Jesse Bell, a son of Hannah (née Finch) and John Bell, senior, was born in Belmont County, Ohio. The Bell family moved in fall 1817 to Richland County, Ohio, and settled in Blooming Grove Township.

Jesse Bell and Alletta Wooley were married reportedly on 9 December 1824 near Plymouth, Richland County, Ohio (marriage record not extant).

Notes

Dates of birth, death reportedly cited in an obit. (Unidentified newspaper.)

Richland County, Ohio, marriage records, volume 2 (about 1825 to 1833) is no longer extant. (The marriage did not take place in Huron County.)

"John Bell, eldest son of Robert Bell [...] married Hannah Finch...To her marriage with Mr. Bell seven children were born in Belmont county, namely: [...second] Jesse, who moved to Missouri, and died near Hamilton [...]" (Bio. of David S. Bell in: A. J. Baughman, History of Huron County, Ohio: its progress and development, with biographical sketches of prominent citizens of the county (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1909), pp. 402-03.)

1830 U.S. Census, Blooming Grove Twp., Richland Co., Ohio; p. 40 (printed),
[1.] John Bell. (Six persons in household.)
[2.] Jesse Bell. (Five persons in household.)

1850 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 2966, family 3030, lines 26-35, p. 214 (printed), 9 Nov 1850.
26. Jesse Bell, 44, farmer ($2,200), Ohio.
27. Alletta -----, 44, Pa.
28. Emily A. -----, 24, Ohio.
29. Paulina -----, 22, Ohio.
30. George W. -----, 21, farmer, Ohio.
31. Hannah -----, 18, Ohio.
32. Louisa -----, 10, Ohio.
33. Franklin -----, 8, Ohio.
34. Roiliff D. -----, 6, Ohio.
35. Nathan B. -----, 4, Ohio.

Jesse Bell shown twice, in Lots 20, 24, and 25, in the northwestern corner of the northeastern quarter of Ripley Township. (Philip Nunan, "Map of Huron County, Ohio: Showing the Farms […]" (Pittsburgh: A. Krebs & Bro., 1859). Library of Congress website.) Brothers John, David S., and Nathaniel F. also Ripley Township landowners.

1860 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 1428, family 1302, lines 22-29, p. 83 (printed), p. 173 (written), 30 Jun 1860.
22. Jesse Bell, 56, farmer ($4,000; $1,000), O [Ohio].
23. Aletta -----, 54, Pa.
24. Louisa -----, 18, O.
25. Frank -----, 16, O.
26. Rocliff -----, 14, O.
27. Nathan -----, 12, O.
28. Charles -----, 23, O.
29. Sarah Mead, 13, O.

Jesse and Alleta Bell's family moved to Missouri in 1867.

1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Twp., Caldwell Co., Missouri; dwelling 108, family 108, lines 2-6, p. 130 (printed), p. 16 (written), 3 Aug 1870.
2. Bell, Jesse, 66, farmer ($6,400; $930), Ohio.
3. ----- Alletta, 64, keeping house, Pennsylvania.
4. ----- Ralph, 24, farmer ($100; -0-), Ohio.
5. ----- Louisa, 20, without oc., Ohio.
6. ----- Nelson, 18, farmer, Ohio.

1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 180, Hamilton Twp., Caldwell Co., Missouri; dwelling 37, family 37, lines 18-22, p. 310B (printed), p. 4 (written), 2 Jun 1880.
18. N. B. [Nathan] Bell, 33 [head], farmer, Ohio; father born in Ohio, mother in Pennsylvania.
19. ----- Mollie, 21, wife, housekeeper, Missouri; father born in Virginia, mother in Missouri.
20. ----- Jessee, 75, father, farmer, Ohio; father born in New Jersey, mother in New York.
21. ----- Alletha, 74, mother, housekeeper, Pennsylvania; father born in New Jersey, mother in New York.
22. Pearl Partin, 4, sister-in-law, Missouri; father born in Virginia, mother in Missouri.

Reviewed 20 January 2024.