James Hanson Bell, M.D. and Mary Doty

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Husband James Hanson Bell, M.D. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 28 Feb 1826 - Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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           Died: Sep 1896 - Black Lick, Indiana Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Blairsville Cemetery, Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA

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         Father: John Bell (1794-1841) 2 3 4 5
         Mother: Rebecca Hanson (      -      ) 2 3 4

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       Marriage: 31 Aug 1852 2 4

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Wife Mary Doty ^{1 6}

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           Born: 5 Jan 1827 - Indiana Co, PA 6
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           Died: 18 Apr 1906 6
         Buried:  - Blairsville Cemetery, Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA

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         Father: Gillis M. Doty (1795-1870) 7 8 9
         Mother: Jean Dixon (1798-1884) 10

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Children

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1 F Rebecca Jane Bell ²

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           Born: 8 Sep 1854 2
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           Died: 22 Sep 1865 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Gillis Doty Bell ²

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           Born: 24 Jan 1857 2
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3 M John Hunter Bell ²

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           Born: 14 Apr 1859 2
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           Died: 1909 2
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4 M James Hanson Bell ²

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           Born: 5 Oct 1861 2
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           Died: 1862 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Sarah Elizabeth Bell ²

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           Born: 19 Jul 1863 2
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6 M Milton Samuel Bell ²

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           Born: 12 May 1869 2
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         Spouse: Jessie G. Bruce (      -      ) 11
           Marr: 27 Jun 1902 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH 11

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7 M Alfred Marks Bell ²

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           Born: 28 Sep 1871 2
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           Died: 
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General Notes: Husband - James Hanson Bell, M.D.

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He was given an excellent education, attending public school and the academy at Blairsville, and having decided to enter professional life read medicine with Dr. J. W. Blackburn, of Derry township, Westmoreland County. Later he attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and a medical college in Vermont, from which latter institution he was graduated in 1852. He began the practice of his chosen profession at Clarksburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where he continued for four years, at the end of that period moving to Elder's Ridge, same county, practicing there the next five years. His next change was to Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he also became engaged in the drug business, which he sold out on account of ill health in the spring of 1868, returning then to Indiana County. Locating at Blacklick, he opened a general mercantile business under the name of J. H. Bell Company, and in which he was interested until his death. In 1868, under President Johnson, he was appointed postmaster, and held that office continuously for many years.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Doty

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She was a descendant of one of the passengers of the "Mayflower." [Through the Doty line?]

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 442, 532.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 884.

3 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 1.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 532.

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

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 884, 952.

7 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 442.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 653, 884, 952.

9 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 316.

10 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 952.

11 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 885.