Mary Thompkins ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Township 9 North Range 10, Jersey County, IL on 10 September 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 62A, Dwelling 19, Family 19, Roll 111
Township 9 North Range 10 West, Jersey County, Illinois
Mary Bell..46..Unknown
(Living with husband, 5 children, married daughter, Rachel, and her husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 8 Apr 1802, then her age should have been 48 instead of 46.

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Mary married Nathaniel Bell on 28 December 1826 in , Hardin County, KY.¹ (Nathaniel Bell was born in 1803 in , Washington County, KY ³ and died in 1880 in Walla Walla, WA.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Township 9 North Range 10, Jersey County, IL on 10 September 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 62A, Dwelling 19, Family 19, Roll 111
Township 9 North Range 10 West, Jersey County, Illinois
Nathaniel Bell..45..KY..Farmer
Mary Bell..46..Unknown
John A. Bell..17..IL
Louiza Bell..15..IL
Simon Arnspiger..26..KY..Farmer...Married within the year
Rachel Arnspiger..20..IL..Married within the year
Miles Bell..11..IL
Mary C. Bell..9..IL
Ira Bell..4..IL

NOTE - Rachel Bell married Simon Arnspiger in 1849 and they both were living with her parents.
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