Husband Albert Harvey Bell, LL.D. 1 2 3
Born: 20 Nov 1857 - Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA 1 2 3
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Father: John R. Bell (1824- ) 1 2
Mother: Margaret Singer ( - ) 1 2
Marriage: 19 Mar 1885 2 3 4
Wife Mary C. Clarke 2 3 4
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Father: Judge James C. Clarke (1823- ) 3 4 5
Mother: Isabella Keenan ( - ) 3
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1 M James Clarke Bell 2 3 4
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Spouse: Margie Cochran ( - ) 3
Marr: Sep 1912 3
2 F Mary Margaret Bell 2 3 4
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3 M Albert H. Bell, Jr. 2 3
Born: 3 Oct 1893 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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Died: 23 Jul 1918 3
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General Notes: Husband - Albert Harvey Bell, LL.D.
He attended the public and select schools of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and in 1877 entered Mount Union College, and pursued his studies two years in that well-known institution. Following in the footsteps of father and grandfather, he entered the pedagogical ranks, taught seven years in this county, and conducted a normal class one year at Mount Pleasant. From 1880 to 1883 he was deputy clerk of courts under his father, and in 1876 served six months as clerk in the Prothonotary's office. In 1880 he registered as a law student with James S. Moorehead, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1884, after which time he actively engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Bell was an active and useful member of the U. P. Church, of Greensburg, in which he is an elder.
He was brought as a child to western Pennsylvania. He spent a happy and healthy boyhood on his father's farm near Stahlstown, in Ligonier Valley, attending the public schools of the vicinity and securing, with his eager young mind, an excellent education. For six years he taught in public and private schools in the neighborhood, at the same time matriculating at Mount Union College, Mount Union (later Alliance), Ohio, where he took a classical course. At this time the law began to attract him, and after deep and earnest consideration, he determined to prepare for it. He began reading it in 1880 in the law office of James S. Moorehead and John B. Head, and studied to such good purpose that he was admitted to the bar of Westmoreland County April 8, 1884. Besides the theoretical knowledge thus gained, Mr. Bell was all the while acquiring practical experience from service as deputy clerk of courts of Westmoreland County under his father as clerk from 1880 to 1883. From the outset he was successful in general legal practice, and his office soon became one of the most important in the county. Soon he was admitted to practice before the Appellate courts of Pennsylvania, which brought to him many important cases. His interests outside the law were manifold. He was one of the founders and a director of the Barclay-Westmoreland Trust Company, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and also president and director of the Pleasant Unity National Bank of Pleasant Unity, Pennsylvania and a director of the Westmoreland Building and Loan Association. In banking, farming, and stock raising he was looked upon as an authority. Independent in thought, he was, in general, Democratic in principle, but he was not actively allied with the party organization of his town. For many years he gave much time and energy to the cause of public education, serving on the Board of Education in Greensburg and on the board of trustees of Westminster College. He was also a member for many years of the board of trustees of Morrison Underwood donation fund, a philanthropy connected with the Greensburg High School. Another abiding interest was the United Presbyterian Church in Westmoreland County, of which he was a member. He was also a member of the Board of Publication of the denomination. During the World War he was a popular "four-minute" speaker, and in demand for all sorts of popular meetings and movements. He was treasurer of the local Red Cross. In spite of these varied activities, Mr. Bell found time for the compilation of a remarkable book called "The Memoirs of the Bench and Bar of Westmoreland County," which brought expressions of approval from the wide circle of readers. Other articles at various times brought considerable fame to Mr. Bell as a writer. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Westminster College.