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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ***************************************************************** Copied from the H. M. Bell File, Smith County Historical Society Archives, Carnegie History Center, Tyler, TX BELL-MARSH FAMILY RECORDS BELL FAMILY Page 1 Joshua Bell had one brother Samuel Bell Samuel Bell had 3 daughters who married Ben Russell, Mr. Loyd and Mr. Campbell. Mrs. Campbell had 2 sons and 3 daughters. Brothers of Frances Robason who married Joshua Bell were: Jessie, Gabriel, Tom Robason Gabriel was the Uncle who bound young Frank Bell to a tailor maker in Wilmington - & the one who stole the money from his sisters children. That is why young Frank Bell ran away to Alabama Joshua Bell & Frances Robason had 8 children Seldon Bell Sidney Bell Susan Bell Sallie Bell (Mrs. Cason) Frank Bell (Married Mattie Marsh) Patsy Martha Bell Andrew Jackson Bell Zacheus Bell Lived in Hyde Co. but moved to Wilmington Co 1827 Joshua died 1833 Frances died 1835 Page 2 Sallie & Frank Bell were born in Hyde Co. NC Mother was born in Martin Co. - Father was born in Hyde Co. Parents were Joshua Bell who married Frances Robason Joshua Bell died 1833 Frances R. Bell died 1835 Moved to Washington Co. in 1827 Sallie married Mr. Cason Frank went to Alabama & was raised in the home of Bryan Marsh later married the daughter Martha Marsh. Moved to Texas and was quite a successful young business man died in his late twenties leaving a widow and two young sons. These were Bryan Marsh Bell & Francis Marion Bell. F. M. Bell born Oct 12th 1824, Hyde Co. NC Martha Marsh born Oct. 27 - 1830, Clark Co. Ala. They were married Feb. 28 - 1851 Children: Bryan Marsh Bell born Jan. 28-1852 F. M. Bell Jr. born Nov. 17 - 1853 F. M. Bell died Jan. 22 - 1854 Martha Bell died May 16, 1897 Martha Marsh Bell later married Tignal W. Jones who was born on Nov 25, 1820 - married Dec 18, 1856 Children of Tignal M. Jones & Martha Marsh Bell were Mary Holmes Jones born Oct. 24, 1858 Rebecca Jones born July 22 1857 Tignal Jones died June 18 - 1882 Martha Jones died May 16 - 1897 Rebecca Jones died Aug 18 - 1857 Bryan Marsh Bell Mary Jones Cox died April 8, 1937 Page 3 Bryan Marsh Bell married Emma Dawson They had 2 children who were Mattie Mary Bell & Bryan Marsh Bell Mattie Mary Bell married William S. Bellamy. The had 2 children who are William Sidney Bellamy and Mary Bellamy. Bryan Marsh Bell married Laura Lee ? of Austin Tex. They had 3 children who were William ? Bell, Bryan Bell and Laura Lee Bell Bryan Bell married a second time to a Miss Bernice ? of Greenville, TX Mary Jones married Samuel Honard Cox of Kentucky. Their children were Mattie J. - Mary H. Susan Cox Tignal Jones Cox Samuel Honard Cox James Madison Cox Thomas Wiley Cox Susan Cox married Richard Brown. There were no children. Thomas Wiley Cox married Carol Mosely. They had one daughter Joyce. Tignal Jones Cox died Feb. 6th 1937 MARSH FAMILY Page 1 Bryan Marsh born May 13 - 1808 died Feb 17 1854 in Smith County, Texas Rebecca Waller Jones born Nov 1-1804 died in Smith Co. Bryan Marsh & Rebecca Jones were married Dec. 10 - 1824 Children of Bryan & Rebecca Marsh were Martha born Oct 27 - 1830 Darius born Oct 17 - 1831 Bryan born Feb 9 - 1833 Edmond born Nov 10 - 1834 Isabella born Feb 22 - 1836 William born Sept 13 - 1837 Sarah E. born June 6 - 1839 Peter born Dec 30 - 1841 Isabella married D. Y. Gaines May 22nd 1856 Sarah E. married Mr. Love Feb 11 - 1857 Bryan Marsh married Mittie Stuart (Shuart) and later Lucy Portis Page 2 Peter Marsh married Addie McClure Edmund Marsh Married Fanny Littlepage Darious Marsh never married William Marsh died Aug 25 - 1840 Edmund killed at battle of Dalton Ga. May 11 - 1864 - He was Captain of an Alabama regiment Confederate States Army. Darius Marsh killed war Dalton Ga. 1864. Was a lieutenant in C.S.A. Isabella died 1867 Sarah Marsh died in Smith Co. Peter Marsh died Navarro Co. Tex. Bryan Marsh died Tyler Tex Bryan Marsh & Mittie Shuart Marsh had one son Henry B. Marsh Bryan Marsh & Lucy Portis Marsh had two daughters Mittie and Mary. Henry B. Marsh married Sarah Portis. They had 1 son and 3 daughters - Bryan, Mittie, Lucy & Sarah Bryan Marsh married Gladys Caswell Mary Marsh married Henry Crutcher They had 2 sons - Isaac Henry & Bryan Marsh Isaac Henry married Bryan married Margaret - they have a son born in the year 1938. Page 3 Edmund Marsh and Fanny Littlepage Marsh has one Son - Edmund Edmund marriad and among several children has one son named Charlie Watson Marsh. Sarah Marsh and Mr. Love had 5 children - Fanny, Rebecca, Bell, Ed & Marsh. Fanny married Mr. Clemmons. They had 3 children: Fanny, Roberta & Theodrie Rebecca married ? Roberts. They had 2 children Louise & Theodrie Bell married Louis Robichaux - no children Marsh married ? - no children Ed naver married Louise Roberts married Preston Nichols - They have no children. Theodrie married ? - They have one son Theodrie Roberts Jr. McCONNAUGHEY Page 1 McConnoughey line of descent Sallie Swann Bell of Tyler, Texas Joseph McConnaughey mar. Martha They had among others a daughter Catherine Connaughey married Thomas Swann They had among others a son Isaac Swann, born 3-9-1788, Rowan Co, NC married in NC 1815, Meeklenburg Co Ann Robinson, born 2-14-170 (?) They had among others a son Thomas Rowan Swann, born 4-29-1824, died 8-18-1888, Tyler, Tex. Married Miss Louisa Wells & Later Alicia J. Evans They had among others a daughter Sallie Swann, born 5-14-1865, died 4-20-1927, married Tyler, Tex Frank M. Bell, born 1853, died They had among others a daughter Marion Bell, b. July 11 1888 in Tyler Texas, married July 2, 1912 Norman Smith, b. Oct 20 1887 in Nielson, NC They had 3 children Norman Smith Jr. Sarah Celeste Smith Thomas Roger Smith *Moved to Mareno Co, Ala & from there to Sumter Co Ala and then to Tex as in 1849 or 1850