DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - BELL CEMETERY ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Davidson County Cemetery Survey ==================================================================== DAVIDSON COUNTY CEMETERY SURVEY PROJECT is a cooperative effort of many groups including the Metro Archives, Colonial Dames (NSCDA-TN), Nashville Room of the Public Library, Metro Planning and Historical Commissions, Historic Nashville, Inc., the State Archaeologist, local historians and citizens. Initiated by the Nashville Town Committee of the Colonial Dames during the fall of 1999, with the training of volunteers to survey and record tombstones and with a grant to the Metro Archives for a staff person to enter the inscriptions on a computer database. The project has involved over 90 volunteers. BELL CEMETERY AN-38: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, BELL ROAD 18 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS: ANDERSON Born: 1850 Died: 1864 Front Inscription: TABITHA T. ANDERSON/BORN/MAR. 13, 1850/DIED/SEPT 13, 1864/AGED 14 YRS & 6 MO. ANDREWS Born: 1874 Died: 1923 Front Inscription: ANDREWS/SADIE J. ANDREWS/1874-1923 BELL Born: 1862 Died: 1899 Front Inscription: BENJAMIN J. BELL/BORN/OCT. 24, 1862/DIED/NOV. 1, 1899/AN HONEST MAN IS THEE/NOBLEST WORK OF GOD Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: BJB BELL Born: 1824 Died: 1910 Front Inscription: MARY A. BELL/BORN/APRIL 4, 1824/DIED/DEC. 4, 1910/AGED 86 YRS, 8 MO./LET HER OWN WORKS PRAISE/HER IN THE GATES Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: MAB BELL Born: 1815 Died: 1892 Front Inscription: JAMES J. BELL/BORN/FEB. 15, 1815/DIED/APR. 1, 1892/AGED/77 YRS, 1 MO, 16 DS./BLESSED ARE THE DEAD/WHICH DIE IN THE LORD/THAT THEY MAY REST FROM/THEIR LABORS AND THEIR/WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM BELL Born: 1768 Died: 1848 Front Inscription: BENJAMIN BELL/BORN/FEBR. 18, 1768/DIED/MARCH 19, 1848/AGE 80 YRS, 1 MONTH 1 DAY. Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: BB BELL Born: 1773 Died: 1868 Front Inscription: HETTIE/WIFE OF/BENJAMIN BELL/BORN/MAR. 25, 1773/DIED/NOV. 1, 1868/AGED 95 YRS. 7 MO. & 6 DS. Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: H.B. ELLIS Born: 1892 Died: 1892 Front Inscription: ALBERT BELL/ELLIS/BORN/JULY 10, 1892/DIED/JULY 10, 1892/IT IS WELL WITH THEE CHILD Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: A.B.E. ELLIS Born: 1846 Died: 1883 Front Inscription: LEONORA P./WIFE OF/C.J. ELLIS/BORN/AUG. 22, 1846/DIED/NOV. 5, 1883 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: L.P.E. GOODRUM Born: 1853 Died: 1892 Front Inscription: MOTHER/LUCY CREECH GOODRUM/1853-1892 PENTECOST Born: 1822 Died: 1912 Front Inscription: CATHERINE B./PENTECOST/BORN/SEP. 14, 1822/DIED/??? 1912/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN/ERECTED BY HER GRANDSON/WILLIAM T. PENTECOST PENTECOST Born: Died: 1847 Front Inscription: JANE ANN/DAUGHTER OF/W.T. & CATHERIN/PENTECOST/DIED/JULY 7, 1847/AGED 2 YR/8 MOS. & 7 DAYS. RICE Born: 1864 Died: 1901 Front Inscription: BETTIE C. BELL/WIFE OF J.A. RICE/BORN/NOV. 23, 1864/DIED/DEC, 29, 1901/HER END WAS PEACE Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: B.C.R. UNKNOWN Born: Died: Front Inscription: ??/SEPT. 19/AGE 78 YRS, 2 MO, 20 D WILLIAMS Born: 1853 Died: 1895 Front Inscription: MELISSA A./WIFE OF/J.T. WILLIAMS/BORN/MARCH 12, 1853/DIED/OCT. 17, 1895/AGED 42 YR, 7 MO., 5 DA/BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, FOR/ THEY SHALL SEE GOD Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: MAW WRIGHT Born: 1857 Died: 1906 Front Inscription: WE WILL MEET AGAIN/JAMES A. WRIGHT/OCT. 10, 1857/FEB. 3, 1906/AGED 48 YRS. 3 MO., 26 DA., LIFE OF MY LIFE, DEATHS/BITTER SWORD HATH SEVERED/US LIKE A BROKEN WORD WRIGHT Born: 1835 Died: 1899 Front Inscription: SALLIE R. WRIGHT/WIFE OF/S.W. WRIGHT/BORN/MAR. 17, 1835/DIED/JULY 4, 1899/AGED 55 YRS. 3 MO. 17 D.YS. Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: SRW WRIGHT Born: 1826 Died: 1866 Front Inscription: SEBASTIAN W. WRIGHT/BORN/FEB. 10, 1826/DIED/MAY 22, 1866/AGED 40YRS. 30 MO. & 12 DS