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Elizabeth J. Ford Bell

Birth: 15 Jun 1838
Kendall County, Illinois, USA
Death: 22 May 1902 (aged 63)
Bridgeport, Polk County, Oregon, USA
Burial: Hart Riggs Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 12588790 View Source

Elizabeth J. Ford was the daughter of James & Mary Cline Ford. She married John J. Bell, Sept. 7, 1856 in Polk county, Oregon. They had 12 children. This family lost 5 children to a Diptheria Epidemic.
In 1853, when Elizabeth was 15 years old, she left Illinois, with her parents, James & Mary Ford, to cross the plains to the new Oregon country. Three years later she was united in marriage to J.J. Bell. Story has it John and Elizabeth met on the Oregon Trail while traveling in the same covered wagon train emigrating to Oregon, but this cannot be proven as few wagon train rosters were kept.

Elizabeth J. Ford was the daughter of James & Mary Cline Ford. She married John J. Bell, Sept. 7, 1856 in Polk county, Oregon. They had 12 children. This family lost 5 children to a Diptheria Epidemic.
In 1853, when Elizabeth was 15 years old, she left Illinois, with her parents, James & Mary Ford, to cross the plains to the new Oregon country. Three years later she was united in marriage to J.J. Bell. Story has it John and Elizabeth met on the Oregon Trail while traveling in the same covered wagon train emigrating to Oregon, but this cannot be proven as few wagon train rosters were kept.

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John Jackson Bell

1830–1885 (m. 1856)

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Created by: Rose Ford
Added: Dec 3, 2005
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12588790/elizabeth_j-bell: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth J. Ford Bell (15 Jun 1838–22 May 1902), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12588790, citing Hart Riggs Cemetery, Dallas, Polk County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Rose Ford (contributor 46786312).

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