. and Lilah 
Patterson Bell, twin to Mary E. Bell)

WILLIAM A. BELL
Dec 25, 1854
Feb 1, 1926
(William Alexander Bell, son of Benj. F. and Mary Mann Bell, 
husband to Lilah Patterson Bell)

LILAH P. BELL
Oct 28, 1876
Dec 24, 1947
(Correct date of birth according to death certificate is 
Nov 28, 1873 - this is confirmed by 1880 Wilson County 
Census which lists her age as 7)
(Margaret Delilah Hall Patterson, dau of John Bell Patterson 
and Margaret Thompson Patterson, wife of William Alexander Bell)
(Double flat granite stone)

DORA ASHWORTH BELL
(Flat granite stone, no dates)
(1st wife of Wm. A. Bell)

INFANT BELL
(Flat granite stone, no dates)
(Infant daughter of William A. Bell and Dora Ashworth Bell)

TOMMIE BELL
March 11, 1894
Sept 5, 1895
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is stilled
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled
(Tall white marble tombstone)
(Son of Andrew and Mattie Pugh Bell)

BETTIE ANN BATES
Sept 15, 1848
Dec 25, 1882
(White marble stone)
(Sister of Benj. F. Bell, aunt of Wm. A. Bell)

T J BELL
Apr 16, 1849
July 25, 1901
May his soul rest in peace
(White marble stone)
(Thomas J. Bell, brother of Wm. A. Bell)

LULA M. BELL
Mar 8, 1898
Sept 22, 1907
There was an angel band in heaven
That was not quite complete,
God took our darling Lula
To fill the vacant seat
(Cross & flower on tombstone above inscription - white marble)

JOHN G. BELL
19 Feb 1843
18 Aug 1853
(White marble tombstone)
(Bro to Wm. A. Bell)

BENJAMIN F. BELL
Oct 31, 1846
July 18, 1853
(Tombstone is a tall, restored stone, possibly limestone)
(Bro to Wm. A. Bell)

MARY MANN
Born Oct 5, 1778
July 30, 1853
(Tall white marble tombstone)
(Maternal grandmother of Wm. A. Bell)