Fred R. Bell and Helen Inez Smith

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Husband Fred R. Bell ¹

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           Born: 12 Jan 1890 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Jan 1940 1
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: John Edward Bell (1860-1939) 3
         Mother: Carrie J. Ross (1869-Abt 1936) 3

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       Marriage: 15 Aug 1938 1

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Wife Helen Inez Smith ¹

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           Born: 1 Apr 1894 - Rockland, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Sep 1979 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: Steadman Ayers Smith (1858-1917) 4 5
         Mother: Anna Mae French (1863-1928)

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   Other Spouse: Arthur H. Smith (1889-1936) 1 - 24 May 1918 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 6

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Fred R. Bell

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He served in World War I.

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General Notes: Wife - Helen Inez Smith

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The Derrick, Oil City, PA
Oct 1, 1979
Mrs. Inez Bell
Mrs. Inez S. Bell, who lived in the Pitts­ville of Kennerdell RD 1, died at 9 pm Saturday at Franklin Hospital.
Born in Rockland April 1, 1894, she was the daughter of Steadman Ayres and Anna Mae French Smith.
Mrs. Bell was employed as a school teacher in the Rockland Township and Oil City schools. She also worked at Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. in Franklin.
She was a member of Rockland United Methodist Church and the Busy Bees Quilting Club.
Her first husband was Arthur H. Smith. He died in 1935
She later married Fred R. Bell. He died in 1940.
She is survived by one son, Steadman Smith of Kennerdell RD 1, and one brother, Clifford Smith of Kennerdell RD 1.
The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm today at the Morrison Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be conducted in the funeral home at 2 pm Tuesday with Rev. Gerald W. Michel of Rockland United Methodist Church officiating.
Interment will follow in Rockland Cemetery.

The News-Herald, Franklin, PA
Oct 8, 1979
OIL CITY —Funeral services for Mrs. Inez S. Bell, 85, of Kennerdell RD 1, who died Saturday in the Franklin Hospital, were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Morrison Funeral Home.
Mrs. Bell worked as a school teacher and also was employed by Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., Franklin.
The Rev. Gerald W. Michel, pastor of the Rockland United Methodist Church, officiated.
Interment was in Rockland Cemetery.
Attending the services from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. William Baum and Marguerite Smith of Rural Valley and Ruby Kapp of Venus.

SSDI: INEZ BELL 01 Apr 1894 Sep 1979 16374 (Kennerdell, Venango, PA) 16374 (Kennerdell, Venango, PA) 159-20-5208 Pennsylvania

1 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 25.

2 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 74.

3 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 82.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1121.

5 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 24.

6 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #12976.