George Rufus Bell

George Rufus was born on November 2nd, 1865.¹   George Rufus' father was Bazel Bell and his mother was Ellender Humphry.  His maternal grandfather was Joseph Humphry. He had four brothers and nine sisters, named William Henry, James Matthew, Willis C., John E., Mary Jane, Rebecca Jane, Frances Elizabeth, Josephine, Emoline, Margaret Henrietta, Alice V., Elizabeth E. and Mattie A..  He was the second youngest of the fourteen children.  He died at the age of 87 on April 12th, 1953.  He was buried in Brushy Creek Methodist Cemetery, Conecuh County, Alabama.^1 1 

‌George Rufus and Eady Frances were married in a religious ceremony on November 14th, 1889 in Conecuh County, Alabama.²   They had two daughters named Sarah Ellen and Daisy Lee.