John Bell and Martha Gilchrist

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Husband John Bell ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: Abt 1742 - Dauphin Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Jan 1815 - Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Walter Bell (Abt 1712-1758) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (Abt 1715-Aft 1776) 3 4

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       Marriage: 14 Oct 1773 5 6

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Wife Martha Gilchrist ^{3 4}

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            AKA: Martha Kilcrearn,7 Martha Kilcrease 1
           Born: 1749 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Aug 1826 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Gilchrist (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Margaret Cowden (Abt 1733-      ) 5

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Children

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1 F Jane Bell ^{3 4 7}

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           Born: 1779 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George Pomroy (      -      ) 3

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2 F Martha Bell ^{3 4 8 9 10}

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           Born: 24 Mar 1789 or 1793 3 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Feb 1877 3 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samuel Moorhead (      -1848) 8 10 11
           Marr: 13 Mar 1812 11

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3 F Elizabeth Bell ^{3 4 7 12}

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           Born: 1790 3
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1853 3 12
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Barr (Abt 1773-1813) 3 12
           Marr: Bef 1800

         Spouse: Samuel Moorhead (      -1853) 12
           Marr: Abt 1820

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4 M Walter Bell ^{3 4 7 13 14}

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           Born: 1792 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Sep 1848 - White Twp, Indiana Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Culbertson (      -      ) 3 13 15

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5 M John Bell ^{1 3 4 7}

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           Born: 1794 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1841 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rebecca Hanson (      -      ) 1 3 7 16

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6 M James Gilchrist Bell ^{4 7 14 17 18}

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           Born: 1796 18
     Christened: 
           Died: 1853 - Westmoreland Co, PA 18
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Anne Culbertson (1798-1864) 17 18

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General Notes: Husband - John Bell

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He removed from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, to Westmoreland County, in early life.

He lived in Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1772-1794.

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

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 841, 884.

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

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

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 143.

6 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 162.

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

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 204.

9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 841, 844.

10 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 124.

11 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 841.

12 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 423.

13 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 408.

14 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 304.

15 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 303.

16 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 64.

17 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 80.

18 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 2.