Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Walter Bell and Mary "Polly" Finley




Husband Walter Bell 1 2 3 4 5 6

           Born: 1783 - near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 2 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Aug 1868 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 4 5
         Buried:  - Sewickley Church Cemetery, near West Newton, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: William Bell, Jr. (      -1784) 1 4 5 6
         Mother: Rosanna Bell (1755-1834) 1 4 5


       Marriage: 1815 4 5



Wife Mary "Polly" Finley 1 3 4 5 7 8

           Born: 5 Aug 1793 - near Port Royal, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Dec 1868 or 1888 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 5 9
         Buried:  - Sewickley Church Cemetery, near West Newton, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: Andrew Finley, Esq. (1750-1829) 1 7 8 10 11
         Mother: Jane Jack (      -      ) 2 7 8 11




Children
1 M William T. N. Bell 3 4 5

           Born: 16 Jan 1816 or 12 Jan 1817 - Bells Mills, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Dec 1888 or 1889 - Bells Mills, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 12
         Buried:  - Sewickley Presbyterian Cemetery, West Newton, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Frances Ann Bennett (1827-1881) 2 3 12
           Marr: 3 Sep 1850 12


2 M Andrew Bell 4 5

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3 F Rosanna Bell 5 13 14

           Born: 
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         Buried: 
         Spouse: William T. Milligan (      -Bef 1890) 5 13 14


4 F Jane F. Bell 5 14

           Born: 
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         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jacob Hough (      -      ) 5 14


5 M John R. Bell 5 14

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: May Bennett (      -      ) 14


6 F Lydia O. Bell 5 14

           Born: 
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         Buried: 
         Spouse: Henry Keefer (      -      ) 14


7 F Nancy Bell 5 14

           Born: 
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         Spouse: William Pollock (      -      ) 14


8 M Samuel Bell 5 15 16

           Born: 27 Oct 1821 - Bells Mills, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 May 1894 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 17
         Buried:  - Sewickley Cemetery, Milbell, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Susanna(h) Boyd (1830-1910) 18
           Marr: Mendon, Westmoreland Co, PA


9 F Mary Ann Bell 5 14

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10 F Elisabeth M. Bell 5 14

           Born: 
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11 M David Pollock Bell 5 14 19

           Born: 27 Jul 1826 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 1905 - Belle Vernon, Fayette Co, PA 14
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Jane Bennett (      -      ) 14
           Marr: 13 Nov 1849 14


12 F Martha B. Bell 5 14

           Born: 
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13 F Eleanor D. Bell 5 14

           Born: 
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           Died: while young
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14 M Walter Bell 5 14

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General Notes: Husband - Walter Bell


Bell's Mills: These mills, saw and grist, were erected on Big Sewickley Creek, at Sewickley Presbyterian Church, in 1848, by Walter and William Bell. Walter and William Bell were born near Carlisle, in the Cumberland Valley, and removed with their parents to Derry township in Westmoreland County, when Walter was in his third year of age. They were the sons of William Bell, who married Rosanna Bell. The latter was twice married, and both times to William Bells, and she and her two husbands were of no kin. Walter Bell married Polly, daughter of Andrew Finley, Esq., and his brother William married her sister Nancy. Walter Bell came to South Huntingdon township in 1810, in which year he and his brother William, both carpenters, built the house now owned and occupied by Daniel Williams. Their grandfather Bell came from North Ireland about 1740, and settled in the Cumberland Valley, and married a daughter of John Jack.

He was born at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, in 1769, and removed to Westmoreland County in 1787, locating at Bells Mills, for whom they were named. [HWC 1906 II, 21]

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Sources


1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 650.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 21.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 970.

4 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 234.

5 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 27.

6 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 45.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 96.

8 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 34.

9 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 247.

10 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 581.

11 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 246.

12 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 236.

13 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 615.

14 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 235.

15 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 150.

16 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 85, 271.

17 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 85.

18 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 53, 271.

19 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 633.


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