{"id":1526,"date":"2010-02-04T20:08:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T02:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/nash\/?page_id=1526"},"modified":"2010-02-04T20:28:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T02:28:38","slug":"the-john-lindsey-sr-and-lula-rose-bell-family-1854-1993","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/nash\/family-charts\/the-john-lindsey-sr-and-lula-rose-bell-family-1854-1993\/","title":{"rendered":"The John Lindsey [Sr.] and Lula Rose Bell Family, 1854 – 1993"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE JOHN LINDSEY BELL, SR [1854 \u2013 1915] and LULA ROSE [1873 \u2013 1955] FAMILY\u00a0 [HIS SECOND WIFE] of Coopers, Stony Creek and Oak Level Townships in Nash County, NC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Submitted by:\u00a0 Earl P. Bell, Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Posted: 4 February 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Status: Ongoing
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FATHER\u2019S NAME:\u00a0 JOHN LINDSEY BELL, SR. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Born: May 20, 1854 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Nahunta Twp., Wayne County, that, in 1855, became Black Creek Township, Wilson County, NC<\/p>\n

Married: 1889 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: on the farm of WILLIAM T. ROSE, LULA\u2019s father,<\/strong> Black Creek Twp., Wilson County, NC<\/p>\n

Died: 10 June 1915<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Stony Creek Twp., Nash County, NC.<\/p>\n

Buried:\u00a0 Ricks-Culpepper-Whitley-Bell Graveyard, Oak Level Twp.<\/strong>, Oak Level Road, Nash County, NC- initially he was buried on his farm in Stony Creek Township, Nash County, NC; his remains were reinterned, along with those of his second wife LULA ROSE BELL<\/strong> and a son JAMES THOMAS BELL<\/strong> in 1993 through the efforts of his grandson RAYMOND BELL<\/strong>, 4080 Oak Level Road, Rocky Mt., NC<\/p>\n

HIS FATHER:\u00a0 JAMES HENRY BELL, SR. [1825 \u2013 24 May 1864].<\/strong> He was wounded in his right arm in the afternoon on 3 May 1864 in the Battle of the Wilderness, died twenty one days later.\u00a0 He is buried in the Old Confederate Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA near the hospital in which died].<\/p>\n

HIS MOTHER;\u00a0 LUCINDA EVANS [1829 \u2013 19 JANUARY 1906]. <\/strong> She was born in Edgecombe County, NC and is buried in the cemetery for the town of Black Creek, Wilson County, NC.\u00a0 In the Census of 1900 she is living on a farm on Stantonsburg Road, Black Creek Twp. in Wilson County, NC with her son JAMES HENRY BELL, JR.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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WIFE [Maiden Name]: LULA ROSE. <\/strong>(all of the Bells and their kin who knew her always describe her kindness, good spirit and hard work)<\/p>\n

Born: Feb. 2, 1873<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Black Creek Township, Wilson County, NC<\/p>\n

Died:\u00a0 Feb. 8, 1955. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Stony Creek Twp., Nash County, NC.<\/p>\n

Buried:\u00a0 Ricks-Culpepper-Bell Graveyard, Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC.<\/p>\n

HER FATHER:\u00a0 WILLIAM THOMAS ROSE [March, 1842 \u2013 22 November 1916] <\/strong>born in Johnston County and died in Toisnot Twp., Wilson County, NC.<\/p>\n

HER MOTHER:\u00a0 ELIZABETH \u201cELIZA\u201d SIMPSON<\/strong> [1843 –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ]<\/strong> born in Johnston County, NC, mother\u2019s first name spelled either \u201cZena\u201d or \u201cZinah.\u201d<\/p>\n

[According to the death certificate for LULA ROSE BELL<\/strong> the following information is given by JOHN LINDSEY BELL, JR.,<\/strong> Stony Creek Twp., Nash County, NC. She was born in Wilson County, NC on February 1, 1873 and died in Stony Creek Township, Nash County, NC on February 8, 1955.\u00a0\u00a0 Her father was WILLIAM T. ROSE<\/strong> and her mother was ELIZA SIMPSON<\/strong>.\u00a0 Her remains were prepared for burial by Johnson Funeral Home, Rocky Mt., NC and the attending doctor, from 1952 until her death, was Dr. Whitley of Rocky Mount, NC.]<\/p>\n

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CHILDREN OF JOHN LINDSEY [SR.] and LULA ROSE BELL WERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0 CHARLES ERNEST BELL, SR.\u00a0 [Born: 30 November 1891.\u00a0 Died: 6 April 1974]<\/strong> (born in Wilson County, NC.\u00a0 died in Nash County, NC)<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 PAUL VERNON BELL, SR .\u00a0 [Born:\u00a0 10 September 1893.\u00a0 Died:\u00a0 30 January 1965]<\/strong> (born in Black Creek Twp., Wilson County, NC.\u00a0 died in Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC)<\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0 JOHN LINDSEY BELL, JR. [Born:\u00a0 Jan. 1, 1896; died Aug. 8\u00a0 1961] <\/strong>(born and died in Nash County, NC)<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0 WILLIAM LUTHER BELL.\u00a0 [Born:\u00a0 May 10, 1897\u00a0 Died: July 1977]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0 JAMES THOMAS BELL. [Born: July 4, 1899.\u00a0 Died: March 16 1935]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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6.\u00a0 LEE HAYDEN BELL. [Born: May 6, 1900.\u00a0 Married July 10, 1924.\u00a0 Died: 10 April 1989]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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7.\u00a0 DAISY P. BELL.\u00a0 [Born:\u00a0 Jan. 19, 1902.\u00a0 Died: 28 October 1986]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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8.\u00a0 MARY LILLIA \u201cLILLIE\u201d BELL.\u00a0 [Born:\u00a0 Aug. 13, 1905.\u00a0 Died: Dec. 11, 1972] (US Census of 1910 for East Cooper\u2019s Twp., Nash Co., NC lists her name as \u201cMary Lillia\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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9.\u00a0 ATLAS McLINDEN BELL.\u00a0 [Born: 25 December 1909.\u00a0 Died: 8 October 1965]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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10.\u00a0 MATTIE RUTH BELL.\u00a0 [Born: June 19, 1912.\u00a0 Married:\u00a0 June 12, 1929. \u00a0 Died: December 12, 1993] <\/strong>(Lula Rose was 38 years old and John Lindsey Bell, Sr. was 57 when Ruth Bell was born). <\/strong><\/p>\n

THE FAMILY OF JOHN LINDSEY BELL, SR. and his second wife LULA ROSE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHARLES ERNEST BELL, SR. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:\u00a0 30 Nov., 1891 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Black Creek Twp.,Wilson County, NC;<\/p>\n

Married: March 23, 1913<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:<\/p>\n

Died: 6 April, 1974<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Rocky Mt., Nash County, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Buried:\u00a0 Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Nash County, NC.<\/p>\n

WIFE: MINNIE EDWARDS. <\/strong><\/p>\n

born 24 April 1897<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:<\/p>\n

Died:\u00a0 2 December 1982.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:<\/p>\n

Buried:\u00a0 Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Nash County,\u00a0 NC<\/p>\n

[address at the time of death in 1974: Route 5, Rocky Mt., Nash County, NC<\/p>\n

Her Father:\u00a0 LEMON GRAY EDWARDS [September 1853 \u2013 27 January 1937]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her Mother:\u00a0 FANNY A. SCHNERINER [7 May 1857 \u2013 30 January 1916]<\/strong><\/p>\n

(farmed in Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC)<\/p>\n

PAUL VERNON BELL. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:\u00a0 Sept. 10, 1893<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Black Creek Township, Wilson County, NC;<\/p>\n

Married Sept. 14, 1919 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC<\/p>\n

Died January 30, 1965<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Oak Level Township, Route 1, Rocky Mt., Nash County, NC.<\/p>\n

Buried:\u00a0 Ricks \u2013 Culpepper \u2013 Bell Graveyard, Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC;\u00a0 WIFE: ROSA PERRY WHITLEY.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:\u00a0 2 September 1895<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC<\/p>\n

Died: 8 July 1974<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Guardian Care, Rocky Mount, Nash County, NC.<\/p>\n

Buried: Ricks\u2013Culpepper-Whitley\u2013Bell Graveyard, Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC. Her Father: CHARLES HENRY WHITLEY [20 September 1869 – 12 March 1937]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her Mother: MARY ANNE RICKS.\u00a0 [10 May 1867 – 6 February 1932]<\/strong><\/p>\n

(both buried in the Ricks-Culpepper-Whitley-Bell Graveyard, Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC)<\/p>\n

Second wife: Gertrude<\/p>\n

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JOHN LINDSEY BELL, JR.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:\u00a0 1 January 1896<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Stony Creek Township, Nash County, NC<\/p>\n

Married:<\/p>\n

Where:<\/p>\n

Died: 8 August 1961<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

First wife: JULIA E. BELL, . divorced Nov. 9, 1936 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Second wife: RUBY A. NORVILLE. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:\u00a0 10 April 1901. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Edgecombe County, NC.<\/p>\n

Married:\u00a0 19 January 1942. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Died:\u00a0 9 August 1977<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Nash County, NC. [Mrs. Ruby Bell, Rt. 1, Box 63B, Macclesfield, N. C. 27852 (1974)]<\/p>\n

WILLIAM LUTHER BELL <\/strong><\/p>\n

Born: May 10, 1897<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Stony Creek Twp., Nash County, NC<\/p>\n

Married to MONNIE LANCASTER [1905 –\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0] and MAVIS MELTON [1895- 1968].<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:<\/p>\n

Died: July 1977<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: (In his last years Luther was in the VA Hospital in Johnson City, TN where he died.<\/p>\n

Buried: Murfressboro, TN<\/p>\n

Address:\u00a0 In 1974 it was 1307 Grandview Drive, Nashville, TN 37200<\/p>\n

SECOND WIFE: MAVIS MELTON<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born: 23 March 1895<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Rocky Mount, Nash County, NC<\/p>\n

Died:\u00a0 26 December 1968<\/strong> [Address at time of death: 1230 Rosewood Ave., Rocky Mt., NC]<\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Rocky Mount, Nash County, NC<\/p>\n

Buried:\u00a0 Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, NC<\/p>\n

HER FATHER:\u00a0 ROBERT B. MELTON<\/strong> (Owner of Bob Melton\u2019s Barbecue, Tar River, Rocky Mt., NC.)<\/p>\n

HER MOTHER: LILLA MITCHELL<\/strong><\/p>\n

JAMES THOMAS\u00a0 BELL, SR.<\/strong><\/p>\n

born: July 4, 1898. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Stony Creek Twp., Nash County, NC.<\/p>\n

Married:\u00a0 1922. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Nash County, NC<\/p>\n

Died: March 16 1935. <\/strong>(injured in an farming accident, died of infections)<\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Stony Creek Twp., Nash County, NC.<\/p>\n

Buried:\u00a0 Ricks-Culpepper-Whitley-Bell Cemetery, just east of the intersection of Oak Level Road and Old Carriage Rd, Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC.\u00a0 He buried next to his father JOHN LINDSEY BELL, SR. and mother LULA ROSE BELL].<\/p>\n

Wife: RUBY CLARK. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:\u00a0 August, 1898<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Enfield Twp., Halifax County, NC.<\/p>\n

[In 1973, RUBY BELL\u2019s married name is listed as Mrs. H. A. Bridges, 410 Sherrod Heights, Enfield, NC., her death records, Social Security and NC Death Certificates come up blank even though members of the Bell Family, who attended her funeral, say she is buried in Enfield, Halifax County, NC]<\/p>\n

(JAMES THOMAS BELL, SR<\/strong>. registered for military service in World War I on 12 April 1918 at the age 0f 20.\u00a0 He is described as a person of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair.\u00a0 He is farming on half shares with his mother LULA ROSE BELL.\u00a0 Their address is listed as Route 3, Rocky Mount, Nash County, NC.)<\/p>\n

LEE HAYDEN BELL. <\/strong><\/p>\n

born May 6, 1900; <\/strong><\/p>\n

Married July 10, 1924.<\/p>\n

Where:<\/p>\n

Died: 10 April 1989<\/p>\n

Where: Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County,NC<\/p>\n

Wife: MARGARET HOCUTT. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Born Feb. 26, 1903<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Nashville Twp., Nash County, NC<\/p>\n

Died: 22 September 1991<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, NC<\/p>\n

Buried: <\/strong>Both Lee and Margaret are buried in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery, Halifax County, NC <\/strong><\/p>\n

[310 W. Noble, Louisburg, NC (1974)].<\/p>\n

HER FATHER:\u00a0 JOSEPH EDGAR HOCUTT [7 July 1864 \u2013 16 May 1930], <\/strong>his parents were WILLIAM D. and MARY J. HOCUTT <\/strong>of Wake and Johnston Counties, NC<\/p>\n

HER MOTHER:\u00a0 IDA BELL HARPER [April 1879 \u2013 24 August 1916]<\/strong> her parents were BUCHANAN \u201cBUCK\u201d HARPER and SALLIE GRIFFIN<\/strong> of Nash County, NC<\/p>\n

REVEREND JOE HOCUTT<\/strong> was born in Wake County and raised in Johnston County.\u00a0 His first wife IDA BELL HARPER<\/strong> was raised two miles east of Nashville on a farm south of what became Highway 64.\u00a0 JOE and Ida BELL HARPER<\/strong> were married ca. 1897.\u00a0 In August, 1916, IDA HARPER HOCUTT<\/strong> died in childbirth.\u00a0 JOE HOCUTT\u2019S<\/strong> second wife was IDA HILLIARD<\/strong> of Middlesex, Nash County, NC.\u00a0 Both JOE and IDA HARPER HOCUTT<\/strong> are buried in Nash County, NC.<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

MARY LILLIA \u201cLILLIE\u201d BELL <\/strong><\/p>\n

Born: Aug. 13, 1905. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Stony Creek Twp., Nash County, NC;<\/p>\n

Married:<\/p>\n

Where:<\/p>\n

Died:\u00a0 Dec. 11, 1972. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Duke Hospital, Durham, Durham County, NC.<\/p>\n

Buried:\u00a0 Montlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake County, NC;<\/p>\n

Husband: JAMES CURTIS WILLIFORD, SR.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born: 16 April 1903. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:<\/p>\n

Died: 29 March 1984. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Buried: Montlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake County, NC.\u00a0 (LILLIE\u2019S address at the time of her death in 1972:\u00a0 601 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, NC.]<\/p>\n

HIS FATHER:<\/p>\n

HIS MOTHER:<\/p>\n

ATLAS McCLINDEN BELL<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Born: 25 December 1909. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC;<\/p>\n

Died:\u00a0 8 October 1965 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Lee Summit, MO.<\/p>\n

Nine wives:<\/p>\n

First wife: MYTRLE <\/strong><\/p>\n

Second Wife: MILDRED CORA DURHAM <\/strong><\/p>\n

Born: 9 Dec. 1909 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Baltimore, MD<\/p>\n

Died: 12 May 1974 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Maryland<\/p>\n

Other wives:\u00a0 Jane, Mary, and five others<\/p>\n

MATTIE [RUTH] BELL. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:\u00a0 June 19, 1912. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0 Stony Creek Twp., Nash County, NC,<\/p>\n

Married:\u00a0 June 12, 1929<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where:<\/p>\n

Died:\u00a0 December 12, 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Suffolk, Virginia.<\/p>\n

Buried:\u00a0 Western Branch Cemetery, Suffolk, VA.<\/p>\n

Husband: OLLIE GLEN MINCHER. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Born: June 27, 1907. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: North Carolina<\/p>\n

Died: July 24, 1972. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: Suffolk, VA.<\/p>\n

Buried:\u00a0 Western Branch Cemetery, Suffolk, VA.<\/p>\n

HIS FATHER:<\/p>\n

HIS MOTHER:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE JOHN LINDSEY BELL, SR [1854 \u2013 1915] and LULA ROSE [1873 \u2013 1955] FAMILY\u00a0 [HIS SECOND WIFE] of Coopers, Stony Creek and Oak Level Townships in Nash County, NC Submitted by:\u00a0 Earl P. Bell, Jr. Posted: 4 February 2010…<\/p>\n

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