John Wesley BELL

Birth:

Abt 1829

of Virginia

Death:

25 Dec 1898

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas

Burial:

27 Dec 1898

Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas

Marriage:

20 Dec 1849

Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Sources:

1880 Census Petersburg, Menard, Illinois
1850 Census Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
1860 Census Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
1870 Census Twp 18, R 7, Menard, Illinois
William Lee Greene's Family - 4 pages, Unknown Author (Family Records)
Ancestry.com
1885 Kansas State Census, Wichita, Segwick, Kansas
New.familysearch.org, Apr 2013, Apr 2014
1875 Census Wichita, Illinois
1900 Census Kansas
1895 Kansas State Census, Wichita, Segwick, Kansas , nil
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree, Dec 2015
Mexican-American War Records (Fold3.com)
Civil War Service Records (Fold3.com)
Wichita Newpaper Articles and Obituary (Newspapers.com)
Find A Grave Memorials
Illinois County Marriages

Notes:

                   NOTES:
1. 1880 Census stated born in VA, and father and mother in VA 
2. Death certificate sent for 12/1/2015
3. May descend from James Bell, Zebulon Bell's grandfather
4. May be son of Jacob, son of Harry of Menard, IL
5. May be son of Alexander Bell in Sangamon in 1836 but not on 1840 or 1850 census.

Chloey BURTON

Birth:

Feb 1831

Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois

Death:

11 Nov 1903

Gage, Ellis, Oklahoma

Burial:

Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas

Father:

John BURTON

Mother:

Mary NEWELL

Notes:

                   DEATH: Listed in Sedgwick, Kansas, buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita Kansas

Children

Marriage

Mary Amanda BELL

Birth:

28 Nov 1850

Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois

Death:

29 Dec 1912

Gage, Ellis, Oklahoma

William Lee GREENE

Marr:

26 Oct 1869

Tallula, Menard, Illinois

Eliza Elizabeth BELL

Birth:

18 Sep 1853

Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois

Death:

26 Jan 1936

Des Moines, Polk, Iowa

John Meade BYERS

Marr:

19 Apr 1873

Petersburg, Menard, Illinois

James Christopher BELL

Birth:

4 Mar 1854

Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois

Death:

1927

Wichita, Kansas

Minnie Mae CARTER

Marr:

16 Oct 1897

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas

Annie BELL

Birth:

Abt 1862

Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois

Death:

Marr:

Notes:

                   NOTE: with family at time of 1870 census not found in later records

William T. BELL

Birth:

Sep 1866

Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois

Death:

11 Jun 1942

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas

Julia H. MCCULLOUGH

Marr:

23 May 1894

Sedgwick, Kansas

Notes:

                   NOTE: wife listed as divorced in 1910 census. NO CHILDREN

Wesley Oliver BELL

Birth:

Jul 1872

Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois

Death:

5 Nov 1909

Sedgwick, Kansas

Mary J.

Marr:

1892

Sedgwick, Kansas

Notes:

                   NOTE: NO CHILDREN. children listed in Public Member Trees are incorrect, born in Pennsylvania to an Oliver Bell born in 1876 in different place

NICKNAME: Ollie

Laura BELL

Birth:

5 Mar 1875

Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois

Death:

30 Jul 1934

Allen, Lyon, Kansas

Charles John SHOWALTER

Marr:

1896

of Sedgwick, Kansas

Notes:

                   NOTE: listed as the mother of two at time of 1900 census. Twin boys, Roy living with his paternal grandparents and William living with his mother.  Both Laura and Charles Shannon remarried before 1900. It is assmuned they divorced.

FCID:6261:71

John Wesley Bell - Chloey Burton

John Wesley Bell was born at of Virginia Abt 1829.

He married Chloey Burton 20 Dec 1849 at Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois . Chloey Burton was born at Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois Feb 1831 daughter of John Burton and Mary Newell .

They were the parents of 7 children:
Mary Amanda Bell born 28 Nov 1850.
Eliza Elizabeth Bell born 18 Sep 1853.
James Christopher Bell born 4 Mar 1854.
Annie Bell born Abt 1862.
William T. Bell born Sep 1866.
Wesley Oliver Bell born Jul 1872.
Laura Bell born 5 Mar 1875.

John Wesley Bell died 25 Dec 1898 at Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas .

Chloey Burton died 11 Nov 1903 at Gage, Ellis, Oklahoma .