The Ancestors and Allied Families of Walter Lafayette Bell and Ruth Rankin

Francis Calvin Gill

I.B. Willette, 1994 - 710 pages

Walter LaFayette Bell (1889-1976) was born in Butterfield, Missouri, son of Jonas Bradley Bell (1843-1931) and Martha Ann Cooper (1865-1890). He married Ruth Rankin (1900-1975), born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, daughter of James Lewis Rankin (1854-1928) and Mary Elizabeth Dawson (1860-1912). Ancestry traced to John Bell (1668-1713) who died in Surry County, Virginia and Robert Rankin (1749-1816) of the Carolinas and Kentucky, as well as many other ancestors. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived in Illinois, Missouri, Utah, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Arkansas, Texas, Indiana, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Iowa, Mississippi, South Carolina and elsewhere.

Contents

• SECTION 1BELL: 1
• 2 TUCKER: 55
• 3BOLLING: 61
• 4WYNNE: 65
• 5BENNETT: 73
• 6BRADLEY: 77
• 7BROWNE: 133
• 8HOLLOWAY: 139
• 9BORUM: 151
• 10HILSMAN: 169
• 11GILLENTINE: 173
• 12COOPER: 199
• 13WEST: 221
• 14HATFIELD: 249
• 15CRAIG: 273
• 16BROWN: 279
• 17LINN: 281
• 18HELM: 285
• PART II: 355
• SECTION 1RANKIN: 357
• 2WITHROW: 403
• 3 NELSON: 425
• 4HOGAN: 479
• 5WHITSON: 481
• 6CATLETT: 491
• 7MCKAY: 495
• 8 THOMAS: 505
• 9DAWSON: 521
• 10MALONE: 525
• 11YORK: 527
• SOURCES OF INFORMATION: 547
• INDEX: 552

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Ancestors and Allied Families of Walter Lafayette Bell and Ruth Rankin
• Editor: Francis Calvin Gill
• Compiled by: Irma Bell Myers Willette, Francis Calvin Gill
• Publisher: I.B. Willette, 1994
• Original from: the University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Digitized: Apr 23, 2007
• Length: 710 pages