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Caspar Wistar Bell

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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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