Chris Jones Ancestors:Information about Hiram Parks Bell
Hiram Parks Bell (b. January 19, 1827, d. August 16, 1907)
Hiram Parks Bell |
Hiram Parks Bell (son of Joseph Scott Bell and Rachael Phinazee) was born January 19, 1827 in Jackson Co., Georgia78, and died August 16, 1907 in Cumming City Cemetery.He married (1) Virginia Margaret Lester on January 22, 1850 in Forsythe County, GA, daughter of Richard Lester and Mary Minor.He married (2) Annie Adelaide Jordan on June 11, 1890 in Eatonton, GA, daughter of Warren H. Jordan and Julia L. Hudson.
Notes for Hiram Parks Bell:
Bell, Hiram Parks (1827-1907) Brother-in-law of George Nelson Lester. Born near Jefferson, Ga., January 19, 1827. Delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; member of Georgia state senate, 1861, 1898-1901; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1873-75, 1877-79. Died in Atlanta, Ga., August 16, 1907. Interment at Cumming Cemetery, Cumming, Ga.
Attorney, State Senator, soldier, Congressman, author and orator
Wrote a book called "Men and Things" (published by Foote and Davies Co., Atlanta Georgia, 1907) about his life.This may be a great resource!!
The Methodist community that Hirum and his clan lived in (along with Thomas Alfred and Guilford W. Jones) was called Allensville.
He cleared a forty acre area of thicket and planted corn.
More About Hiram Parks Bell:
Education 1: 1846, 1st and second grade at the old field school.78
Education 2: February 1847, Entered Cumming Academy, Cumming Georgia.78
More About Hiram Parks Bell and Virginia Margaret Lester:
Marriage: January 22, 1850, Forsythe County, GA.
More About Hiram Parks Bell and Annie Adelaide Jordan:
Marriage: June 11, 1890, Eatonton, GA.
Marriage Notes for Hiram Parks Bell and Annie Adelaide Jordan:
Married at the home of her aunt, Mrs. M.L. Reid.
Children of Hiram Parks Bell and Virginia Margaret Lester are:
- Mary M. Bell, b. Abt. 1853.
- George L. Bell, b. Abt. 1857.
- Julia L. Bell, b. Abt. 1859.