| Name |
Bell, Henderson Moffatt |
| Prefix |
Maj. |
| Birth |
3 Jul 1826 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
Between 1862 and 1865 |
Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States  |
| as Quartermaster, Fifth Virginia Regiment ("Stonewall Brigade"), CSA |
| Occupation |
Aft 1865 |
Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States [1] |
| an attorney, real estate investor, and early officer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad |
- "Three attorneys, John Echols, Richard H. Catlett and Henderson M. Bell who opened a law firm in Staunton after the war then expanded into the real estate business with a specialty in the iron and coal lands in western Virginia and West Virginia. Eventually the three had a major role in reorganizing the Virginia Central into the Chesapeake and Ohio."
|
| Elected |
6 Jul 1869 |
Virginia, United States [2] |
| a member of the House of Delegates in the first post-Reconstruction state election |
| Misc |
27 Apr 1870 |
Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States [3] |
| was seriously injured in the collapse of a gallery of the State Capitol (in which 62 were killed) |
| Misc |
Jul 1870 |
Virginia, United States [4] |
| led the successful passage of a broad public education bill in the House |
- The scope and significance of this measure was described as follows:
"The law provided for State, county, and local supervision for schools, which were to be bree to all children between the ages of five and twenty-one years and which were to continue for five months. Separate schools were to be provided for the colored children. Normal schools were also to have a place in the plan, and agricultural and graded schools were to be provided. The literary fund was reorganized and secured and, in addition to its income, provision was made for a capitation tax of one dollar and a property tax of ten cents on the hundred dollars' valuation, with optional county and district property taxation."
|
| Death |
9 Oct 1899 |
Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States |
| Cause: of a stroke |
| Burial |
Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States |
| Person ID |
I72789 |
Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands |
| Last Modified |
30 Jun 2021 |
| Family 1 |
Kinney, Anna Maria, b. 5 Aug 1826, Augusta, Virginia, British America d. 21 Mar 1885 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Apr 1852 |
Augusta, Virginia, British America |
| Children |
| + | 1. Bell, Richard Phillips, b. 6 May 1853, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States d. 22 Feb 1904 (Age 50 years) |
| | 2. Bell, Jannette Taylor, b. 10 Oct 1857, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States d. 1 Jan 1870 (Age 12 years) |
| | 3. Bell, Annie, b. 30 Apr 1859, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Bell, Henderson M. Jr., b. 23 Jul 1862, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States d. 7 Apr 1904 (Age 41 years) |
| | 5. Bell, Porterfield Kinney, b. Apr 1868, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States d. 18 Sep 1868, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F34164 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Mar 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Crane, Martha Virginia, b. 12 Dec 1848, Jefferson, Virginia (Now West Virginia), United States d. 3 Feb 1935, Waynesboro, Augusta, Virginia, United States (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Oct 1886 |
Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States [5, 6] |
- The Charles Town Farmers Advocate, edition of 30 Oct 1936, reported in its "Fifty Years Ago" feature the marriage of Maj. Bell to Martha Crane Timberlake, daughter of Col. Joseph Crane.
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| Family ID |
F34165 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Mar 2024 |
1826 - 1899 (73 years)
