Located in section #25 in Liberty Township on CR #850 east, about 1½ mile south of the Chicago Corner church, on the old Bell farm. Now owned by Robert and Lois West. The burial ground was started by William Bell who came to Henry County from Wayne County in 1821 with several of his nearby neighbors. He purchased 160 acres at this site on 16 Aug 1821. The first known burial here was Robert Bell, the infant son of William and Nancy Bell.
Other nearby neighbors also used this burial ground to bury their family members, thus making this a neighborhood burial ground. This area has several little unknown burial plots, one a little north of here (Forkner) and another one (Crull) a little south of here, both on the banks of the little Symon's Creek.
The Bell cemetery has not received any care or any kind in several years ever since Mr. Bell died in the 1980s and the land was sold. It is completely overgrown with day lilies, small shrubs, noxious weeds and such. There is a major clean-up scheduled for November 6 & 7 of this year (2004).
Name | Died | Born | Other
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Bell, Anna | June 21 | March 6 | W of N or VW Bell
| Bell, Anna | 4 Mar 1841 | 4y, 3m, 26d | D of Wm. & Nancy
| Bell, Henry H. | 22 Sep 1832 | 11y, 11m, 10d | S of JL & S
| Bell, John | 6 May 1850 | 30y, 11m, 18d | S of Wm. & Nancy
| Bell, Nancy L. | 11 Apr 1845 | 46y, 1m, 9d | W of Wm.
| Bell, Robert | 1 May 1826 | 21d | S of Wm. & Nancy
| Bell, William | 17 Jan 1863 | 56y, 11m, 19d |
| Brandon, Catherine | 28 May 1851 | 52y, 8m, 13d | W of Samuel
| Brower, Henry C. | 17 Sep 1861 | 17y, 6m, 13d | S of Aaron & Dolly
| Footstone, T. L. | | |
| Christena R. Laudig | 30 Apr 1848 | 72y, 2m, 7d | Wife of Jacob
| Ladig, Peter | 1850 | 92y, 11d | In German Script
| Ladig, Jacob | 17 Oct 1843 | 78y, 10m, 22d |
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The following stones were found during a recent clean up project:
footstone E. B. (Possibly Elijah Bell near America's burial)
America V. Bell Daughter of Elijah & Amanda Bell
footstone M. V. B.
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