Bell (Isaac) Cemetery

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                       The earliest "written in stone" legible death date is 1882.
                                                                                                   The latest death date is 1963.
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                .........Isaac BELL Cemetery, Shinbrier Wv Mercer County
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                                                      .....Contributed by Yvonne (Bell) Booz January 3, 2002----

                                                          ---------[GGreat Grandaughter of Issac & Nancy (Shrader) Bell].

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                                  ..............This cemtetery is old, and lots of unmarked Stones.
                                                ------During the Civil War Union Troops retreated back from

                                                                 Princeton by the Bluestone River.
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                           ------This cemt.is located where the Bluestone Makes a Horseshoe Turn..
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                           .....Lots of People died from smallpox in this Area after
                   the Civil War..
                           .....Isaac & Nancy (Sharader)Bell Sons were in 60th Va
                        Conf. Army.

                           .....James Bell who is buried in this cemt.

              .....David Bell who is buried further up on Shinbrier Hill.

             .....John Bell who is Buried Big Ugly Creek.Leet Wv
                        Lincoln County.

              .....Samuel Bell who is Buried Bud Wv.

             .....Benjamin Bell Buried Big Ugly Creek, Leet Wv
                        My Greatgrand Parents.
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                    ..........Civil War was a terrible Time for Benjamin & Lousia (Steel) Bell.
                            -----His Brothers were Confederate and

                                 -----Her Father Owry Steel & Brothers were Union Army.

                                      -----They moved from Mercer County to Campton Ky..

                                           -----Owry Steel was killed Battle Of Mud Lick Springs <Bath
                                                        County Ky.

                                                               His Body was never Recovered.
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                                       [This is a verbatim copy of the full disclosure made by the contributor].

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                               .....This cemetery was visited, once again, in August, 2002,
                                                    by a group of cousins:
                                     -----Norma Pigg Duncan, of Princeton, WV;

                                              -----Eve Wyesloiff Sheets Welch, of Lexington, NC;
                                                       -----Kenneth Davidson, of Freeman, WV;

                                                       -----Celeste Davidson Schnabel, of Columbus, OH;
                                              -----Edgar Davidson, of Cedar Park, TX; and,

                                     -----Arthur L. and Linda Stocker Davidson, of Columbus, OH.
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