CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameDigby Valentine BELL 
[5395], [5399], [1498, Memorial# 17893972], [5407], [5408]
[5395], [5399], [1498, Memorial# 17893972], [5407], [5408]Birth Date10 Nov 1804 [5411], [5412], [5397], [5399], [1498, Memorial# 17893972], [5401], [5406, page 236]
Birth PlaceSaint Kitts And Nevis, West Indies
Census Date1840 [5409]
Census PlaceIonia Twp., Ionia Co., Michigan, United States
Census Date2 Aug 1850 [5399] Age: 45
Census PlaceDetroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, United States
Memo29th District
Census Date25 Jul 1860 [5412] Age: 55
Census PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Census Date15 Jul 1870 [5411] Age: 65
Census PlaceBattle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan, United States
Memo1st Ward
Death Date28 Oct 1871 [1498, Memorial# 17893972] Age: 66
Death PlaceBattle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan, United States
Burial PlaceBattle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan, United States [1498, Memorial# 17893972]
MemoOak Hill Cemetery: Lot 101
OccupationRepresentative in Michigan State House of Representatives for Ionia, Kent and Ottawa. 1840 [5404, page 4], [5405, page 120], [5457], [5459, page 117]
OccupationMichigan State Senator. 1842-43. [5459, page 95], [5457]
OccupationMichigan Commissioner State Land-Office, 1844-46 [5405]
OccupationMichigan State Auditor-General, 1846-48 [5405], [5406, page 236]
OccupationPostmaster [5406, page 236]
Misc. Notes
While serving in the Michigan State Legislature, he served on the following committees: Education , Militia, Banks and Incorporations, Claims, Finance, Incorporations, Printing, Select Committee on Non-Residential Lands, Select Committee on State, University and School Lands. [5457]
Spouses
Birth PlaceEngland
MemoThis date is only a guess for rough chronological placement.
Reside DateOct 1825 [5407]
Reside PlaceSchuylkill Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Alias/AKASarah HAMM [5406, page 236]
Alt.SpellingSarah STANN [5410]
Research
A marriage index at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mistcla2/Dibean.txt
lists the marriage of Digby Valentine Bell & Sarah Narcissa Blum on 24 JUL 1851, in St. Clair County, Michigan, which again, suggests she is Digby’s 2nd wife, but also that she may also have been previously married. This same record is indexed at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ97-JL2
HAN031HS - Photo of headstone for Sarah Hann, first wife of Digby V. Bell Sr. Inscription -
Sarah Bell, Mother of Digby V. Bell (Jr), Born June 29, 1803, Died Feb 14, 1849. Posted 22 Sep 2011 by wrcushing49
lists the marriage of Digby Valentine Bell & Sarah Narcissa Blum on 24 JUL 1851, in St. Clair County, Michigan, which again, suggests she is Digby’s 2nd wife, but also that she may also have been previously married. This same record is indexed at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ97-JL2
HAN031HS - Photo of headstone for Sarah Hann, first wife of Digby V. Bell Sr. Inscription -
Sarah Bell, Mother of Digby V. Bell (Jr), Born June 29, 1803, Died Feb 14, 1849. Posted 22 Sep 2011 by wrcushing49
Marr DateOct 1825 [5407]
Marr PlaceMorris Co., New Jersey, United States
Marr MemoDay of month not recorded in the register.
Children(female) (~1826-)
(female) (~1828-)
Digby Valentine (1830-1890)
Vincent Bradford (1837-1880)
Birth Dateca 1818 [1498, Memorial# 14065831], [5408], [5411]
Birth PlaceNew York, United States
MemoOr 1820
Census Date15 Jul 1870 [5411]
Census PlaceBattle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan, United States
Memo1st Ward
Death Date25 Nov 1887 [1498, Memorial# 14065831]
Death PlaceKalamazoo Co., Michigan, United States
Burial PlaceBattle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan, United States [1498, Memorial# 14065831]
MemoOak Hill Cemetery: Lot 101
Alias/AKASarah Narcissa JOHNSON [1498, Memorial# 14065831]
Marr Date24 Jul 1851 [5408]
Marr PlaceSt. Clair Co., Michigan, United States