Winfield Scott Bell and Minerva Arthurs

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Husband Winfield Scott Bell ¹

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           Born: 11 Nov 1853 - Greenwood Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 2
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         Father: David Bell (      -1875) 3
         Mother: Margarie Hoover (      -1860) 2

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       Marriage: 1874 2

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Wife Minerva Arthurs ⁴

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         Father: James Arthurs (Abt 1830-Aft 1898) 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Hile (      -Aft 1898) 5

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1 F Frances M. Bell ²

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2 F Minnie Bell ²

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3 F Beulah Bell ²

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4 F Maud Bell ²

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5 M Stanley Bell ²

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6 M James Bell ²

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7 F Daisy B. Bell ²

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General Notes: Husband - Winfield Scott Bell

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His educational advantages were such as the country schools afforded, and his business training was received on the home farm and in the lumber woods. Until his marriage he remained with his father, working in the store or assisting in his other business enterprises. After marriage he located in Bellville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and for a time engaged in farming and lumbering, and later conducted a store, dealt in stock and was interested in other speculations. He later gave his principal attention to agricultural pursuits and milling, having erected a good mill at Bellville in 1896. From his father's estate he received seventy acres in Bellville, to which he added seventeen acres. He cleared forty-five acres, which he improved with excellent buildings, including a two-story residence. He also had another highly improved farm.
In his political affiliations, Mr. Bell began as a Democrat, but later became an ardent Prohibitionist.
About 1896, by the donation of a fine lot of ground in the village of Bell's Landing, and also a liberal donation of lumber, Mr. Bell induced the Zion Baptist Church Denomination to build a fine church.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 965, 966.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 967.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 868, 967.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 965, 967.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 965.