Hiram Parks Bell
Born: January 19, 1827
Birthplace: Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia
Father: Joseph Scott Bell 1794 – 1876
(Buried: Mars Hill Cemetery, Forsyth County, Georgia)
Mother: Rachael Phinazee 1794 – 1885
(Buried: Mars Hill Cemetery, Forsyth County, Georgia)
1st Wife: Virginia Margaret “Jennie” Lester 1830 – 1888
(Buried: Cumming City Cemetery, Cumming, Georgia)
Married: January 22, 1850 in Cumming, Georgia
2nd Wife: Annie Adelaide Jordan 1848 – 1900
Married: January 11, 1890 in Eatonton, Georgia
Children:
Leonidas Clifford Bell 1850 – 1852
(Buried: Cumming City Cemetery, Cumming, Georgia)
Mary Ruth Bell Gardner 1853 – 1899
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Cedartown, Georgia)
Judge George Lester Bell 1857 – 1926
(Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Julia Lester Bell Tate 1859 – 1929
(Buried: Old Tate Cemetery, Tate, Georgia)
Virginia Lester Bell 1875 – 1905
(Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Paul Gardner Bell 1887 – 1891
(Buried: Cumming City Cemetery, Cumming, Georgia)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
School Teacher in Ellijay Georgia for two years
1849 – 1861: Attorney in Cumming Georgia
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Georgia State Secession Convention
1861: Opposed to Secession at Georgia Secession Convention
1861: Georgia Commissioner to urge Tennessee to leave the Union
1861: Georgia State Senator
1861 – 1864: Served in 43rd Georgia Infantry rising to rank of Colonel
1862: Wounded at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou near Vicksburg
1864 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Georgia
1864 – 1865: Member of House Committee on Elections
1864 – 1865: Member of House Committee on Patents
1864 – 1865: Member of House Committee on Post Office and Roads
1864 – 1865: Opposed most new war measures in Congress
1864 – 1865: Proposed to change ad valorem tax to avoid inequities
1864 – 1865: Advocate for ending impressment of farm produce
1865: Left Congress a month before war ended to care for family
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1907: Attorney in Cumming Georgia having a huge practice
1868 – 1871: Member of Georgia Democratic Executive Committee
1868: Georgia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1873 – 1875: United States Congressman from Georgia
1873 – 1875: Member of House Coinage, Weights and Measures
1873 – 1875: Helped Northern Georgia get railroad development
1876: Georgia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1877 – 1879: United States Congressman from Georgia
1877 – 1879: Member of House Banking and Currency Committee
1877 – 1879: Member of House Education and Labor Committee
1878: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection as U.S. Congressman
1898 – 1899: Georgia State Representative
1900 – 1901: Georgia State Senator
1900 – 1901: Chairman to Revise Georgia Constitution on taxation
Died: August 17, 1907
Place of Death: Atlanta, Georgia
Age at time of Death: 80 years old
Burial Place: Cumming City Cemetery, Cumming, Georgia
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