Two European trips served as bookends for the "fairy tale" of Theodore and Ruth Bell.
It is mind-boggling to consider the odds of the curators selecting THIS photo from the thousands they had to choose from!
We wondered what house on Isle of Hope the photo depicted.
It would be near Averasboro that Gen. Hardee and his men would make their stand.
Thomas Bell was called from Scotland to minister on James Island in the Carolina colony.
May we not be a clanging gong or clashing cymbal, but a sweet ringing sound calling others to love.
I sat glumly atop our squadron gear and watched the joyful reunions from afar.
Our ancestor Julius Bell received a Christ-like wound on March 16, 1865.
Letters From A POW Camp
The boy was playing in his yard when he was shot in the mouth by some person unknown.