James Carrel Bell
Muldoon, Fayette County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Born March 1, 1820 A young soldier in the Texas war for independence He entered Bexar December 5, 1835 [blank] -- John York, Captain Company D, Eighth Texas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. Died August 4, 1880 His wife ELIZA BAKER BELL Born May 6, 1831 Died October 26, 1906 Erected by the State of Texas 1962
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
James Carrel Bell, born in 1820, was a young soldier in the Texas war for independence who entered Bexar in December 1835 under Captain John York. He later served in Company D of the Eighth Texas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., during the Civil War. This state-erected marker honors him and his wife Eliza Baker Bell, tying one man's life to both the founding of Texas and its Confederate service.
Why it matters
His life spanned the two conflicts that most defined nineteenth-century Texas — the fight for independence and the Civil War — in a single frontier soldier's story.
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- · James Carrel Bell
- · Eliza Baker Bell
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