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• Battershell
• Bell
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Battershell

Freeman Battershell
(1750 - 1818)

b: 10 March 1750, (Maryland?)
d: 16 April 1818, Clark Co., Kentucky
Married: Nancy Rector (b. 1767, Virginia; d. 14 March 1853) in March 1786
Children:
   - Mary Battershell (b. 22 January 1787, Kentucky)
   - Elizabeth Battershell (b. 7 November 1789, Kentucky; m. Thomas Hulse)
   - Susannah Battershell (b. 20 January 1792, Kentucky)
   - Sarah Battershell (b. 9 February 1794, Kentucky)
   - Rachel Battershell (b. 28 December 1795, Kentucky)
   - Nancy Battershell (b. 2 February 1798, Kentucky)
   - Margaret Battershell (b. 22 January 1800, Kentucky)
   - John Battershell (b. 24 July 1803, Kentucky)
   - Hannah Battershell (b. 2 October 1806, Kentucky)
   - Cynthia Battershell (b. 9 July 1809, Kentucky)
   - William Battershell (b. 7 October 1811, Kentucky)

Freeman Battershell was a Private, 13th Virginia Regiment, in the American Revolutionary War.

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Bell

Jabesh (Jabez) Bell
(1783 - 1851)

b: 28 June 1783, New Jersey
d: 4 September 1851
Married: Gertrude Nichols (b. 6 July 1785, New Jersey; d. 21 September 1859) on 9 April 1801
Children:
   - Simeon Bishop Bell (b. 1820, New Jersey; d. 1913, Kansas; m. M. Eleanor Taylor)
   - Gertrude Bell (m. William Wiley)
   - Phoebe Bell (m. Jacob Struble)
   - Hulda J. Bell (m. John Beeson)
   - William Nichols Bell
   - Ann Marie Bell (m. Jacob Gates)
   - (9 other children)

Simeon Bishop Bell
(1820 - 1913)

b: 13 May 1820, Sussex County, New Jersey
d: 16 January 1913, Kansas
Married: 1. M. Eleanor Taylor (b. ~1830, Ohio; d. 1866, Kansas) on 1 January 1846
Children:
   - Gertrude Bell (b. ~1848, Ohio)
   - Taylor Bell (b. ~April 1850, Ohio)
   - Fredrica Eleanor Bell (b. 1854, Ohio; d. 1935; m. Wilmot P. Brush)
   - Mary (Molly) J. Bell (b. ~1857, Ohio; m. Alson Filkin)
   - Charles M. Bell (b. ~May 1860, Kansas)
   - Abbie E. Bell (b. ~1863; m. Louis Henry Rose)
   - (4 other children)

Married: 2. Margaret Bellis (b. ~1843, Ireland) in 1866
Children:
   - Maranda (Miranda) G. Bell (b. ~1868, Kansas; m. Marshall Haddock)
   - Simeon Bishop Bell, Jr. (b. ~1869, Kansas)

An excellent pamphlet on the life of Simeon Bishop Bell was written by Helen M. Sims in 1979 and published by The University of Kansas Medical Center, entitled "Simeon Bishop Bell, M.D." (text-only version here) (28,554 bytes).

Fredrica Eleanor Bell
(1854 - 1935)

b: 24 October 1854, Ohio
d: November 1935, Kansas City (Rosedale), Kansas
Married: Wilmot P. Brush (?-?)
Children:
   - Mabel A. Brush (b. 1875, Kansas; m. Julius George Kiefer; -- Cannon; William L. Chilcott)

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Brush

Mabel A. Brush
(1875 - 1954)

b: 26 October 1875, Kansas City (Rosedale), Kansas
d: 2 September 1954, San Diego, California
Married: Julius George Kiefer (?-?) on 15 August 1892
Children:
   - Julius Emory Kiefer (b. 1893, Kansas; d. 1949; m. Helen Inez Allen)
   - Herman W. Kiefer (b. ~1895, Kansas; d. 1898)
Married: -- Cannon
Children:
   - Robert M. Cannon (b. 1903, Kansas; d. 1965, Los Angeles)
Married: William L. Chilcott
Children:
   - Fred M. Chilcott
   - Marjorie S. Chilcott

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