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Henry “Black Pappy” Bell

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Henry “Black Pappy” Bell

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
25 Mar 1926 (aged 76)
Houston County, Texas, USA
Burial
Crockett, Houston County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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HISTORY STATES THAT HENRY BELL CAME FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND/OR MARYLAND. A LEGEND IN THE COMMUNITY WAS THAT HENRY BELL WAS A PURE AFRICAN AND WAS CALLED "BLACK PAPPY". THE BELLS HAD AT LEAST ELEVEN CHILDREN. IN THE 1880 CENSUS HE IS MARRIED TO EMMALINE DUREN, DAUGHTER OF PARKER DUREN. THEY ARE LISTED IN TH 1900 CENSUS.
HISTORY STATES THAT HENRY BELL CAME FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND/OR MARYLAND. A LEGEND IN THE COMMUNITY WAS THAT HENRY BELL WAS A PURE AFRICAN AND WAS CALLED "BLACK PAPPY". THE BELLS HAD AT LEAST ELEVEN CHILDREN. IN THE 1880 CENSUS HE IS MARRIED TO EMMALINE DUREN, DAUGHTER OF PARKER DUREN. THEY ARE LISTED IN TH 1900 CENSUS.

Gravesite Details

Information submitted by the Houston County Historical Commission, Crockett, TX



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