CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameDigby Valentine BELL Jr. 
[1498, Memorial# 17893395], [5395], [5396], [5402], [7516]
[1498, Memorial# 17893395], [5395], [5396], [5402], [7516]Birth PlacePennsylvania, United States
MemoOr 1831
Census Date12 Jun 1860 [5396] Age: 29
Census PlaceDetroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, United States
Memo6th Ward
Census Date6 Jul 1870 [5639] Age: 39
Census PlaceDetroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, United States
Memo1st Precinct, 6th Ward
Census Date1 Jun 1880 [5397] Age: 49
Census PlaceDetroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, United States
Death Date16 Feb 1890 [1498, Memorial# 17893395], [5395], [5400], [5631], [7516] Age: 59
Death PlaceDetroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, United States
MemoAge 59. “Return of Deaths” record appears to have the wrong year.
Burial PlaceDetroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, United States [1498, Memorial# 17893395]
MemoElmwood Cemetery: Lot 78, Sec. B, Grave 3
OccupationClerk at Custom House [5396]
OccupationDeputy Collector [5639]
OccupationCollector at Customs [5397], [5406, page 236]
OccupationReal Estate [5395]
FatherDigby Valentine BELL (1804-1871)
MotherSarah HANN (~1803-)
Misc. Notes
In this household in 1880, listed after the three sons, was a widow named “Mrs. Liggie BELL” age 30, born in Michigan and whose father was born in Pennsylvania and mother in New York. That profile makes it look like she could be Digby’s daughter, but it lists her as a “Boarder”; and there was a 7 year old girl, Bessie, listed as “Daughter” but clearly must be the daughter of Liggie, not of Digby. Bessie was born in Kansas, her father in Michigan and her mother in Michigan. So the relationship of Liggie and Bessie to Digby is unclear. [5397]
Digby wrote a will on 19-AUG-1886, in Detroit. In it he left everything to his wife. [5400]
Digby wrote a will on 19-AUG-1886, in Detroit. In it he left everything to his wife. [5400]
Military
Civil War: 1st Lieut./Quartermaster, Co. F & S, 24th Michigan Infantry [5406, page 236], [1498, Memorial# 17893395], [5628]
Enlisted: 26-JUL-1862; Mustered out: 06-NOV-1863. [5631] [7516]
Enlisted: 26-JUL-1862; Mustered out: 06-NOV-1863. [5631] [7516]
Spouses
Birth PlaceNew York, United States
Census Date12 Sep 1850 [5360]
Census PlaceLansing, Ingham Co., Michigan, United States
Census Date12 Jun 1860 [5396]
Census PlaceDetroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, United States
Memo6th Ward
Census Date6 Jul 1870 [5639]
Census PlaceDetroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, United States
Memo1st Precinct, 6th Ward
Census Date1 Jun 1880 [5397]
Census PlaceDetroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, United States
Census Date9 Jun 1900 [5634]
Census PlaceLansing, Ingham Co., Michigan, United States
Memo112 Main St., 1st Precinct, 6th Ward
Census Date19 Apr 1910 [5638]
Census PlaceWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Memo812 Sixth Street
Death Date6 Nov 1925 [1498, Memorial# 13176284]
Death PlaceWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Burial PlaceDetroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, United States [1498, Memorial# 13176284]
MemoElmwood Cemtery: Lot 78, Sec. B, Grave 7
Alias/AKAEugenia [5396], [5400], [5402], [5406, page 236]
Alt.SpellingEugena [5634]
Alt.SpellingEugine [5360]
Alt.SpellingAngne or Eugne [5397]
FatherHon. John THOMAS (1802-1863)
MotherAnn LAWRENCE (ca1810-1863)
Misc. Notes
As of 1900, Eugena stated she was the mother of 3 children in total but none were still living. [5634]
Marr Date31 Aug 1852 [5403]
Marr PlaceLansing, Ingham Co., Michigan, United States