Joseph Keener BELL
Ora Lee ARP


Husband:  Joseph Keener BELL
Birth:  17 Jan 1884, Polk Co., Tennessee
Death:  22 Oct 1937, Copperhill, Polk Co., Tennessee
Burial:  Oct 1937, Sweet Gum Baptist Church Cemetery, Sweet Gum, Fannin Co., Georgia
Father:  Jonathan Lafayette BELL
Mother:  Nancy B. STUART

Marriage:       18 Sep 1904, Fannin Co., Georgia 

Wife:  Ora Lee ARP
Birth:  29 Jul 1886, Fairplay, Fannin Co., Georgia 
Death:  1 Apr 1956, Athens, McMinn Co., Tennessee
Burial:  Apr 1956, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Athens, McMinn Co., Tennessee
Father:  William Thomas ARP
Mother:  Mollie Clifford GARRISON

Children:
 
1. John Vestal BELL, b: 21 Aug 1905, Sweet Gum, Fannin Co., Georgia
                                d: 22 Sep 1981, De Kalb Co., Georgia
                             bur: Chastain Cemetery, Blue Ridge, Fannin Co., Georgia
2. Jessie Jane BELL
(McKinney), b: 25 Apr 1908, Sweet Gum, Fannin Co., Georgia
                                              d: 24 Jun 2007, Huntsville, Madison Co., Alabama
                                           bur: McKinney Cemetery, Fannin Co., Georgia
3. William Howard BELL, b: 3 Jul 1910, Sweet Gum, Fannin Co., Georgia
                                     d: 26 Jun 1997, Sweetwater, Monroe Co., Tennessee
                                  bur: Macedonia Cemetery, Blue Ridge, Fannin Co., Georgia
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Notes:    

1910 Federal Census Data (T624_0182, Page 99A), Fairplay, Fannin Co., Georgia,
                                                                                    Enumeration District: 31, Enumeration Date: 3-May-1910, Family #215

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

# Yr Mar

# C Bn.

# C Liv.

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

Occupation
or Trade

In Sch

 BELL, Joseph

 Head

M

26

M1

6

 

 

NC

NC

GA

 Retail Merchant / Dry Goods

 

          Ora

 Wife

F

24

M1

6

2

2

GA

GA

GA

 None

 

          Vestel

 Son

M

4

S

 

 

 

GA

NC

GA

 None

 

          Jessie

 Daughter

F

2

S

 

 

 

GA

NC

GA

 None

 

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0256, Page 98B), McCaysville, Fannin Co., Georgia,
                                                                                    Enumeration District:  47, Enumeration Date: 22-Jan-1920, Family #313

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S
W/D

POB

Fa.
POB

Mo.
POB

Occupation

In Sch

 BELL, Kenner J

 Head

M

36

M

GA

GA

GA

 Police  / Town

 

         Ora

 Wife

F

33

M

GA

GA

GA

 None

 

         Vestal

 Son

M

14

S

GA

GA

GA

 None

     

         Jessie Jane

 Daughter

F

11

S

GA

GA

GA

 None

  X   

         William H

 Son

M

9

S

GA

GA

GA

 None

  X   

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_0355, Page 189A), Blue Ridge, Fannin Co., Georgia,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 14, Enumeration Date: 14-Apr-1930, Family #197

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

Age Marr

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

 In Sch

Occupation

 BELL, J  K

 Head

M

46

M

21

TN

GA

TN

 

 Sheriff / County

         Ora

 Wife

F

43

M

21

GA

GA

GA

  

 None

         Vestal

 Son

M

24

S

 

GA

TN

GA

 

 None

         Howard

 Son

M

19

S

 

GA

TN

GA

 

 None

1940 Federal Census Data (T627_0670-0368, Page 74B), Sugar Creek Dist, Fannin Co., Georgia,
                                                                          Enumeration District: 55-9, Enumeration Date: 4-Apr-1940, Family #27

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

In
Sch

Gr.
Cmp.

POB

Occupation / Industry

 BELL, Ora

 Head

F

53

W

 

5

GA

 

After 1940, Ora married Hubert Mull and returned to Tennessee.
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Sources:    
1) Death - Husband:  Polk County Tennessee Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #37-25914
2) Death - Wife:  McMinn County Tennessee Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #56-08541
3) Death - Child #1:  De Kalb County Georgia Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #031230