Name: BELL, WHITMILL HENRY (Service card reads Whitnell H. Bell)
Rank: Private
Enlisted: Fall of 1862 in Montgomery County in Captain Lawrence's Company; discharged, reenlisted later at Ft. Mitchell, Virginia in Co E of the 15th Alabama Infantry;  wounded at Fredericksburg and Chickamauga.
Service History: At home on furlough when war closed.
Date of Birth: 5 October 1844	Place of Birth: Georgia
Date of Death: 20 June 1926	Place of Death: Escambia County, Alabama
Buried: Johnson Cemetery, near Range, Alabama
Father: Jesse Jordan Bell (b 1812 in Georgia, d 1880 in Escambia County, Alabama)
Mother: Winnifred "Winnie" Bass (b 1822 in Montgomery County, Alabama, d December 1890 in Escambia County, Alabama, daughter of Ezekiel Bass)
Spouse(s): Nancy Jane Henson (b 9 October 1846, d 24 August 1928; married 20 September 1872 in Monroe County, Alabama;  daughter of Emer Henson)
Children: John Henry, Mary Elizabeth, Elijah Frank, Mammie Harameton (some sources give her name as Nannie)
Occupation: Farmer
Residence(s): Dale County, Alabama; Brushy Creek, Conecuh County, Alabama; Owen, Escambia County, Alabama
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Submitter: Georgia V. Fleming	E-mail: hyacinth@ala.net