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Abner Bell


Birth26 January 1812Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana, United States
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     The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 204; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.
Death26 September 1865Colfax, Placer, California, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Abner Bell (1812-1865), memorial #61521814.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abner Bell, ID: KWJP-DJY.
Burial27 September 1865Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Placer, California, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Abner Bell (1812-1865), memorial #61521814.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abner Bell, ID: KWJP-DJY.
FatherArmiger Lilley Bell
MotherSarah White Blackford
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   • Nancy Garwood
Married8 July 1830Rush County, Indiana, United States
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    Indiana Genealogical Society, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 (Indiana: County clerk offices), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Abner Bell and Nancy Garwood, (8 July 1830); citing Rush County, Indiana, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," Rush, 1830-1833 Vol. 3, p. 32, FHL microfilm 4129317.
          Children:
               William Abner Bell
               John Bell
               Armiger Bell
               James Bell
               Ann Bell
               Drusilla Maria Bell
               Jesse Bell
               Mary Lavina Bell
               Catherine Bell
               Nancy Bell


   • Elizabeth Cheney
Married1 January 1851
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abner Bell and Elizabeth Cheney, ID: KWJP-DJY and ID: LKVB-3CL.

   • Margaret Ann Billson
Married19 November 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Abner Bell and Margaret Ann Billson, ID:KWJP-DJY and ID:LWYK-1ZF.
          Children:
               Emma Bell

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• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Yolo County, California, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusCache Creek Township, Yolo, CaliforniaExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Company Unknown (1850)View Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure1850
       Arrival1850

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