Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Bell and Rebecca Hanson




Husband John Bell 1 2 3 4

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


         Father: John Bell (Abt 1742-1815) 1 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Martha Gilchrist (1749-1826) 3 4 6


       Marriage: 

• Note: This may be the same person as : John Bell.




Wife Rebecca Hanson 1 2 3 7

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   Other Spouse: John Hunter (Abt 1777-1854) 7

• Note: This may be the same person as : Rebecca [Unk].


Children
1 M John Bell 2 3

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2 M James Hanson Bell, M.D. 2 3 8

           Born: 28 Feb 1826 - Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1896 - Black Lick, Indiana Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Blairsville Cemetery, Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA
         Spouse: Mary Doty (1827-1906) 8 9
           Marr: 31 Aug 1852 1 2


3 M Samuel M. Bell 2 3

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4 M Alfred M. Bell 2 3

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5 F Margaret M. Bell 2 3

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6 F Martha K. Bell 2 10

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7 F Sarah Bell 2 10

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         Spouse: [Unk] Hunter (      -      ) 10


8 F Elizabeth Bell 2 7 10

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         Spouse: Jesse Hunter (1827-1897) 7


9 F Mary Bell 2 10

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10 U Aligan Bell 1 10

            AKA: Aligara Bell 2
           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1880
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11 F Eliza Ann Bell 10

           Born: 
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General Notes: Husband - John Bell

Westmoreland Co, PA - a farmer

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Sources


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

6 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 20.

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

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

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

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


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