Genealogy of Berryhill Bell (abt 1802-1862)

Berryhill Bell¹

M, #129, b. circa 1802, d. 15 November 1862

Birth*: circa 1802; Birth year based on recorded age at death.
Marriage*: November 1825; Principal=Maria Moore¹
Death*: 15 November 1862; aged 66 years²
Burial*: Mifflinburg Cemetery, Mifflinburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania; Name in FindAGrave erroneously listed as "Berry Hill Bell"²

Last Edited: 12 Jul 2017

Charts:

Maria Moore b. c 1804, d. 3 Jan 1870

Note*: No issue.^3,4
Note: Berryhill Bell was a recurrent subject in the letters of William Geddes, both as a figure of hometown gossip, and as a party to an estate of which Geddes had inherited executorship.
Letters 21 Oct 1834, 22 Jul 1836, 9 Nov 1837, 25 Jan 1838, & 4 Sep 1839.⁵
Note: Probably parents: Samuel Bell & Ann Beryhill, m. 9 Oct 1794.

[S59] Egle, William Henry, Notes and queries, historical and genealogical, chiefly relating to interior Pennsylvania., 3rd series, vol. I, p. 139, Records of Derry Congregation [Dauphin County].
[S66] FindAGrave.com.
[S71] Geddes, William. website: John & William Geddes Letters, Ann Arbor District Library. url: www.aadl.org/geddes_letters. Letters of William Geddes of Campbellstown, Dauphin Co., Pa., William Geddes 29 Dec 1832.
[S192] US Census, accessed on Ancestry.com, 1850 & 1860 US Census Mifflinburg.
[S71] Geddes, William. website: John & William Geddes Letters, Ann Arbor District Library. url: www.aadl.org/geddes_letters. Letters of William Geddes of Campbellstown, Dauphin Co., Pa.