Alderbranch in Anderson County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Bell Cemetery

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 7, 2026

1. Bell Cemetery Marker

Inscription.
Confederate veteran Uriah Jasper Bell (1839-1915) brought his family to northeast Texas in 1871. An ordained Baptist minister, he relocated to this area to lead the Ft. Houston Baptist Church. He and his wife Nancy (d.1918) were the parents of seven children. Their only daughter, Lula Bell Kent, died in a fire in January 1890, three months after her marriage to Will Kent. She was buried on the family farm, and hers is the first burial in what became the Bell Cemetery. Also buried here are the Bells six sons, as well as several generations of Bell family descendants.

Erected 1991 by Texas Historical Committee. (Marker Number 8735.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1890.

Location. 31° 42.3′ N, 95° 33.812′ W. Marker is in Alderbranch, Texas, in Anderson County. It is on County Road 151 west of Bell Cemetery Road (County Road 152), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 151 An County Rd, Jacksonville TX 75766, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Texas State Railroad (approx. 2.4 miles away); Swanson Cemetery

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(approx. 2.4 miles away); John H. Reagan Monument (approx. 5.2 miles away); John H. Reagan (approx. 5.2 miles away); Pennybacker-Campbell-Wommack House (approx. 5.2 miles away); I & GN Hospital and Nurses' Quarters (approx. 5.2 miles away); Roy B. Wallace (approx. 5.3 miles away); Dr. Bonner Frizzell (approx. 5.3 miles away).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 7, 2026

2. Bell Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2026, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 43 times since then. Last updated on April 9, 2026, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 8, 2026, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.