Showing posts with label John Bell tombstone inscription. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Bell tombstone inscription. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

In MEMORY of John R. Bell

The family of John R. Bell apparently MEMORIALIZED him as
 the victim of a murder when he and his son, John A. Bell,
 were killed in a shootout on the streets of Cahawba in 1856.

 The three other  men involved were exonerated in court,
 but the Bell Family declared via the inscription on his tombstone:
 "No murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."

Linking to ABC Wednesday depicting the letter M