Jean, Unless my math is wrong Sarah A. could not be 14 in the 1850 Census if you have her born in 1856. Also I have Mary C. as being born Abt. 1849. Could you have possibly meant the 1880 Census? My dates could be off so if you have different ones will you send me the updates. Thanks Toni -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 26, 2000 12:56 AM Subject: [DC] BELL Family of Benton County > > Can any of you BELL researchers help me with this quandary? > > Some time ago I corresponded with a cousin in TX. She told me she had >letters which indicated a Sarah A. BELL (1856TN - 1912 Cooke Co, TX) who >married James Thomas BEASLEY in Benton County in 1878, had a sister Mary C. >Bell who married 1866 Benton County to James Gwin HUDSON. > Mary and James HUDSON also went to TX about the same time that Sarah and >James BEASLEY did. > Mary and Sarah BELL had a brother, John W. BELL, who married Mary / >Mildred Ellen WEATHERLY in Benton County in 1879. (Just learned this >information, thanks to Brenda Griffith on the BC list). > > Now for the question - who were the parents of these children, Sarah A, >Mary C, and John W. BELL? In the 1850 BC Census they were all listed in the >5th District in the home of J. G. HUDSON, Jr. M.C. (Mary - his wife) was 23, >S. A. (Sarah) 14, and J.W (John) was 10. > > Other than the 1850 census info, the only other thing I have on them in TN >is the 1880 BC Census, where John W BELL, and Mary Elen were in District #9, >house #215. I think Mary and Sarah had gone to TX by then. > > My cousin in TX indicated the family thought the above BELL children were >orphans by 1850. Can anyone fill me in on this family? Did Benton County >have orphan court records that could be searched? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Jean S. > > > > > > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >Okay.... so I don't descend from anyone...... >Now What ???? > >