1. Dalton¹ BELL was born in England. He married Margaret McCOWEN in England or Scotland. She was born in Scotland.

Child of Dalton BELL and Margaret McCOWEN is:

Generation No. 2

2. Jackson² BELL (Dalton¹)¹ was born January 28, 1822 in Lee County, Virginia², and died in Lancaster, Dallas Co. TX. He married Ester J. PATTON³ June 11, 1843 in Lee County, Virginia, daughter of Henry PATTON and Katy GRUB. She was born in Wythe County, Virginia.

Notes for Jackson BELL:

06/26/1999

From "History of Dallas County", pg. 934:

Jackson Bell, a well known farmer and stock-raiser residing in precinct No. 5, has been identified with the interests of Dallas county, Texas, since October 20, 1854.

Mr. Bell dates his birth in Lee county, Virginia, January 28, 1822. He was the seventh son and the ninth child in the family of eleven children of Dalton and Margaret (McCowen) Bell, the former a native of England and the latter of Scotland. Her parents were married in the old country and a few years afterward emigrated to American and settled in Virginia. The father was a Baptist minister, and besides preaching the gospel was engaged in the manufacture of spinning wheels. In 1824 he moved westward with his family and settled in Monroe county, Indiana, where he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He died there in 1832, and his wife passed away three years later. The children were all at home and unmarried at the time their parents died, and ten of them lived to be grown, Jackson being the only one now living. After the death of his parents he was bound out to learn the carpenter's trade, and served an apprenticeship of nine years and three months. At the end of that time he engaged in business for himself, and continued thus employed in Indiana until 1854.

June 11, 1843, Mr. Bell was married to Miss Ester J. Patton, a native of Wythe county, Virginia, and a daughter of Henry and Katy (Grub) Patton. She went to Indiana with her parents when a child, and before she was grown her mother died and her father was subsequently married to a second wife, the children by his first marriage finding homes for themselves elsewhere. On the 11th day of September, 1854, Mr. Bell, accompanied by his wife and three children, started for Texas, and made the journey in a wagon drawn by horses, arriving in Dallas county on the 20th of October. While en route to this State they lost their eldest daughter and buried her at Preston, on the Red River. At first Mr. Bell rented a farm near Hutchins and afterward one near where he has since lived. In 1869 he purchased forty-two acres of wild land and has since cultivated it. Besides this he has 1,200 acres in Buchel county, which he pre-empted as a stock ranch. All these years he has been extensively engaged in stock-raising, and for fifteen years has been raising sheep, which industry has proved a profitable one. During the war Mr. Bell served in the Confederate army for nearly a year. In June, 1863, he was taken with a spinal disease and was thus disabled from active duty.

Of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Bell, seven are still living. Margaret Elizabeth died at the age of ten years; Joseph Henry is a resident of Brown county, Texas; James Simon resided in this county; the others are, Mary Catherine, Indiana, Jane, Esther Laura and Robert Ephraim.

Mr. Bell is in politics a Democrat, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

More About Jackson BELL:

Burial: Wheatland Cemetery, Dallas, TX

Children of Jackson BELL and Ester PATTON are:

Generation No. 3

3. James Simon³ BELL (Jackson², Dalton¹) was born Abt. 1847 in Indiana, and died October 03, 1921 in Dallas, Dallas County, Tx. He married Salina Jane HOUSTON December 01, 1875 in Dallas, Dallas County, TX, daughter of Henry HOUSTON and Mary JORDAN. She was born August 19, 1857 in Arkansas⁴, and died October 21, 1930 in Petrolia, Clay County, Texas⁵.

Notes for Salina Jane HOUSTON:

11/05/1995

In a family record obtained from the Gribble's in Oklahoma, Martha Mitchell is listed as dying in Colorado in 1922.

06/18/1997

Martha was not living at her parents home when the 1880 census was taken in June of that year.

06/18/1997

1900 census, Dallas County, ED 138, enumerated on 15th June, 1900:

Mattie Capps (May, 1868) 32 years old, widow

Clarence L. Capps (Feb, 1891) 9 years old

Cleveland Mabry (Oct, 1886) 13 years old

Jennie A. Mabry (Oct, 1888) 11 years old

Deloral Mitchell (June, 1878) from NC - listed as hired help.

06/17/1999

On the 1920 census, Clay County, she was enumerated with her youngest son Renie H. Bell. She also states that she was born in Arkansas. They rented their home.

More About Salina Jane HOUSTON:

Burial: October 22, 1930, Riverland Cemetery, Clay County, Texas

Cause of Death: Suicide, Drank Lye Water

Census: August 07, 1860, Rusk County, TX

Children of James BELL and Salina HOUSTON are:

Generation No. 4

12. Ira J.⁴ BELL (James Simon³, Jackson², Dalton¹) was born May 23, 1886 in Dallas, Dallas County, Tx, and died June 21, 1959 in Clay County, Texas. He married Florence Mattie ELLSWORTH July 28, 1917 in Clay County, Texas⁷, daughter of Eugene ELLSWORTH and Emma SMITH. She was born May 03, 1895 in Texas⁸, and died June 26, 1979 in Clay County, Texas.

More About Ira J. BELL:

Burial: Riverland Cemetery, Clay County, Texas

Notes for Florence Mattie ELLSWORTH:

06/17/1999

In the 1920 Clay County census she states that her father was from New York and her mother was from Georgia.

More About Florence Mattie ELLSWORTH:

Burial: Riverland Cemetery, Clay County, Texas

Children of Ira BELL and Florence ELLSWORTH are:

14. Renia Henry⁴ BELL (James Simon³, Jackson², Dalton¹)⁸ was born February 15, 1896 in Lancaster, DallasCounty, Texas⁹, and died October 19, 1980 in Henrietta, Clay County, Texas. He married Martha (Bell). She was born Abt. 1895 in Texas.

More About Renia Henry BELL:

Burial: Riverland Cemetery, Clay County, Texas

Children of Renia BELL and Martha (Bell) are:

Generation No. 5

15. Carl Alfred⁵ BELL (Ira J.⁴, James Simon³, Jackson², Dalton¹) was born in Riverland Community, Clay County, Texas. He married (1) Patsy WEST. He married (2) Martha (Bell). He married (3) Betty (Bell).

Child of Carl BELL and Patsy WEST is:

17. Hazel Marie⁵ BELL (Ira J.⁴, James Simon³, Jackson², Dalton¹) was born July 19, 1921. She married Rochell "Bob" HOLLEY.

Children of Hazel BELL and Rochell HOLLEY are:

19. Waymon Edward⁵ BELL (Ira J.⁴, James Simon³, Jackson², Dalton¹) was born January 21, 1937. He married (1) Norma Kaye ENGLEDOW. He married (2) Alice Marie (Hansard) SCHMIDT October 10, 1981.

Children of Waymon BELL and Norma ENGLEDOW are:

Generation No. 6

25. Lawanda Jean⁶ BELL (Waymon Edward⁵, Ira J.⁴, James Simon³, Jackson², Dalton¹) She married Mark D. WILSON.

Children of Lawanda BELL and Mark WILSON are:

26. Ginger Darlene⁶ BELL (Waymon Edward⁵, Ira J.⁴, James Simon³, Jackson², Dalton¹) She married (1) Daniel FARINA. She married (2) Barry MANNING.

Children of Ginger BELL and Daniel FARINA are:

27. Tony Edward⁶ BELL I (Waymon Edward⁵, Ira J.⁴, James Simon³, Jackson², Dalton¹) He married Ruth (Bell).

Children of Tony BELL and Ruth (Bell) are:

28. Terry Paul⁶ BELL (Waymon Edward⁵, Ira J.⁴, James Simon³, Jackson², Dalton¹) He married Mary (Bell).

Child of Terry BELL and Mary (Bell) is:

Endnotes

1. History of Dallas County, Pg. 924.

2. History of Dallas County, 934.

3. History of Dallas County, Pg. 924.

4. 1860 Federal Census - Rusk County, Texas.

5. Henrietta Indepentent Newspaper, October 24, 1930.

6. Billy Joe Denton.

7. Clay County Marriage Records, Book 4, pg. 455.

8. 1920 Federal Census Clay County, Texas, E. D. 18.

9. Social Security Application, dated July 1, 1941..

10. Social Security Death Index.