Hon. John Bell
1797 - 1869 (72 years)
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Name John Bell Title Hon. Born 15 Feb 1797 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee 
Gender Male Political 02 Jun 1834 Elected, Speaker, United States House of Representatives 
Public Service Political 05 Mar 1841 Appointed, Secretary of War Political 22 Nov 1847 Elected, United States Senate, Tennessee Residence 1860 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee [1] Died 10 Sep 1869 Dover, Stewart, Tennessee Buried Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee Notes - BELL, John, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Nashville, Tenn., February 18, 1796; graduated from Cumberland College in 1814; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Franklin, Tenn.; member, State senate 1817; declined to be a candidate for reelection and moved to Nashville; elected to the Twentieth, and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1841); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Twenty-third Congress); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-first through Twenty-sixth Congresses, except for Twenty-third), Committee on Judiciary (Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses); appointed by President William Henry Harrison as Secretary of War March 5, 1841, and served until September 12, 1841, when he resigned; member, State house of representatives in 1847; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate in 1847; reelected in 1853, and served from November 22, 1847, to March 3, 1859; unsuccessful candidate in 1860 for President of the United States on the Constitutional Union ticket; investor in ironworks at Cumberland Furnace in Chattanooga, Tenn.; died at his home on the banks of the Cumberland River, near Cumberland Furnace, September 10, 1869; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, near Nashville, Tenn.
From Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, <http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000340>
Person ID I4532 Dickinson Last Modified 11 Oct 2009
Family 1 Sarah Louisa Dickinson, b. 1801, d. 1832, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee (Age 31 years) Married 10 Dec 1815 Rutherford County, Tennessee [2] Married Dec 1818 [3] Children 1. Francis M Bell, b. 22 Aug 1820, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee , d. 21 Oct 1847, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee (Age 27 years)+ 2. David Dickinson Bell, b. 07 Jul 1822, Rutherford County, Tennessee , d. 1899 (Age 76 years)+ 3. John Bell, b. 12 Nov 1823, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee , d. 26 Nov 1899, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee (Age 76 years)+ 4. Mary Louisa Bell, b. Oct 1827, Rutherford County, Tennessee , d. 09 Jan 1903, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee (Age ~ 75 years)+ 5. Sally Dickinson Bell, b. Jul 1829, Rutherford County, Tennessee , d. 15 Sep 1897, Rutherford County, Tennessee (Age ~ 68 years)Last Modified 13 Mar 2013 Family ID F1207 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Jane Eastin, b. 1797, North Carolina , d. 1877, Tennessee (Age 80 years) Married 25 Oct 1835 Rutherford County, Tennessee [2] Children 1. Jane Erwin Bell, b. Dec 1838, District of Columbia , d. 1917 (Age ~ 78 years)2. Anna L Bell, b. Jan 1841, District of Columbia , d. 1919 (Age ~ 77 years)Last Modified 5 Oct 2009 Family ID F1213 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- BELL, John, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Nashville, Tenn., February 18, 1796; graduated from Cumberland College in 1814; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Franklin, Tenn.; member, State senate 1817; declined to be a candidate for reelection and moved to Nashville; elected to the Twentieth, and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1841); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Twenty-third Congress); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-first through Twenty-sixth Congresses, except for Twenty-third), Committee on Judiciary (Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses); appointed by President William Henry Harrison as Secretary of War March 5, 1841, and served until September 12, 1841, when he resigned; member, State house of representatives in 1847; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate in 1847; reelected in 1853, and served from November 22, 1847, to March 3, 1859; unsuccessful candidate in 1860 for President of the United States on the Constitutional Union ticket; investor in ironworks at Cumberland Furnace in Chattanooga, Tenn.; died at his home on the banks of the Cumberland River, near Cumberland Furnace, September 10, 1869; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, near Nashville, Tenn.
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Born - 15 Feb 1797 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee 
Residence - 1860 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee 
Buried - - Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Bell, John Bell, John
Speaker of the House; United States Senator; Presidential Candidate
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Sources - [S014287] 1860 United States Census, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860), Census Place: Nashville Ward 5, Davidson, Tennessee; Roll M653_1246; Page: 404; Image: 609.
- [S174727] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Nashville: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm).
- [S336295] A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Will T. Hale, (Chicago, Illinois: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1913), 382.
- [S014287] 1860 United States Census, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860), Census Place: Nashville Ward 5, Davidson, Tennessee; Roll M653_1246; Page: 404; Image: 609.