Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Harrison Elmer Bell and Jennie Nichols




Husband Harrison Elmer Bell 1

           Born: 15 Feb 1862 - St. Petersburg, Richland Twp, Clarion Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Bell (1834-1896) 1
         Mother: Sarah Bushey (      -Aft 1913) 1


       Marriage: 1885 2



Wife Jennie Nichols 2

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         Father: George Nichols (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Anna [Unk] (      -      ) 2




Children
1 M Albert Bell 2

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2 F Clara Bell 2

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3 F Irene Bell 2

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4 M Elmer Clare Bell 2

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General Notes: Husband - Harrison Elmer Bell


He was educated in the public schools of Clarion County, PA, and early became associated with his father in the lumber business. In 1896 he formed a partnership alliance with his brother, Charles W. Bell, to engage in the lumber business under the firm name of Bell Brothers. In 1899 this concern purchased a tract of twenty-six hundred acres of land in Elk County, and lumbered hemlock and pine. The firm operated one mill and employed a force of twenty-five men all the year round. For a number of years a general store was run in connection with the lumber business. In 1910 Mr. Bell was one of the organizers of the Conewango Trust Company, which was capital­ized with a stock of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Mr. Bell was a member of the board of directors. In August, 1912, the Bell home was established in Clarion in a beautiful cream-colored brick residence, sur­rounded with gardens and lawns, on the cor­ner of Main street and Eighth avenue. In his political convictions he was a stalwart Re­publican, and he served in a number of township offices, such as supervisor, treasurer, etc. Fraternally he was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Mod­ern Woodmen of America. [GPHAV, 660]

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 660.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 661.


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