Louiza C. Bell the daughter of Elisha Bell (son of James Bell and Susanna Lewis) and Martha Burge. She was married to:
First husband----Elijah Russell
Second husband---Berry Scooter
Third husband---Wyatt Coffelt
Louiza was the daughter of Elisha Bell and Martha Burge. She was born 18 Dec. 1821 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee and died 14 Mar 1920 in Gravette, Benton Co. Arkansas. She is buried in the Coffelt Cemetery, Benton Co. Arkansas next to her third husband, Wyatt Coffelt. She married Elijah Russell born about 1820 in Alabama, son of Samuel and Josephine Russell). They moved to Missouri and there had six children. They had moved to Centerton, Benton Co. Arkansas by 1863 as had his brother, Samuel, and Samuel's wife, Mary Melvina "Polly" Bell (aunt to Louiza C. Bell). It was here, during that "deplorable affair" of 1861-1865, that Elijah was killed.
Family history says that Bushwhackers rode up to their place and shot him in the back, right where his suspenders crossed. "Killed him dead". They then burned the house down, and as they were leaving Louiza stood there and yelled "Hurrah for the South." Quite a gutsy lady! The suspenders, with the bullet hole were handed down but are now feared lost. What a great find that would be. Twelve years after Elijah died, she married Berry Sooter, son of Asher Fly Sooter and Nancy Elizabeth Emaline Russell. Her children were all grown and gone and Berry didn't have any children with her. After he died, she married the Reverend Wyatt Coffelt and raised his children from his first wife. He was a minister and spent much of his time in Indian Territory, Oklahoma preaching to Indians. After Wyatt died, Louisa moved in with her daughter, Isabel, and Randolph Galyean in Dickson, Benton Co. Arkansas. At age 99, she fell sick and the doctor prescribed some medication. Louiza commented, " If one pill would make me feel better, then the whole bottle would make me well." The over-dose killed her.
Obituary, Benton County Record (Friday, 19 Mar 1920)
"Coffelt, Louisa C. Bell Russell Sooter - Mrs. Louise Coffelt, one of the oldest residents in Benton county, died at the home of relatives in Gravette last Saturday at the age of ninety-nine years and three months. The body was taken to the Coffelt cemetery, southwest of Vaughn for interment, to be placed beside her husband who died several years ago. She was the step-mother of R.L. Coffelt, the fruit grower near Vaughn. During the civil war and afterwards, she lived with her husband on their farm on the Spavinaw."
First husband----Elijah Russell
Second husband---Berry Scooter
Third husband---Wyatt Coffelt
Louiza was the daughter of Elisha Bell and Martha Burge. She was born 18 Dec. 1821 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee and died 14 Mar 1920 in Gravette, Benton Co. Arkansas. She is buried in the Coffelt Cemetery, Benton Co. Arkansas next to her third husband, Wyatt Coffelt. She married Elijah Russell born about 1820 in Alabama, son of Samuel and Josephine Russell). They moved to Missouri and there had six children. They had moved to Centerton, Benton Co. Arkansas by 1863 as had his brother, Samuel, and Samuel's wife, Mary Melvina "Polly" Bell (aunt to Louiza C. Bell). It was here, during that "deplorable affair" of 1861-1865, that Elijah was killed.
Family history says that Bushwhackers rode up to their place and shot him in the back, right where his suspenders crossed. "Killed him dead". They then burned the house down, and as they were leaving Louiza stood there and yelled "Hurrah for the South." Quite a gutsy lady! The suspenders, with the bullet hole were handed down but are now feared lost. What a great find that would be. Twelve years after Elijah died, she married Berry Sooter, son of Asher Fly Sooter and Nancy Elizabeth Emaline Russell. Her children were all grown and gone and Berry didn't have any children with her. After he died, she married the Reverend Wyatt Coffelt and raised his children from his first wife. He was a minister and spent much of his time in Indian Territory, Oklahoma preaching to Indians. After Wyatt died, Louisa moved in with her daughter, Isabel, and Randolph Galyean in Dickson, Benton Co. Arkansas. At age 99, she fell sick and the doctor prescribed some medication. Louiza commented, " If one pill would make me feel better, then the whole bottle would make me well." The over-dose killed her.
Obituary, Benton County Record (Friday, 19 Mar 1920)
"Coffelt, Louisa C. Bell Russell Sooter - Mrs. Louise Coffelt, one of the oldest residents in Benton county, died at the home of relatives in Gravette last Saturday at the age of ninety-nine years and three months. The body was taken to the Coffelt cemetery, southwest of Vaughn for interment, to be placed beside her husband who died several years ago. She was the step-mother of R.L. Coffelt, the fruit grower near Vaughn. During the civil war and afterwards, she lived with her husband on their farm on the Spavinaw."
Louiza C. Bell the daughter of Elisha Bell (son of James Bell and Susanna Lewis) and Martha Burge. She was married to:
First husband----Elijah Russell
Second husband---Berry Scooter
Third husband---Wyatt Coffelt
Louiza was the daughter of Elisha Bell and Martha Burge. She was born 18 Dec. 1821 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee and died 14 Mar 1920 in Gravette, Benton Co. Arkansas. She is buried in the Coffelt Cemetery, Benton Co. Arkansas next to her third husband, Wyatt Coffelt. She married Elijah Russell born about 1820 in Alabama, son of Samuel and Josephine Russell). They moved to Missouri and there had six children. They had moved to Centerton, Benton Co. Arkansas by 1863 as had his brother, Samuel, and Samuel's wife, Mary Melvina "Polly" Bell (aunt to Louiza C. Bell). It was here, during that "deplorable affair" of 1861-1865, that Elijah was killed.
Family history says that Bushwhackers rode up to their place and shot him in the back, right where his suspenders crossed. "Killed him dead". They then burned the house down, and as they were leaving Louiza stood there and yelled "Hurrah for the South." Quite a gutsy lady! The suspenders, with the bullet hole were handed down but are now feared lost. What a great find that would be. Twelve years after Elijah died, she married Berry Sooter, son of Asher Fly Sooter and Nancy Elizabeth Emaline Russell. Her children were all grown and gone and Berry didn't have any children with her. After he died, she married the Reverend Wyatt Coffelt and raised his children from his first wife. He was a minister and spent much of his time in Indian Territory, Oklahoma preaching to Indians. After Wyatt died, Louisa moved in with her daughter, Isabel, and Randolph Galyean in Dickson, Benton Co. Arkansas. At age 99, she fell sick and the doctor prescribed some medication. Louiza commented, " If one pill would make me feel better, then the whole bottle would make me well." The over-dose killed her.
Obituary, Benton County Record (Friday, 19 Mar 1920)
"Coffelt, Louisa C. Bell Russell Sooter - Mrs. Louise Coffelt, one of the oldest residents in Benton county, died at the home of relatives in Gravette last Saturday at the age of ninety-nine years and three months. The body was taken to the Coffelt cemetery, southwest of Vaughn for interment, to be placed beside her husband who died several years ago. She was the step-mother of R.L. Coffelt, the fruit grower near Vaughn. During the civil war and afterwards, she lived with her husband on their farm on the Spavinaw."
First husband----Elijah Russell
Second husband---Berry Scooter
Third husband---Wyatt Coffelt
Louiza was the daughter of Elisha Bell and Martha Burge. She was born 18 Dec. 1821 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee and died 14 Mar 1920 in Gravette, Benton Co. Arkansas. She is buried in the Coffelt Cemetery, Benton Co. Arkansas next to her third husband, Wyatt Coffelt. She married Elijah Russell born about 1820 in Alabama, son of Samuel and Josephine Russell). They moved to Missouri and there had six children. They had moved to Centerton, Benton Co. Arkansas by 1863 as had his brother, Samuel, and Samuel's wife, Mary Melvina "Polly" Bell (aunt to Louiza C. Bell). It was here, during that "deplorable affair" of 1861-1865, that Elijah was killed.
Family history says that Bushwhackers rode up to their place and shot him in the back, right where his suspenders crossed. "Killed him dead". They then burned the house down, and as they were leaving Louiza stood there and yelled "Hurrah for the South." Quite a gutsy lady! The suspenders, with the bullet hole were handed down but are now feared lost. What a great find that would be. Twelve years after Elijah died, she married Berry Sooter, son of Asher Fly Sooter and Nancy Elizabeth Emaline Russell. Her children were all grown and gone and Berry didn't have any children with her. After he died, she married the Reverend Wyatt Coffelt and raised his children from his first wife. He was a minister and spent much of his time in Indian Territory, Oklahoma preaching to Indians. After Wyatt died, Louisa moved in with her daughter, Isabel, and Randolph Galyean in Dickson, Benton Co. Arkansas. At age 99, she fell sick and the doctor prescribed some medication. Louiza commented, " If one pill would make me feel better, then the whole bottle would make me well." The over-dose killed her.
Obituary, Benton County Record (Friday, 19 Mar 1920)
"Coffelt, Louisa C. Bell Russell Sooter - Mrs. Louise Coffelt, one of the oldest residents in Benton county, died at the home of relatives in Gravette last Saturday at the age of ninety-nine years and three months. The body was taken to the Coffelt cemetery, southwest of Vaughn for interment, to be placed beside her husband who died several years ago. She was the step-mother of R.L. Coffelt, the fruit grower near Vaughn. During the civil war and afterwards, she lived with her husband on their farm on the Spavinaw."
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