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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Crockett County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Joe H. Bell, farmer, was born in Spottsylvania County, Va., October 22, 1826. His parents, George T. and Mary J. (Lumsden) Bell, were born in 1807 and 1809, and died in 1876 and 1885, respectively. Joe H. Bell, is of Scotch-English descent, and is the second of seven children: Francis C., Joe H., Eliza H., George T., John Z., Mary and Julia. Joe H. Bell lived on a farm until he was eighteen years of age, then became an apprentice at the carpenter’s trade, and at the end of two years began journey work. In 1851 he and his brother, John Z., came to Tennessee, and our subject began working at his trade on his arrival. He was the principal contractor in Crockett County for a number of years. In 1868 he began farming and has been very successful up to the present time. In 1854 he married Jane S. Jones, and their union resulted in the birth of two children: Claud J. and Mary F. (Mrs. Geo. T. Williams). Mr. Bell is a Democrat and one of the worthy and honest citizens of this county. He was a soldier in the late war and served as escort to Gen. N. B. Forrest, from November, 1863, until the close of the war.

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This family biography is one of 72 biographies included in the book,  The History of Crockett County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed.  The History of Crockett County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee

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