Family
Bell married his first wife, Sally Dickinson, in 1818. They had five children, Mary, John, David, Fanny, and Sally, before she died in 1832. Sally Dickinson was the sister of Congressman David W. Dickinson, the granddaughter of Hardy Murfree, and the aunt of author Mary Noailles Murfree. In 1835, Bell married Jane Erwin Yeatman, a prominent socialite and widow of wealthy businessman Thomas Yeatman.
Confederate Congressman Edwin Augustus Keeble (1807–1868) was a son-in-law of Bell, married to his daughter, Sally. Bell's great-grandson, also named Edwin Augustus Keeble (1905–1979), was a prominent Nashville-area architect, his best known design being the city's first skyscraper, the Life & Casualty Tower.
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“Family living can go on existing. Very many are
remembering this thing are remembering that family
living living can go on existing. Very many are quite
certain that family living can go on existing. Very
many are remembering that they are quite certain that
family living can go on existing.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
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—Michael W. Yogman, and T. Berry Brazelton (20th century)