Caspar Wistar Bell
Born: February 2, 1819
Birthplace: Prince Edward County, Virginia
Father: Adam Bell 1780 – 1841
Mother: Sarah Montfront Street 1775 – 1836
Wife: Madeline Leontine Owen 1823 – 1907
(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Children:
Montfront Wistar Bell 1848 – 1910
Amelia Bell 1852 – 1858
(Buried: Douglas Cemetery, Brunswick Township, Missouri)
Julia Franklin Bell 1856 – 1880
(Buried: Douglas Cemetery, Brunswick Township, Missouri)
Caspar Wistar Bell Jr. 1857 – 1886
(Buried: Douglas Cemetery, Brunswick Township, Missouri)
Marie Susan Bell 1859 – 1942
Frances Street Bell 1865 – 1919
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1837: Graduated from College of William and Mary – (With Honors)
1839: Graduated from University of Virginia Law School
Occupation before War:
1843 – 1861: Attorney in Brunswick Township, Missouri
Civil War Career:
1861: Adjutant General of Division of the Missouri State Guard
1861 – 1862: Missouri Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress
1862 – 1864: Confederate States Congressman from Missouri
1862 – 1864: Member of House Medical Department Committee
1862 – 1864: Known to have been a disciple of Henry S. Foote
1862 – 1864: Voted to override all of President Davis’s vetoes
1862 – 1864: Supporter of Restricting President’s appointive powers
1862 – 1864: Didn’t support suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus
1862 – 1864: Author of “Missouri Column” for Richmond Examiner
1864: Defeated in reelection to Confederate States Congress
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Danville Virginia for one year before returning home
1867 – 1898: Attorney in Brunswick Township Missouri
Prosecuting Attorney of Judicial District in Missouri
Died: October 27, 1898
Place of Death: Brunswick Township, Missouri
Age at time of Death: 79 years old
Burial Place: Douglas Cemetery, Brunswick Township, Missouri
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