Isabella Ocie Bunte ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Isabella and Edward were both listed as 2 years of age on the 1910 census. On the 1920 census, her age was shown as 13 and Edward's as 12. On the 1930 census, Isabella's age was shown as 23. She had married at 21.

She was living in Smithville, Texas, in 1955.

Excerpt from her obituary in the Smithville Times, 30 Jan 1992:

A lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church of Smithville, she was the granddaughter of August Bunte Sr. for whom the Bunte Town addition of Smithville was named. She was a member of the Eastern Star, the Presbyterian Women's Auxiliary, and the widow of a Mason. For 35 years she was chairman of the food committee of the Women's Auxiliary. She was an excellent cook, seamstress and homemaker.

Belle married James Boyce Harrell, son of James W. Harrell and Josephine Byerley, on 9 Jul 1928. (James Boyce Harrell was born on 2 Nov 1905 in Giddings, Lee County, Texas,⁸ died on 6 Sep 1966 in Denison, Grayson County, Texas ^{7 8} and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas ⁸.). The cause of his death was metastatic carcinoma of kidney.