This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bell Poole Sneed Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JS.2ADE/727 Message Board Post: I am researching Augustus Poole Bell (1859-1935), son of Joseph Bell (1809-1861) and his wife Ellen Serena Poole (1832-1865). Joseph Bell was a wealthy Lowndes County planter with roots in South Carolina. Ellen Poole was also from SC. Augustus Poole Bell married Mary Sneed and had issue: Viola, Arthur, Joseph, Fred, Augustus "Gus," Charlie, and Frank. Augustus moved to Texas and later to California. Looking for: 1) Marriage inforamtion to Mary Sneed and who here family were; 2) A survey of the Bell family cemetery in Lowndes 3) Any family records for Joseph Bell or his children 4) Any information on the life of Augustus Bell 5) Information on the fate of Augustus' children.