Urban Theodore Bell and Alice L. C. Sampsell

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Husband Urban Theodore Bell

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            AKA: Urben T. Bell 1
           Born: 24 Feb 1869 - Paint Twp, Clarion Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Mar 1941 - Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: John C. Bell (      -      )
         Mother: Rebecca Smith (      -      )

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       Marriage: 21 Sep 1893 - Clarion, Clarion Co, PA

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Wife Alice L. C. Sampsell ¹

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           Born: 18 Mar 1876 - Rockland, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Apr 1980 - Clarion, Clarion Co, PA
         Buried:  - Manor Cemetery, Clarion Co, PA

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         Father: Henry H. Sampsell (1832-1902) 1
         Mother: Margaret Anna Disher (1840-1890) 1

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Children

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1 F Lillian Bell

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Foster Child

         Spouse: [Unk] Kiser (      -      )

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2 M Theodore "Ted" Bell

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef Apr 1980
         Buried: 
         Status: Foster Child

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3 M Clark Leroy Bell

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            AKA: Clarence R. Bell
           Born: 20 May 1904 - Elk Twp, Clarion Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jul 1989 - Clarion, Clarion Co, PA
         Buried:  - Clarion Cemetery, Clarion, Clarion Co, PA
         Status: Foster Child

         Spouse: Mabel Herman (1905-1980)
           Marr: 24 Jun 1928

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General Notes: Husband - Urban Theodore Bell

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Oil City Derrick, Oil City, PA
Apr 1, 1941
Urban T. Bell
Urban Theodore Bell, well-known resident of Beaver township, Clar­ion county, died at his home at 11:40 a. m. Monday.
He was born at the Bell home­stead in Paint township, February 24, 1869, and married Alice Samp­sell on September 21, 1893, at Clar­ion. He was a son of John C. and Rebecca Smith Bell.
Mr. Bell was a member of the Manor Methodist church for the past 46 years.
Surviving are his wife and the following brothers and sisters: Al­lison A., Beaver township; Win­field S., Beaver township; William E., Sunnybrae, Canada; Mrs. A. A. Hartzell, Monroe township; Mrs. A. H. Kiser, Warren.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell were foster parents to the children of Winfield Bell after the death of his wife They also survive: Mrs. Lillian Kiser, Shippenville; Theodore Bell, Shippenville, and Clarence R. Bell, Clarion.
Mr. Bell was a well-known Beaver township farmer, who specialized in chicken raising.
Funeral services will be held at the Manor church at 2 p. m. Thurs­day with Rev. 5. L. Peck, pastor of the Shippenville Methodist church, assisted by Rev, P. C. Heilbrun,

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General Notes: Wife - Alice L. C. Sampsell

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The Oil City Derrick, Oil City, PA
Apr 22, 1980
Mrs. Alice L. Bell
CLARION — Mrs. Alice L. Bell, 104, of Shippenville RD 2 died at 10 am Monday at Grandview Health Care in Clarion.
Born March 18, 1876, at Rockland in Venango County, she was the daughter of Henry and Margaret Dasher Samp­sell.
She married Urband T. Bell in 1893. He died in 1941.
Mrs. Bell was a member of Manor United Methodist Church.
She is survived by two foster children, Lillian Kiser of Knox and Clark Bell of Clarion. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a foster son, Theodore (Ted) Bell; eight sisters and four brothers. She was the last surviving member of her family.
Friend may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm today at the Gerald L. Goble Funer­al Home, where services will be held at 2 pm Wednesday.
Rev. William H. Smith of Shippenville United Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will be in Manor Cemetery.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 890.