Col. Samuel Slade Bell
1834 - 1877 (~ 43 years)
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Name Samuel Slade Bell Title Col. Born Jun 1834 North Carolina 
Gender Male Residence 1850 Madison County, Mississippi [1] Residence 1860 Mill Creek, Ashley, Arkansas [2] Military 16 Mar 1862 Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas Enlisted as Capt. CSA, Co. A, 1st Reg., Trans-Mississippi. 
Samuel Slade Bell Military 14 Jun 1862 Promoted to Maj., CSA. Military 7 Dec 1862 Prairie Grove, Washington, Arkansas Wounded in the hand at the battle of Prairie Grove. Military 21 Dec 1862 Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas Col., CSA, 37th Arkansas (Bell's Regiment Arkansas Infantry). Military 4 Jul 1863 Helena, Phillips, Arkansas Taken prisoner at the Battle of Helena after being wounded in the knee. Sent to Johnson's Island, Alton, Illinois, as POW on 6 Aug 1863 and then to Baltimore on 9 Feb 1864. Residence 1870 Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas [3] Died 26 Sep 1877 Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas Buried Bell Plantation Cemetery, Ashley County, Arkansas Person ID I11950 Dickinson Last Modified 29 Jun 2014
Father Washington Lovett Bell, b. 4 Apr 1803, New Bern, Craven, North Carolina , d. 13 Aug 1867, Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas (Age 64 years) Relationship Birth Mother Sarah Turner, b. 29 Feb 1807, North Carolina , d. 8 Jun 1844, Panola, Sumter, Alabama Relationship Birth Married Abt or Bef 1831 North Carolina Family ID F3370 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Eliza Woodruff, b. 17 Apr 1838, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas , d. 20 Feb 1911, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas (Age 72 years) Married 6 Jun 1866 Arkansas Children 1. Millie Bell, b. Abt 1868, Portland, Ashley, Arkansas [Birth]2. Mary Rolfe Bell, b. 12 Jun 1870, Portland, Ashley, Arkansas , d. 11 Oct 1891, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas (Age 21 years) [Birth]3. Hattie Woodruff Bell, b. 26 Jun 1872, Portland, Ashley, Arkansas , d. 12 Mar 1924, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas (Age 51 years) [Birth]4. Eva Woodruff Bell, b. 1 Jun 1873, Portland, Ashley, Arkansas , d. 24 Mar 1966, Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas (Age 92 years) [Birth]5. Francis B Bell, b. 23 Jun 1874, Ashley County, Arkansas , d. 1 Oct 1955, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas (Age 81 years) [Birth]6. Ruth Wilson Bell, b. 1876, Ashley County, Arkansas , d. 1877, Ashley County, Arkansas (Age 1 years) [Birth]Last Modified 28 Jun 2014 Family ID F3372 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Residence - 1850 - Madison County, Mississippi 
Residence - 1860 - Mill Creek, Ashley, Arkansas 
Military - Enlisted as Capt. CSA, Co. A, 1st Reg., Trans-Mississippi. - 16 Mar 1862 - Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas 
Military - Wounded in the hand at the battle of Prairie Grove. - 7 Dec 1862 - Prairie Grove, Washington, Arkansas 
Military - Taken prisoner at the Battle of Helena after being wounded in the knee. Sent to Johnson's Island, Alton, Illinois, as POW on 6 Aug 1863 and then to Baltimore on 9 Feb 1864. - 4 Jul 1863 - Helena, Phillips, Arkansas Residence - 1870 - Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas Died - 26 Sep 1877 - Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos Samuel Slade Bell
Histories 
Veterans: Confederate
Had the South in her border
A hero to spare,
Or a heart at her altar,
Lo! its life's blood was there!
And the black battle-grime
Might never disguise
The smile of the South
On the lips and the eyes
Of her barefooted boys!
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Sources - [S007856] 1850 United States Census, Bureau of the Census, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850), Census Place: , Madison, Mississippi; Roll: M432_376; Page: 162B; Image: 327.
- [S014287] 1860 United States Census, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860), Census Place: Mill Creek, Ashley, Arkansas; Roll: M653_37; Page: 179; Image: 181; Family History Library Film: 803037.
- [S013899] 1870 United States Census, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1870), Census Place: Portland, Ashley, Arkansas; Roll: M593_47; Page: 208A; Image: 411; Family History Library Film: 545546.
Samuel Bell/36
Mary Bell/31
Millie Bell/2
Rolfe Bell/1/12
John Edwards/18
Henderson Shaw/14
- [S007856] 1850 United States Census, Bureau of the Census, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850), Census Place: , Madison, Mississippi; Roll: M432_376; Page: 162B; Image: 327.