" Aged Countian Dies While On Visit at Dawson Station" "James Bell, 80, a retired farmer and Confederate veteran, died at Dawson Station, where he was visiting, at 4:30 this morning. The body was brought here to be prepared for burial. Mr. Bell was known to many persons. He was the father of Julius Bell of Kinston, Charlie and Herman Bell of Gainesville, Fla., Eric Bell of Montgomery, Ala., and Mrs. J. T. Smith of Parmele, N.C. Mr. Bell was a native of Lenoir and resided in the county all his life. He spent most the past summer at the residence of his son here. His wife died eleven years ago. The funeral will be held at 3 Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Maplewood Cemetery. Freeman Heath, of the staff of Gordon Street Church of Christ, will officiate." -Have you ever seen this obit? Do you have any idea what paper it would have been in? Were the other sons deceased? My grandfather's notes say that "Jas. Henry Bell was born May 15, 1844 on old Bell Farm above Wheat Swamp Church in Lenoir County, N.C. He died October 12, 1925. Said he did not remember when he started chewing tobacco, but quit at age 71 to show his sons he could. He did not resume the habit. He had six sons and a daughter." Did you know that James H. Bell and Mary John Rouse were second cousins through the Creech family? (Email from Molly Kirkpatrick, descendant of N. Eric Bell) -STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH, COUNTY: Lenoir Co., STATE: N.C., REG. NUMBER: 27, TWP: Vance, FULL NAME: JAMES HENRY BELL -PERSONAL AND STATISTAL PARTICULARS: SEX: male, COLOR: white, widowed, DOB: May 15, 1844, AGE: 81, OCCUPATION: Cabinet maker, BIRTHPLACE: Lenoir Co. N.C., NAME OF FATHER: Henry Bell, BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER: Lenoir Co., MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER: Mary Creech, BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER: Lenoir Co., INFORMANT: Julius H. Bell, ADDRESS: Kinston, N.C., FILED: Jan 2, 1926, J. Taylor, -MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH: DATE OF DEATH: Oct, 12, 1925, I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I ATTENDED DECEASED FROM August 3, 1925 TO Aug. 14, 1925, THAT I LAST SAW Him ALIVE ON Aug 14, 1925 AND THAT DEATH OCCURED, ON THE DATE STATED ABOVE, AT 5pm, THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS AS FOLLOWS: Trouble of stomach, DURATION: few months of ???, DID AN OPERATION PRECEDE DEATH: no, WAS THERE AN AUTOPSY: no, WHAT TEST CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS: clinical, SIGNED: Clifton F. West, M.D., 10/12/25, Kinston., PLACE OF BURIAL:
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