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Bell, Elizabeth Jane
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| LAST NAME: Bell
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FIRST NAME: Elizabeth
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MIDDLE NAME: Jane
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| MAIDEN NAME: Ford
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| GENDER: F
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| BORN: 4 Aug 1838
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DIED: 22 May 1902
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BURIED: (Hart-Riggs Cemetery)
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| BIRTH PLACE: Kendall Co., Illinois
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| DEATH PLACE: Bridgeport, Polk Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Elizabeth J. Ford was the daughter of James Ford and Mary Cline who are buried in Smith Cemetery.
MARRIAGE - Elizabeth J. Ford md John J. Bell 7 Sep 1856 in Polk Co., Oregon. MG - David Hubbard. Witnesses William Burns & Jonathan Hollinshead.
1880 OR CENSUS - Elizabeth J. Bell, age 40, b. Illinois, is enumerated with John J., age 51, occupation farmer, b. Ohio, along with Malissa, age 18, b. Oregon, Clara, age 4, b. Oregon, and Atila B., age 1, b. Oregon.
1900 OR CENSUS - Elizabeth Bell, widowed, mother of 11 children 5 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Feb 1842 in Illinois, is enumerated with Till R., age 21, single, occupation farm laborer, b. Sep 1878 in Oregon, Clara, age 22, single, b. Jan 1878 in Oregon, Otho, age 19, single, b. Aug 1880 in Oregon, and Dale, age 16, b. Sep 1883 in Oregon.
Estate #1388 was probated in Polk County.
NOTE: The seven Bell children lost in 1875 were probably all buried in Hart Cemetery but markers have not yet been found. Records show only five names: Alva T., John E., James S., Virgil and Otis.
DISCREPANCY between birthdate given in 1900 census record and what is recorded on her marker.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
N/A
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OBITUARY:
A PIONEER GONE
By the death last Thursday of Mrs. J. J. Bell, Polk County lost one of it's oldest residents and the vicinity one of it's most respected citizens.
Elizabeth Ford was born in Kendall County, Illinois, on the 15th day of June, 1838. When she was 15 years old her parents, James and Mary Ford, with their family, accomplished the long and dangerous crossing, settling and building them a home in 1853. Three years later, in 1856, Elizabeth Ford was united in marriage to J. J. Bell. Twelve children blessed this union, five of whom survive.
Mrs. Bell died at her home near the Bridgeport school house on Thursday, May 22, 1902, aged 64 years, 11 months, and seven days. the funeral was held on the day following.
The death of Mrs. Bell reminds us that the old settlers, those who underwent rigorous life and privation of the early pioneer days are dropping rapidly out and leaving the land, the foundation of whose prosperity they laid in the hands of the younger generation and those who have made Oregon their adopted home. The debt we who are reaping the fruitage of their toil owe to their memory is paid by loving remembrance and honor.
[Citations to above newspaper obituraries were not given. Copy in THE FORD FAMILY of Maryland, Ohio, Illinois & Oregon, 1780 - 2002 by Pat Wahl of Salem, Oregon.]
Mrs. Bell, who was a sister of James, George, William and Robert Ford and lived at Bridgeport for so long, died there last week and was laid to rest in the Hart burying ground. Some 20 years ago she lost seven children in ten days with diphtheria.
Polk County Itemizer, Friday, 30 May 1902, 3:6
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INSCRIPTION:
Elizabeth J. Bell
his Wife
Born
Aug. 4, 1838
Died
May 22, 1902
Individual marker:
Mother
For more marker photographs and pictures showcasing the restoration work at Hart-Riggs Cemetery, please see: http://polkcemeterysavers.org/Home_Page.php
The Bell Family Monument with eight inscriptions:
Elizabeth J. Bell shares marker with her husband John J. Bell
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SOURCES:
PCHS
Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Sibley Survey of 1931
Polk County Oregon Marriage Records, 1849-1879, pg 11
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk County, Bridgeport, ED 106, pg A492)
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Bridgeport, ED 174, sheet 1B)
Wahl, Pat, THE FORD FAMILY, 1780-2002
PCI 30 May 1902, 3:6
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