This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QV.2ADI/654 Message Board Post: My husband's great-grandfather was a doctor in Independence County in the mid-1800s. I found an account of him in an online transcript of Arkansas biographies, and in it was this nugget: <Wesley Bell, who was a native of South Carolina, was born in 1808; he was of English descent, and was a mechanic and farmer. When a young man he removed from South Carolina to Alabama, where he married and resided until about 1840, when he located in the western part of Tennessee, subsequently, on account of ill health, removing to Arkansas, where he died in 1857. His wife, who was also a native of South Carolina, was born in 1812, and died about 1847. > I pursued these leads -- found a listing of a marriage of Wesley Bell and Elizabeth Bell [presumably her maiden name] in Limestone County, Alabama on 4 Sep 1826. I then found the couple in the 1850 Madison county (TN) census. I feel confident that this is the correct couple as several of the children are ones I already knew of and had further info.(Included names and state of birth). I believe Westly and family moved to Independence County sometime between 1850 (the census) and 1857 (the known or presumed year of his death); by 1860, the remains of the family are in Independence County. (I also understand that Elizabeth, his first wife, died in 1847, and apparently he remarried -- to Annie, who is listed as head of household in 1860 with several of the children still at home.) My question: where is Wesley Bell buried (I've not found him in the transcribed records online)? Is Elizabeth buried with him? Would love to have more details. Thanks.