This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bell, Chandler Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iUI.2ACIB/1911 Message Board Post: Benjamin Bell was born in 1805 in South Carolina. He married Frances Chandler 29Dec1827 in Lauderdale Co. Alabama. Frances was born 1806 in Virginia. The couple remained in Alabama until approximately 1833 when they moved to Tennessee and had several additional children. The family removed to Smackover Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas prior to 1850. Frances appears by herself in the 1860 census and the 1870 census at the age of 63 suggesting that Benjamin had passed by 1860. Lenorah married Miles Joshua Gentry in the mid 1860's and they removed to Hempstead county sometime after 1870, Several of the children appear in Hempstead County, Arkansas later. Although I have been unable to find specific links, I believe that William and Modesta Gray followed the members of the Bell family into Hempstead and Howard County Arkansas during the 1870's. Children of Benjamin and Frances BELL Mary A. b: 1830 in Alabama Elizabeth b:1831 in Alabama Frances E. b: 1832 in Alabama Elijah (or Eliza)L. b: 1834 in Tennessee Katherine b:1836 in Tennessee Robert W. b: 1837 in Tennessee Lenorah D. b: 1838 in Tennessee Dorothy b: 1841 in Tennessee Modesta Rosaline b: 27 Mar 1842 in Tennessee Danetha b: 1843 in Tennessee Thomas J. b: 1844 in Tennessee Filmore b: 1856 in Arkansas Additional info at: http://www.geocities.com/gray5153/PrntsofModestaBell.html