MARY FRANCES HOLMES daughter of ALBERT GARNER HOLMES & MILLY TURNER. (See the Albert Holmes & Milly Turner ), was born August 10, 1831 in Tennessee, and died January 12, 1913 in Tennessee. She married QUINTON SARVER BELL June 22, 1854 in Tennessee, son of PAYTON BELL and JANE GILBERT. He was born December 07, 1832 in Sumner County, Tennessee, and died November 24, 1906.

Children of MARY HOLMES and QUINTON BELL are:

1. ELIZA BELL, b. 1851, Macon County, Tennessee. Notes for ELIZA BELL: She died at the age of twelve. and was buried in New Hope General Church Cemetery, Westmoreland, Tennessee Sumner Co, Information from FJB Note: More About ELIZA BELL: Burial: New Hope Cem, Sumner County, Tennessee.

2. ROMELIA BELL, b. January 01, 1853, Macon County, Tennessee; d. January 13, 1896. She married T.B. FYKES January 15, 1874 in Sumner County, Tennessee. He was born June 12, 1851 in Sumner County, Tennessee, and died March 11, 1910. Children of ROMELIA BELL and T.B. FYKES are: 1. CHARLIE FYKES, b. 1877, Sumner County, Tennessee. 2. POSIE FYKES, b. 1879, Sumner County, Tennessee. 3. W.C. BUD FYKES, b. 1881, Sumner County, Tennessee. 4. CLEVELAND FYKES, b. 1883, Sumner County, Tennessee; d. Texas. 5. BEE FYKES, b. 1885, Sumner County, Tennessee.

3. SARAH ALICE BELL, b. July 10, 1855, Macon County, Tennessee; d. January 13, 1896; m. JASPER THOMERSON, September 24, 1871.

4. THOMAS WILSON BELL, b. September 22, 1861, Macon County, Tennessee; d. November 04, 1942; m. WILLIE ANN DUNCAN, December 25, 1881, Macon Co, Tennessee.

5. ROBERT ERASMUS BELL, b. August 03, 1863, Macon County, Tennessee; d. April 1945.

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