Families of Barbara Adelaide Bell

BARBARA ADELAIDE BELL, daughter of EDITH ANNA WOODARD and REGINALD LESLIE BELL, was born May 25, 1918 in Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.

She married (1) C. JAMES OWEN JR. on August 16, 1941 in Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.^{4526, 6636}

She married (2) WILLARD DEWEY SMITH on June 4, 1967 in Alameda, Alameda, California.⁸⁴

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Barbara A. Bell)

Children of BARBARA ADELAIDE BELL and C. JAMES OWEN JR.:

1. Son

Education

Marriage Announcements and News

Knightstown Banner, August 22, 1941⁶⁶³⁶

Bell-Owen Nuptials

The marriage of Miss Barbara Bell, daughter of Mrs. Reginald L. Bell, to Mr. C. James Owen, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Owen of Washignton, D. C., took place at 8:30 p. m. on Saturday, August 16th, at the Bell residence. Only the immediate families were present at the ceremony. Rev. Kenneth R. Pickering of the Friends Church officiated.

Mrs. Owen is a graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago, and Mr. Owen of Williams and Mary College at Williamsburg, Va.

They will be at home in Washington, D. C., where Mr. Owen is in the Naval Reserve.

Newspaper Articles

Knightstown Banner, July 2, 1959⁶⁶³⁸

Barbara Owens Fashion Artist

Mrs. Barbara Bell Owens is living in Hayward, Calif. The daughter of Mrs. R. L. Bell of Knightstown, Mrs. Owens was graduated from Knightstown High School in 1935, and from the American Academy of Art in Chicago in 1938. She was married to C. J. Owens Jr. in August of 1941, and the couple have one son, Jay Owens, 15. Jay has visited and has many friends in Knightstown.

Mrs. Owens is a fashion artist on the advertising staff of The Daily Review of Hayward, Calif., and this week it carried a picture of her, stating that she had won second place in a state-wide competition contest for advertising layout. The contest was sponsored by the California Newspaper Advertising Executives Association and her layout was prepared for a department store in Hayward. Barbara visited here in 1957, and her mother, Mrs. Bell, has made numerous trips to California to see her daughter and family.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
January 26, 1920208	Knightstown, Henry, Indiana	Reginald Leslie Bell Edith Anna Woodard Barbara Adelaide Bell Miriam Reynolds Bell
April 25, 193016	Knightstown, Henry, Indiana	Reginald Leslie Bell Edith Anna Woodard Barbara Adelaide Bell Miriam Reynolds Bell
April 14, 19509630	Knightstown, Henry, Indiana	Edith Anna Woodard Barbara Adelaide Bell C. James Owen Son