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Dr. Gregory C Bell, DDS

Dr. Gregory C Bell, DDS

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  1. 1.  Dr. Gregory C Bell, DDSDr. Gregory C Bell, DDS was born 7 Nov 1930, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Curtis E. Bell and Essa F Manuel); died Living.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 71
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Biography from http://gold56.org/bio.htm

    Gregory C. Bell was born November 7, 1930 on a 36 acre truck farm 10 miles south of Terre Haute, Indiana. Third from the youngest of nine children, he spent the first 12 years of his life living in a chicken house after the house built by his father was destroyed by fire. With no fire insurance and no money, the family was forced to make do with what was available.
    He attended elementary school at Pimento School in Pimento, Indiana, and , only the second of his family to do so, he graduated from Garfield High School in Terre Haute in 1948.
    He participated in Track & Field while at Garfield and culminated his high school athletic career with a second place finish in the long jump at the State Track and Field Championship Meet.
    Not having prepared for a college career, he worked at such odd jobs as presented themselves to him until his induction in the Armed Forces of the United States in 1950. It was during this time period that he discovered that he had not lost his athletic ability and, indeed, it had improved. He won the European Armed Forces championship in the long jump and that proved the impetus for his later interest in resuming participation in the sport.
    After discharge from the Army, he obtained a job at a local plant and soon began working out on the same high school track that had seen the beginning of his athletic career. As he contined to improve, he attracted the attention of a local physician who was determined that the raw talent he had observed should not be wasted and was instrumental in enrolling Greg at Indiana University in the Fall of 1954.
    After trying and discarding several suggestions as to what course he should pursue, Greg was convinced that he should try his hand at Dentistry. He found this to his liking and received his doctorate in dental surgery in 1961. Along the way he managed to go through his three varsity years of competition in Track & Field without a loss in his specialty, the long jump. A listing of his major athletic honors is on another page.
    After graduation from the Indiana University School of Dentistry, Greg spent the following year as a clinical instructor in the Crown and Bridge department of Howard University in Washington, D.C.. In 1962 he returned to his hometown of Terre Haute, Indiana and began his private practice of dentistry. In 1969 he accepted a position of staff dentist at the Logansport State Hospital and for the next 25 years he conducted a part time evening practice in his profession as well as his primary staff duties. He is still actively pursuing his career of dentistry as the Director of Dental Services, Logansport State Hospital.
    Greg has 3 children, a daughter, Valinda who is a nurse with two sons, a son, Gregory Kent, an engineering technician for Rolls Royce in Indianapolis, s daughter, Shari, managing attorney in contract law for HUD. Gregory Kent has a son and a daughter, Shari has two sons.
    On December 26, 1990 Greg was married to Mary Lawrie who also has four children, son, Chuck, daughter Becky, twin daughters, Kelly and Shelly and five grandchildren. Mary is taking a well deserved hiatus from work as Greg's dental assistant to pursue her many and varied interests including cooking, herbs, gardening and antiques.
    One of Greg´s avocations is presenting programs in which he delights audiences with his remarkable delivery of the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar. He specializes in recitations from memory the dialect pieces which are inimical to Dunbar. His presentations are from 30 to 45 minutes and there is a comparative sampling of Dunbar´s more contemporary style of poetry which are equally captivating. Greg´s delivery of Dunbar´s poetry will transport the listener to the times places and moods of a lowly people of which Dunbar writes. He also includes a sampling of his own poetry when delivering motivational presentations. He has presented to all the elementary schools in the area, addresses poetry classes at Logansport High School on a yearly basis and has delivered commencement address to two other area high schools.
    Dr. Bell's hobbies include ameteur radio, computers, poetry, landscaping, and woodworking.

    Major Athletic Honors

    These are the major athletic honors for Greg Bell during his undergraduate years at Indiana University.
    Long Jump

    National A.A.U. Champion - Outdoor 1955 to 1959, Indoor 1958
    NCAA Champion - 1956 and 1957
    Penn Relays Champion - 1956, 1957, 1958
    USA vs USSR Champion and Team Captain - 1959
    Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Champion - 1956, 1957, 1958
    Ohio Relays Champion - 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958
    Ranked 1st in in the world, Long Jump - 1956, 1957, 1958
    NCAA All American - 1956, 1957, 1958
    National A.A.U. All American - 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958

    Other Honors

    Balfour Award for most outstanding athlete in Track and Field at Indiana University - 1956, 1957, 1958
    Penn Relays 100 yard dash champion - 1957
    Most outstanding athlete, Penn Relays - 1957
    Held Penn Relays record in long jump for 24 years
    Only 3 time consecutive long Jump champion, Penn Relays
    Held I. U. Long Jump record for 35 years - 26' 7"
    Held NCAA record for 7 years - 26' 7"
    Big Ten Medal for Athletic and Scholastic Achievements - 1958
    Captain of USA Vs USSR team - 1959
    Member of Citizen's Savings Hall of Fame
    Charter member of Indiana Track & Field Hall of Fame
    Charter member of I. U. Athletic Hall of Fame
    Elected to Big Ten All Century Track and Field team
    Inducted into National Track & Field Hall of Fame - 1988
    Inducted into Penn Relays Wall of Fame - 1995

    Gregory married M. Lawrie. [Group Sheet]

    Gregory married Clara E. Stewart 19 Nov 1953, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Clara (daughter of James Ruffin Stewart and Mattie Ewing Edwards) was born 9 Feb 1934, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 3 Mar 1996, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. V. Bell

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Curtis E. Bell was born 17 Nov 1872, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Franklin Nelson Bell and Paulina J Russell); died 15 Nov 1955, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Negro
    • Reference Number: 374
    • Residence: 1880, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age in 1910: 37Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1920, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 47Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • other: 16 Nov 1955, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 83

    Curtis married Essa F Manuel. Essa (daughter of Robert Manuel and Ella Robertson) was born 7 Jun 1896, Indiana, USA; died 8 Oct 1976, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Essa F Manuel was born 7 Jun 1896, Indiana, USA (daughter of Robert Manuel and Ella Robertson); died 8 Oct 1976, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 4459
    • Residence: 1900, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 3; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    • Residence: 1910, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Step Daughter; Relation to Head of House: Stepdaughter
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Children:
    1. Allison C Bell was born 1925, Indiana, USA.
    2. Billie J Bell was born 1926, Indiana, USA.
    3. Stuart K Bell was born 1928, Indiana, USA.
    4. Jo Ellen Bell was born 28 Aug 1935, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 23 Sep 2012, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. G.M. Bell
    6. 1. Gregory C Bell, DDS was born 7 Nov 1930, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died Living.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Franklin Nelson Bell was born 14 Feb 1846, North Carolina, USA (son of Henry J Bell and Helen Mariah Clark); died 24 Aug 1948, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Negro
    • Reference Number: 2354
    • Residence: 1850, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Wabash, Clark, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1890, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; StreetAddress: Trist Street; Age: 68; Occupation: Butcher; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: No; CanWrite: No; EnumerationDistrict: 122; HomeMortgaged: Mortgaged; HomeOwnership: Own; IsEmployed: Wage or Salary; RelationToHead: Head; MaritalStatus: Married
    • Residence: 1930, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 14 Feb 1948, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Newspaper article describing Frank Nelson Bell as being Terre Haute's oldest citizen "to reach the 102 milestone" on Saturday, Feb 14, 1948

    Franklin married Paulina J Russell 14 Nov 1867, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Paulina (daughter of Eli Russell and Mary Polly Harris) was born Abt 1846, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; died Apr 1883, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 8 Apr 1883, Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Paulina J Russell was born Abt 1846, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA (daughter of Eli Russell and Mary Polly Harris); died Apr 1883, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 8 Apr 1883, Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 1282
    • Residence: 4 Oct 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Children:
    1. Ada C Bell was born Abt 1868, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 23 Jun 1926, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Elijah Bell was born 24 Dec 1869, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 7 Apr 1940, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA.
    3. Eli H Bell was born 24 Dec 1869, Indiana, USA.
    4. 2. Curtis E. Bell was born 17 Nov 1872, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 15 Nov 1955, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Amos Bell was born Abt 1872, Indiana, USA.
    6. Harry Bell was born Abt 1875, Indiana, USA.
    7. Lettie Bell was born 7 Feb 1878, Indiana, USA; died 9 Sep 1972, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA.
    8. Henry O. Bell was born Abt 1879, Indiana, USA.
    9. Mary Alice Bell was born Abt 1876, Indiana, USA; died Feb 1969, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  3. 6.  Robert Manuel was born 1864, Indiana, USA (son of Hardy A. Manuel and Jennette Bass); died 6 Aug 1905, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Colored
    • Reference Number: 2962
    • Residence: 1880, Union City, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 43 Yr

    Robert married Ella Robertson 3 Sep 1895, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Ella was born Abt 1877, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Ella Robertson was born Abt 1877, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Birth: Indiana, USA
    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 4458
    • Residence: 1900, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 23; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1910, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 33; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. 3. Essa F Manuel was born 7 Jun 1896, Indiana, USA; died 8 Oct 1976, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Catherine Manuel was born Abt 1898, Indiana, USA.
    3. Ester Jane Manuel was born Abt 1900, Indiana, USA.
    4. Rex N Manuel was born Abt 1902, Indiana, USA.
    5. George K Manuel was born Abt 1904, Indiana, USA.
    6. Theodore V Manuel was born Abt 1906, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry J Bell was born Abt 1815, Sampson, North Carolina, USA (son of John Bell and Elenore Bell); died 18 Nov 1880, Coles, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1013
    • Residence: 1 Jun 1840, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
    • Arrival: Abt 1850, Indiana, USA; Moved from Sampson County, North Carolina
    • Residence: 1850, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Wabash, Clark, Illinois, USA

    Henry married Helen Mariah Clark 18 Feb 1837, Johnston, North Carolina, USA. Helen was born Abt 1818, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Helen Mariah Clark was born Abt 1818, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1012
    • Residence: 1850, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Wabash, Clark, Illinois, USA

    Children:
    1. John Bell was born Abt 1839, North Carolina, USA; died 4 Dec 1912, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Curtis Bell was born Abt 1845, North Carolina, USA.
    3. 4. Franklin Nelson Bell was born 14 Feb 1846, North Carolina, USA; died 24 Aug 1948, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Mary J. Bell was born 24 May 1846, North Carolina, USA; died 25 May 1931, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Francis Bell was born Abt 1847, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Rutha E. Bell was born Abt 1849, Indiana, USA; died 28 Oct 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    7. Samera Bell was born Abt 1852, Indiana, USA.
    8. Rachel Bell was born Aug 1854, Indiana, USA.
    9. David Bell was born Abt 1856, Indiana, USA.
    10. Hetty Bell was born Abt 1858, Illinois, USA.
    11. Rebecca E. Bell was born May 1841, North Carolina, USA; died 1922.

  3. 10.  Eli Russell was born Abt 1815, North Carolina, USA (son of Major Russell and Mary 'Polly' Russell).

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 1281
    • Residence: 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; Age: 32
    • Residence: 1870, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Pimento; Age: 55
    • Residence: 1880, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 60; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self

    Eli married Mary Polly Harris 19 Mar 1846, Owen, Indiana, USA. Mary (daughter of Claiborn Harris and Mary Champion) was born Abt 1815, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Polly Harris was born Abt 1815, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Claiborn Harris and Mary Champion).

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 1280
    • Residence: 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; Age: 37
    • Residence: 1870, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Pimento; Age: 55
    • Residence: 1880, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 62; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. 5. Paulina J Russell was born Abt 1846, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; died Apr 1883, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 8 Apr 1883, Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Margaret T Russell was born Abt 1847, Indiana, USA.
    3. Matilda C Russell was born Abt 1849, Indiana, USA.
    4. Irena E Russell was born Abt 1850, Indiana, USA.
    5. Fanua E Russell was born Abt 1851, Indiana, USA.
    6. Rebecca A Russell was born Abt 1852, Indiana, USA.

  5. 12.  Hardy A. Manuel was born May 1830, North Carolina, USA (son of Christopher Manuel and Matilda E Mitchell); died 3 Mar 1924, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1985
    • Residence: Michigan, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1860, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Union City, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Union City, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Aubbeenaubbee, Fulton, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Volinia, Cass, Michigan, USA

    Hardy married Jennette Bass 27 May 1866, St Joseph, Indiana, USA. Jennette (daughter of Benjamin Elijah Bass and Delilah Roberts) was born Abt 1827, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Jennette Bass was born Abt 1827, Indiana, USA (daughter of Benjamin Elijah Bass and Delilah Roberts).

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 2963
    • Residence: 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; Age: 23
    • Residence: 1870, Union City, St Joseph, Indiana, USA

    Children:
    1. 6. Robert Manuel was born 1864, Indiana, USA; died 6 Aug 1905, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  John Bell was born 1784, Richmond, North Carolina, USA; died 1860, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 2343
    • Residence: 1820, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1830, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1840, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 66

    Notes:

    BELL A Thomas Bell owned a square mile of land next to Col. William
    Eaton in Granville County in 1754. His son Samuel Bell enlisted there in
    1761. There was a Samuel Bell whose Revolutionary War Service reported
    that he was born in Surry County, Virginia in 1749. He lived in Sampson
    County, N.C. from 1782 to 1807 and lived in Robeson from about 1807 until
    1832. John Bell, listed as white in Capt. Abram Barnes' district of south
    Robeson and probably Lumbee, appeared in the 1776 and 1786 tax lists of
    Bladen and in 1786 was listed with a wife and daughter. The Bell name
    appears in Robeson records of 1780 and 1784 and in Sampson County in
    1790. Robeson grantee and grantor deeds show John Bell with 200 acres on
    Turkey Branch in 1787 and 10 acres additional in 1789. John Bell left a will
    dated 1788 (Will Book I, 16). Mary Bell left a will dated 1804 (Will Book I,
    88). Cheraw County, S.C. had William, Frederickson, Levi, Thomas and
    William Bell with land grants between 1785 and 1797 (Royal Land Grants,
    -/0-
    Craven, Cheraw and Chesterfield Counties, C.C.). Some Bells in the 1850
    Robeson census reported being born in Robeson by 1800. Mary Bell had 50
    acres on Bridge Branch in 1803 and 150 acres on Hogg Swamp in 1808.
    Samuel Bell had 223 acres south of Ten Mile Swamp in 1807. This tract
    went from Samuel to Hardy H. Bell in 1819. Hardy H. Bell (1790-1866), a
    powerful landowner and Lumberton storeowner who married Sarah Parker
    c1820, had eighteen deeds on Ten Mile, the Stage Road, Saddletree Swamp,
    Great Marsh and along the Lumber River filed between 1840 and 1865. The
    surname was listed in S1. Pauls Township in 1880. Bell was self-identified as
    Indian in the 1900 Census of Robeson and listed on the 1900 Indian
    Schedule. The Directory of Robeson County, 1900, lists the "Croatan" name
    of Bell in the Rozier community The name was listed as Indian in the 1930
    census of Pembroke Township. Death records of Robeson of 1916 and 1936
    show the Indian name Bell as primarily in Saddletree but a numerous name
    allover Robeson, in Lumberton, Lumber Bridge, Pembroke, Saddletree and
    Union townships. Cited at Bethel Hill Church cemetery and numerous other
    locations by Jane Blanks Barnhill, Sacred Grounds, 2007, a listing of 162
    Lumbee cemeteries in Robeson County. Those named Bell were attending
    Pembroke State College by the 1940s. The name Bell is not found in any
    other tri-racial isolate groups (DeMarce, 1992).

    John married Elenore Bell 1814, North Carolina, USA. Elenore was born 1784, North Carolina, USA; died , Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 17.  Elenore Bell was born 1784, North Carolina, USA; died , Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2344
    • Residence: 1850, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Children:
    1. 8. Henry J Bell was born Abt 1815, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died 18 Nov 1880, Coles, Illinois, USA.
    2. Rebecca Bell was born 1822, North Carolina, USA; died Between 1862 and 1869, Indiana, USA.
    3. Ellen Bell was born 4 Jul 1824, North Carolina, USA; died 24 Sep 1910, Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan, USA; was buried 26 Sep 1910, Almena, Van Buren, Michigan, USA.

  3. 20.  Major RussellMajor Russell was born Abt 1787, North Carolina, USA (son of George Russell and Rebeckah Richards).

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 1296
    • _MILT: North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1830, Richmond, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1840, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; Age: 66
    • Residence: 1860, Prairieton, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 73
    • Residence: 1870, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 91

    Notes:

    Britt9.pdf Lumbee Tribal Rolls

    RUSSEL(L) The name Russell, apparently Lumbee, appears on Bladen tax
    lists of 1761, 1768, and 1769. Wm. Russell patented 130 acres east of
    Saddletree Swamp 20 Oct. 176l. Thomas Russell lived on five Mile Branch
    of Saddleltree Swamp in 1773 (Bladen County Deeds, 1738-1779, 419-420).
    Thomas Russle and Thomas Ivy sold land they jointly patented on
    Saddletree Swamp to Phillip Blount 27 Sept. 1787 (Deed Book A, 147-149).
    Thomas Russell lived near Thomas Butcher adjacent to a grant made to
    Augustin Willis 26 Nov. 1789 on Wilson's Great Branch (Deed Book B,
    102). There were several land dealings with other Lumbees such as the sale
    of 100 acres by Major Russell to Edmond Revel 12 June 1790 for land east
    of Drounding creek and northeast of Jacob Swamp (Deed Book B, 185-186)
    adjacent to a 200 acre tract patented by Thomas Russell. There was a Joseph
    Russell who witnessed a deed in Robeson 13 Nov. 1792 (Deed Book C, 303-
    304). The names James, Sampson, Thomas and William Russell appeared on
    Robeson deed records up to 1800 and later. The surname does not appear in
    the 1850 census of Robeson.

    Major married Mary 'Polly' Russell. Mary was born Abt 1796, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 21.  Mary 'Polly' Russell was born Abt 1796, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 1297
    • Residence: 4 Oct 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Prairie Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 70

    Children:
    1. 10. Eli Russell was born Abt 1815, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Richmond S Russell was born Abt 1829, North Carolina, USA.
    3. Elizabeth Russell was born 22 Oct 1835, North Carolina, USA; died 17 Jul 1917, Vandalia, Cass, Michigan, USA.
    4. Henry J. Russell was born May 1837, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. William Russell was born Abt 1844, Indiana, USA.
    6. John J. Russell was born 11 Jun 1820, North Carolina, USA; died 18 Sep 1893, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Underwood Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    7. Matthew M. Russell was born 1826, North Carolina, USA; died 1889, Michigan, USA.
    8. Polly Russell was born Abt 1834, North Carolina, USA; died 25 Oct 1919.

  5. 22.  Claiborn Harris was born 1766, North Carolina, USA (son of George Harris and Catherine 'Kate' Anderson).

    Other Events:

    • Race: Black
    • Reference Number: 9485
    • Residence: 1840, Owen, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; Age: 84

    Claiborn married Mary Champion 26 Sep 1792, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Mary was born 1775, Granville, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]


  6. 23.  Mary Champion was born 1775, Granville, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 10151

    Children:
    1. Hardin Harris was born Abt 1797, North Carolina, USA; died 1870, Calvin, Cass, Michigan, USA; was buried , Calvin, Cass, Michigan, USA.
    2. Biddy Harris was born 1818, North Carolina, USA.
    3. 11. Mary Polly Harris was born Abt 1815, North Carolina, USA.
    4. Amy Harris was born 1822, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Claiborn Harris was born 19 May 1817, North Carolina, USA; died 6 Jan 1889; was buried , Calvin, Cass, Michigan, USA.

  7. 24.  Christopher Manuel was born 1802, North Carolina, USA (son of Jacob Manuel and Nancy Maynor).

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1882
    • Residence: 1860, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Christopher married Matilda E Mitchell Nov 1853, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Matilda was born 1803, North Carolina, USA; died 20 Aug 1892, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  8. 25.  Matilda E Mitchell was born 1803, North Carolina, USA; died 20 Aug 1892, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1984
    • Residence: 1860, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Union City, St Joseph, Indiana, USA

    Children:
    1. 12. Hardy A. Manuel was born May 1830, North Carolina, USA; died 3 Mar 1924, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.

  9. 26.  Benjamin Elijah Bass was born 1809, Robeson, North Carolina, USA (son of Elijah Bass and Eliza Matilda Milbury); died Aft 1880, Vernon, Wisconsin, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 1896
    • Residence: 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; Age: 47
    • Residence: 1870, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA; Post Office: South Bend; Age: 66

    Notes:

    BASS Moses Bass had a mill described as "old" on Raft Swamp before 12
    Nov. 1766 (Bladen County Deed Book, 1738-1779, 348-349). This name
    was not found in tax lists of Bladen 1775-1789. In the 1850 census of
    Robeson, some Bass families reported being born in Anson County before
    1790 and others in Robeson after 1815. Some Bass families were listed as
    White before 1800 and appear to have been Lumbee. The families of Elijah
    and Joseph Bass appear as "mulatoe" in the 1830 census of Robeson. The
    Bass surname appears as Indian in the Shoe Heel [Maxton] township in the
    1870 census of Robeson. The name Bass (sometimes Boss) is found among
    the Nansemond Indians of Norfolk Co., Va., as free persons of color in
    Granville and Halifax counties, North Carolina and as free persons of color
    among the Red Bones of Louisiana (DeMaree, 1992). White (1988) feels
    they possibly descend from Saponi Indians located next to the William
    Eaton plantation in Granville County, North Carolina in the 1750s. DeMaree
    (1992) traces the Bass family to Norfolk County, Virginia.

    Benjamin married Delilah Roberts 7 Jan 1830, Owen, Indiana, USA. Delilah was born 1800, North Carolina, USA; died 1870, Owen, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  10. 27.  Delilah Roberts was born 1800, North Carolina, USA; died 1870, Owen, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 2685
    • Residence: 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; Age: 50
    • Residence: 1860, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age in 1860: 60
    • Residence: 1870, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA; Age in 1870: 70

    Children:
    1. Eliza J. Bass was born 1830, Indiana, USA.
    2. 13. Jennette Bass was born Abt 1827, Indiana, USA.
    3. Amanda Sophia Bass was born 1834, Indiana, USA.


  

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