MARSHALL COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - Thomas H. Bell
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THOMAS H. BELL, farmer, was born February 27, 1820, in Wilson County, and had
a limited advantage for schooling though he has supplied the deficiency by
private study. At the age of nineteen he was joined in marriage to Martha A.
O'Neal, who was born in 1824. This union resulted in the birth of six
children. At the end of ten years the mother died and in 1854 our subject
wedded Elizabeth J. Bruce, who was born April 27, 1834. This union was blessed
by the birth of twelve children. Mr. Bell is a supporter of Democratic
principles and he and wife are active members of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. He has held the office of constable, deputy sheriff and magistrate,
respectively. He was a strong Union man and is a solid prohibitionist. He has
on of the best farms of 130 acres in the county though he has devoted
considerable time to house carpentering, running engines and superintending
mills. He is a son of Fielding and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Bell, The father was
born in Virginia and came to Tennessee in 1802. The mother was a native of
Tennessee and was a daughter of Col. Jenkins of Revolutionary fame. After
marriage they moved to Wilson and finally to Bedford County in 1826 where they
spent the remainder of their days. In 1854 the father died and in 1879 the
mother, too, passed away.

Surnames: Bell, Bruce, Jenkins, O'Neal
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."