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Henry Thomas Bell

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Birth	:	21 Oct 1857 Goshen, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	5 Jun 1915 Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.8011017, -80.4483032
Plot	:	Section A-3
Description	:	Spouse of Louisa "Loulie" Epps (Walton) & Mrs. Lucy (McRae) Walton. Henry Thomas Bell was educated by private teachers and at the high school in Lexington, Va. In 1876 he came to Lewisburg and first clerked for his uncle, Johnston E. Bell. Subsequently, he established the Greenbrier Clothing Store, still continued under the management of R. P. Bell, making an ownership in the family of over thirty years. Henry T. Bell was twice married, first to Miss Louisa Epps Walton, daughter of Dr. R. P. Walton and Mary Jemima Woodson, of Cumberland, Va. The children by this marriage were: Read More	Spouse of Louisa "Loulie" Epps (Walton) & Mrs. Lucy (McRae) Walton. Henry Thomas Bell was educated by private teachers and at the high school in Lexington, Va. In 1876 he came to Lewisburg and first clerked for his uncle, Johnston E. Bell. Subsequently, he established the Greenbrier Clothing Store, still continued under the management of R. P. Bell, making an ownership in the family of over thirty years. Henry T. Bell was twice married, first to Miss Louisa Epps Walton, daughter of Dr. R. P. Walton and Mary Jemima Woodson, of Cumberland, Va. The children by this marriage were: Walton Henry, born April 13, 1889; Richard Peyton, September 10, 1890; Martha Alexander, May 27, 1892; Mary Linton, February 6, 1894. Mr. Bell married for his second wife Mrs. Lucy McRae Walton, of Vicksburg, by whom there was no issue. Her father's name was William Allen McRae and her mother's name, Indiana Hawkins Rozell, both of Richmond, Va. Henry Walton Bell married, October i8, 1915, Mary Elizabeth Noel. Her father was John A. Noel and her mother Ohio Montgomery Jackson, of Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Henry T. Bell was a deacon and treasurer of the Old Stone Presbyterian Church for twenty-three years and was a member of the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons, Greenbrier Lodge, No.42. He was a man of very fine character. The following article from the Greenbrier Independent, at the time of his death, best describes the character of the man: "In touching upon such a life one knows hardly where to begin. There are those who would think of him first as husband and father in the home. There was never nobler or truer. His widow, his four children, who survive him, his brother and his sisters, know how truly he lived for others and how overflowingly kind his heart always was. To him there was no place like home, and a happier, more care-free home no man ever made. "There are those who would think of him as the man of affairs as leading his community, as attending to business, as entering with hearty fellowship into the social groups and gatherings of his generation. He inevitably drew men to him. Perhaps he was never conscious of it, but men leaned upon him for advice and for counsel. He had a gift for conciliation, for initiative, for securing results. He loved his fellows as he lived among them, and the wide circle of his coworkers is the poorer today that he walks among them no more in active participation." And always there are those who would think of him as a Christian. To the end he was trusting and unafraid. In the last hours he bore quiet testimony to the faith that had been his through a lifetime of service in his church. As treasurer of his congregation for over twenty years he was unexcelled. Acctirate, courteous, prompt-he met each exacting demand with a full measure of grace and ability. His associates in official responsibility will bear undivided testimony to his worth in every call through years of patient continuance in well doing. And those who knew him best were not surprised when in the last long struggle with death he made a record never surpassed for quiet courage on a battle-field. Seventeen times during the waiting months he bore the surgeon's knife, until that physician was moved to cry in irrepressible admiration, 'Here was the supremest type of courage I have ever known.' To him life was worth living, and there were hundreds who prayed that he might live. And yet against God's will there was never a moment's rebellion in his heart. He strove for life earnestly that by life he might glorify God, but he died unafraid, for in death God would glorify him with that glory which has been since before the world was. A great heart-a noble man-a faithful servant of his day and generation-an humble follower of his King. All these and more he was. Our hearts are sore for his going, but our lives are made the better for his memory, 'God's noblest gift to men-a man. (source History of Greenbrier County by J. R. Cole, Lewisburg, WV,1917, p. 158-160 )

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Henry Thomas Bell's memorial is located at: Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA.
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Henry Thomas Bell death on 5 Jun 1915 in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 37.8011017
Longitude: -80.4483032

Family Members:

Parent

William Harvey Bell

(1810 - 1878)

Martha Alexander Wilson Bell

(1818 - 1893)

Spouse

Louisa Epps “Loulie” Walton Bell

(1864 - 1894)

Lucy McRae Bell

(1854 - 1930)

Siblings

S. Lizzie Bell Stuart

(unknow - 1861)

Frances Ann “Fannie” Bell

(1846 - 1919)

Children

Walton Henry Bell

(1889 - 1979)

Richard Peyton Bell Sr.

(1890 - 1957)

Martha Alexander Bell Fulton

(1892 - 1971)

Mary Linton Bell Caldwell

(1894 - 1976)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8011017, -80.4483032

2. African Cemetery
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8014290, -80.4493470

3. Confederate Cemetery
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8018913, -80.4517288

4. Lewisburg-Bolling Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.8066720, -80.4410330

5. Bright Memorial Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.8138300, -80.4501150

6. Rosewood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.8088989, -80.4317017

7. Rodgers Cemetery
Fort Spring, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8029290, -80.4748250

8. Greenbrier Memorial Gardens
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7888985, -80.4244003

9. Welsh Cemetery
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7884810, -80.4816230

10. Hefner Family Cemetery
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7889300, -80.4120150

11. Honaker Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.7742240, -80.4264550

12. Wilson Family Cemetery
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8205010, -80.4825210

13. Lewis Family Burial Ground
Fort Spring, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8097760, -80.4965300

14. Holly Family Burial Ground
Fort Spring, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8006790, -80.4994790

15. Coffman Hill Cemetery
Caldwell, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7706420, -80.4135480

16. Tuckwiller Cemetery
Fort Spring, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7860100, -80.4990900

17. Hedrick Burial Ground
Fort Spring, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7998420, -80.5030070

18. Mabry Family Cemetery
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8122870, -80.3899320

19. Stuart Burying Ground
Fort Spring, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7679960, -80.4971830

20. Roach Cemetery
Fort Spring, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8238810, -80.5134240

21. Yancy Cemetery
Caldwell, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7719327, -80.3856072

22. Price Family Burial Ground
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8609140, -80.4692820

23. Bunger Mill Cemetery
Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8501650, -80.4978450

24. Lewisburg Community Church Cemetery
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8437710, -80.3876320