Person Sheet


Name Lavirus Addison (Lovirus) Bell1, M
Birth 6 Jan 1838, Jonesville, MI18
Death 2 Apr 1917 Age: 79
Burial Olive Branch Cemetary, White Cloud, KS
Residence Antwerp, OH; White Cloud, KS
Father William Bell, M
Mother Almira Rose, F
Spouses
1 Samantha Jane "Grandma Bell" Sines 18,1, GGG Aunt, F
Birth 21 Apr 1848, Van Buren, Hancock County, OH
Death 10 Mar 1936, White Cloud, Doniphan Co, KS Age: 87
Burial White Cloud, Doniphan Co, KS
Father Jonathan Nathan Sines, M (~1827->1900)
Mother Belinda Wood, F (1825-)
Marriage 25 Dec 1865, Antwerp Methodist Espicopal Church, Antwerp, Paulding Co., OH
Children Edwin A., M
Mary Grace, F (-1899)
Notes for Lavirus Addison (Lovirus) Bell
Served in the Civil War as a division teamster.

Corpl. Co. G, 14 Ohio Infantry

For the Illustrated Doniphan County book:
Lovirus A. Bell, born Hillsdale County, Michigan, 1838, Jan. 6. Enlisted Antwerp, Ohio, Au 26, 1861, in Company G, 14th Ohio. Mustered out July 26, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. Came to White Cloud in 1883, Sept. 12. Has wife and Edwin A., his only son, resides in his own property west end of White Cloud.
Notes for Samantha Jane "Grandma Bell" (Spouse 1)
Raised their niece Samantha (my great grandmother) as their own. Don say they called Samantha "little Mattie" after her mother Matilda, who died when Samantha was two of TB.

Samantha and Lavirus lived in Ohio then moved to Missouri in 1883. They lived there until Oct. 1, 1886 when they moved to Western Kansas. They moved to White Cloud, Kansas April 7, 1892.

She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Last Modified 7 Nov 2004 Created 28 Dec 2007 Susan Patton

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