Bell - Saunders

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John Thomas and Maria Louise Saunders Bell
	around 1870	John Thomas Bell homestead near St. Paul, Kansas. Anna Lou Jarboe was born in upstairs bedroom on the left, March 13, 1904. The original photo is grainy and appears to have been taken with an old Kodak box camera. There appears to be one man, four children and three young women scattered around in the yard and all are dressed up. When the Bell family headed out to St. Paul in a covered wagon the young Willie Bell dropped silverware out the back of the wagon one by one so he could find his way back. Thus, the Bell family arrived with no silverware. Photo courtesy of Guy and Roch Buckman.
	Date unknown	Painting of Maria Louise Saunders Bell, owned by Winifred Rapp Beechwood. Winifred is the widow of George Beechwood, one of the sons of Mary Alice Bell Beechwood. The painting has been in the family for a long time and there is no record of when it was painted or by whom. Photo courtesy of Veronica (Niki) Beechwood Curry
	1892	Three daughters and one daughter-in-law of John Thomas and Maria Louise Saunders Bell: Front: Susan Agnes Bell, Back, left to right: Gertrude Lee Bell, Rose May Bell, Ellen Frances (Nellie) Taymans future wife of Joseph Emory Bell Picture was taken in 1892 when Gertrude Bell was 18 years old. Nellie is wearing the brown poplin dress she wore as bridesmaid to another daughter of John Thomas Bell, Mary Alice, married in 1891. Nellie and Emory were married June 13, 1894. This picture is in 5x7 format for printing.
	About 1889	The homestead of John Thomas Bell with son Tommy Bell
	Christmas Day, 1900	The daughters of John Thomas Bell and Maria Louise Saunders: Right to Left, Back to Front: Alice, Rose, Agnes, Gertrude, Nora, Loutie, Anna Laura. Listed according to age with oldest in upper right and youngest in lower left.
	About 1910	John Thomas Bell and Maria Louise Saunders Bell. Photo courtesy of Guy and Roch Buckman
	About 1910	Maria Louise Saunders Bell.
	About 1910	Picture of a portrait of Maria Louise Saunders Bell.
	Around 1912	John Thomas and Maria Louise Saunders Bell in front of their home in St. Paul, Kansas. Photo courtesy of Josephine Gander and Liz Gander
	About 1925	At Minnie Mae Kendrick's: John Baker, Glen Baker, Louise Bell McAndrew, Cousin Annie (Cecilia Ann Jarboe Kendrick), John Thomas Bell, Cousin William Burford Kendrick. Annie was a daughter of John Thomas Jarboe III and Susannah Bell, John Thomas Bell's sister.
	About 1900	Earl Kendrick (1894 - 1979), son of William Burford and Cecilia Ann Jarboe Kendrick
	About 1900	Minnie Mae Kendrick (1891 - 1978), daughter of William Burford and Cecilia Ann Jarboe Kendrick
	About 1908	Earl Kendrick
	About 1900	Virginia Bell Jarboe Saunders children, probably Ruby and Ora Bell Saunders
	About 1900	Virginia Bell Jarboe Saunders children, probably Georgia Ann and Virginia Irene Saunders
	Around 1900	Unknown man
	Around 1900	Unknown man
	Around 1900	Unknown man
	Around 1915	Four generations of Bell family. Left to right: William Robert Bell, his daughter Alice, her son Billy, and John Thomas Bell. William Robert (Willie) Bell was the son of John Thomas Bell and Mary Alice Eddings. Mary Alice died in childbirth along with their second child Robert. Photo courtesy of Guy and Roch Buckman
	Around 1920	Four generations: John Thomas Bell, Joseph Emory Bell, Vincent Bell, daughter Bernadette Bell
	1924	Gertrude Bell Jarboe in front of her parent's house in St. Paul, Kansas.
	1924	Gertrude Bell Jarboe, John Thomas Bell, Agnes Bell Kendrick in St. Paul, Kansas.
	1924	Bell family reunion in St. Paul, Kansas. Left to right: Beatrice Bell Greenwell holding Mary Bell Greenwell. Agnes Bell Kendrick, Mary Avice Bell (youngest of Emory and Nellie's), Vincent Bell's wife Wilma holding Rosalea, Gertrude McAndrew with mother Louise (Loutie) Bell McAndrew Volmer, Bernadette Bell in front of her grandmother Nellie Taymans Bell, Gertrude Bell Jarboe.
	Late 1920's	Agnes Bell Kendrick, John Thomas Bell, Loutie Bell McAndrew and daughter Gertrude McAndrew, Alice Bell Morris. Photo courtesy of Josephine Gander
	1945	90 year old Sid Taylor. Sid was married to Sarah (Sallie) Saunders Taylor. Sallie was a sister of Maria Louise Saunders Bell. The 17 year old Gertrude Lee Bell was sent back to Monroe City, MO from St. Paul Kansas to live with Sid and Sallie Taylor in 1892.
	About 1915	Sallie Saunders Taylor
	?	Ella Saunders and a patient. Ella was a sister of Maria Louise Saunders.
	Around 1897	Maude Saunders (18) and Gertrude Lee Bell (almost 23).
	2000, 1950	These are two views of the John Thomas Bell farm. The top one was taken in May 2000 by Alice Gander and the bottom was taken in September 1950 by Rose Bell Bowles. Only the silo provides a point of reference and it does not appear that any of the original buildings exist in 2000. Multiple floods have taken their toll on the original home.
	1864?	Susan Beavin Gough McAtee (1793 - 1864). The note on the back was written by Annie Hardy in 1963. She was the grandmother of Maria Louise Saunders, through her daughter Susan Rebecca Gough. Since Susan Beavin Gough McAtee died in 1864 it raises a question about this information. The photo looks like it may have a later date but she died in 1864. Could it really be a photo of her daughter Susan Rebecca Gough Saunders? But maybe a very old photo was reprinted on the technology of the 1880's.
	About 1900	John Thomas Bell on the farm in Kansas.
	?	Will and Molly Bell Smith. Molly was a sister of John Thomas Bell.
	?	Mollie Bell Smith