Lela BellAge: 79 years1877–1957
- Name
- Lela Bell
- Given names
- Lela
- Surname
- Bell
- Married name
- Lela Summers
 Birth | December 23, 1877 25 19 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 days)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Demarious Gray before 1880 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Shemwell before 1884 (Age 6 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Franklin Bell — Mary Madden — View this family calculated 1887 (Age 9 years) |
 Marriage | James Henry “Bud” Summers — View this family January 8, 1896 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mattie May Summers May 9, 1897 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ollie Myrtle Summers April 6, 1900 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William Roy Summers July 15, 1911 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 38 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 39 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 40 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 6, 1920 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mabel L Knight October 11, 1924 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Wiley Knight March 8, 1926 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a husband | James Henry “Bud” Summers June 12, 1927 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a father | Franklin Bell July 25, 1928 (Age 50 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 51 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Ben Summers Knight March 15, 1930 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1930 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Lois Nell Belcher September 22, 1931 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Lois Nell Belcher June 19, 1933 (Age 55 years) Cause: Cholera Infantum |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 19, 1950 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Washington Bell November 29, 1953 (Age 75 years) |
| Burial of a brother | William Washington Bell November 30, 1953 (Age 75 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 68 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | January 1, 1957 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Summers Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Franklin Bell Birth: November 26, 1852 34 41 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 25, 1928 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Shemwell Birth: 1858 33 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: before 1884 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: December 23, 1874 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
William Washington Bell Birth: October 8, 1875 22 17 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 29, 1953 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years herself |
Lela Bell Birth: December 23, 1877 25 19 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1957 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Mary Madden |
| father |
Franklin Bell Birth: November 26, 1852 34 41 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 25, 1928 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Mary Madden Birth: 1856 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: 1922 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1887 — |
| Family with James Henry “Bud” Summers |
| husband |
James Henry “Bud” Summers Birth: March 6, 1852 33 28 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 12, 1927 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Lela Bell Birth: December 23, 1877 25 19 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1957 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: January 8, 1896 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Mattie May Summers Birth: May 9, 1897 45 19 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: September 16, 1971 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ollie Myrtle Summers Birth: April 6, 1900 48 22 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: October 19, 1973 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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11 years son |
William Roy Summers Birth: July 15, 1911 59 33 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: July 26, 1984 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
Lela Bell has 26 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (26)
Parents Hiram Rice Shemwell + Isabell Adelle “Dellie” Rougemont
Parents John Thomas Shemwell + Angeline “Angie” Gray
Parents John Thomas Shemwell + A Elizabeth “Bettie” McElroy
Parents George Franklin Connell + Nancy Ann Shemwell
Parents William Francis Marian “Will” Shemwell + Judith “Jude” McMillan
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Franklin Bell - Household
2nd Dist. Houston, Tennessee, USA
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Tennessee Porter Outlaw - Household
Humphreys, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Henry “Bud” Summers - Household
Spring Creek Road Humphreys, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Henry “Bud” Summers - Household
Spring Creek Road Humphreys, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Lela Bell - Household
Spring Creek Road Humphreys, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Lela Bell - Household
Spring Creek Road Humphreys, Tennessee
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