Tyree Harris Bell
Born: September 6, 1815
Birthplace: Covington, Kentucky
Father: Absalom B. Bell 1791 – 1873
Mother: Susan Harris 1792 – 1876
Wife: Mary Ann Walton 1820 – 1881
(Buried: Bethel Cemetery, Sanger, California)
Children:
Private James William Bell 1842 – 1861
Isaac Thomas Bell 1844 – 1914
(Buried: Visalia Public Cemetery, Visalia, California)
Russell Bell 1846 – 1860
Susan B. Bell Harrell 1848 – 1922
(Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, California)
Sarah Catherine Bell 1850 – 1898
Cynthia Anne Bell 1852 – 1924
Josiah Walton Bell 1854 – 1931
Tyree Alexander Bell 1856 – 1917
(Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, California)
John Richard Bell 1858 – 1911
(Buried: Academy Cemetery, Clovis, California)
Occupation before War:
Planter in Sumner County, Tennessee
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain in 12th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1863: Colonel of 12th Tennessee Infantry Consolidated Regiment
1861: Participated in the Battle of Belmont, Missouri
1862: Participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Participated in the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky
1862: Participated in the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi
1863 – 1865: Colonel in the Confederate Army Cavalry
1864: Wounded in the chest, back and Face at Pulaski, Tennessee
1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry
1865: Participated in the Defenses of Georgia, & Alabama
1865: Participated in the Battle of Selma, Alabama, Surrendering
1865: Paroled at Gainesville, Alabama (May 10, 1865)
Occupation after War:
Successful Planter in Fresno County, California, and Civic Leader
Died: August 30, 1902
Place of Death: New Orleans, Louisiana
Age at time of Death: 86 years old
Burial Place: Bethel Cemetery, Sanger, California
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