Brief Life History of Abner
When Abner Bell was born on 26 January 1812, in Marion, Center Township, Grant, Indiana, United States, his father, Armiger Lilley Bell, was 41 and his mother, Sarah E Blackford, was 32. He married Nancy Garwood on 8 July 1830, in Rush, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1840 and Cache Creek Judicial Township, Yolo, California, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 26 September 1865, in Colfax, Placer, California, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Placer, California, United States.
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- Abner Bell, "United States Census, 1840"
- 1830 Abner Bell, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
- 1865 Abner Bell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1816
Indiana is the 19th state.
1822
Historical Boundaries: 1822: Rush, Indiana, United States
1827
Historical Information: 1827: Grant, Indiana, United States
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).
English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Abner, the eighth child of Armiger L. Bell and Sarah Blackford, was born Switzerland Countyh, Indiana on 26 January 1812. He died at Colfax, Placer County, California on 26 September 1865 at the age o …
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