George Bell

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Husband George Bell ¹

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           Born:  - eastern Pennsylvania
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Children

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1 M Joseph Bell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1767 or 1770 - eastern Pennsylvania 1 3
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           Died: Abt 1840 - ? Columbiana Co, OH
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Sharp (      -      ) 1 3
           Marr: 30 Apr 1795 3

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General Notes: Husband - George Bell

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He was a native of eastern Pennsylvania, who was there married and reared a large family. In the latter part of the 1700s, he and a neighbor, Mr. McDonald, came with their families to Allegheny County. They had previously intended to locate on the present site of Pittsburgh, but being dissatisfied with the country in that vicinity came down the Monongahela river until they arrived at the first large branch, Chartiers creek, which they followed to Mansfield. The two families then separated, the McDonalds moving west and the Bells ascending the Chartiers. The Bell pioneers finally located on a large tract in the vicinity of Canonsburg, Washington County, where George Bell passed his life in forming the foundation of a home for his descendants. He was one of the first members of the Seceder Church in Washington County.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 910.

2 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 26, 49.

3 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 49.