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Birth	:	31 Aug 1845 Saint Joseph, Floyd County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	17 Mar 1931 Nemaha County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	First Presbyterian Churchyard, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.3240280, -74.0604477
Plot	:	Lot 88
Description	:	s/Samuel & Sarah Harris Bell m: Lottie Cawyer - 1879 m: Maggie Quimby - July 19, 1884 From Ralph Tennall's History of Nemaha County: Charles H. Bell.—The reviewer, in tracing the life career of Charles H. Bell, Union veteran, pioneer, and large landed proprietor of Nemaha county, Kansas, must necessarily begin with his birth in Indiana, and trace his rise from workman to his present position of wealth and prestige, which he is now enjoying after a long life time of ceaseless endeavor. We must follow his wanderings from the old home in Indiana to the battlefields of... Read More	s/Samuel & Sarah Harris Bell m: Lottie Cawyer - 1879 m: Maggie Quimby - July 19, 1884 From Ralph Tennall's History of Nemaha County: Charles H. Bell.—The reviewer, in tracing the life career of Charles H. Bell, Union veteran, pioneer, and large landed proprietor of Nemaha county, Kansas, must necessarily begin with his birth in Indiana, and trace his rise from workman to his present position of wealth and prestige, which he is now enjoying after a long life time of ceaseless endeavor. We must follow his wanderings from the old home in Indiana to the battlefields of the South where he risked his life and limb in defense of the Union; go with him to the gold fields and the wide reaches of the great California valley—to the mountains where he delved for the precious metals; thence to the flat lands of the valleys where he followed the vocation of rancher: thence to southwest Missouri, and lastly to Kansas, where his later fortunes were cast with final success. Charles H. Bell of Oneida was born in St. Joseph county, Indiana, August 31, 1845, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Harris) Bell, natives of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania respectively, and descendants of old American Colonial stock. The grandfather of Sarah (Harris) Bell was born in Scotland, and her grandmother was born in Germany. Samuel Bell was a pioneer settler in Indiana and was also one of the first homesteaders in Buchanan county, Missouri. He preempted land on the present site of St. Joseph, and later returned to St. Joseph county, Indiana, where he died in 1848. His widow reared the large family of thirteen children and two nieces in Indiana. She was a remarkable woman. She went to Colorado when seventy years of age and homesteaded land, creating a farm, which was her home until her death in 1901, when she departed this life at the great age of eighty-two years. Charles H. Bell attended school in a log school house which was fitted up with slab benches. His father died when he was three years old, and his mother, of necessity, reared the family of thirteen children left fatherless. Charles remained at home until he was seventeen years old and then enlisted February, 1862, in Company I, One Hundred Fifty fifth Indiana regiment of volunteers. He was decidedly under the required age for enlistment, and also had a younger brother, John, in the army, and two older brothers, Stuart and Jacob, also fought in defense of the Union. His service was in Virginia and the Southeast, and he served creditably until his honorable discharge from the service in November, 1865, in Delaware. After working on the home farm for another season, he went to Illinois and hired out as a farm hand at $26 per month for two years, and then crossed the continent to California. When he arrived on the coast, he spent two months in the gold mines, but taking a dislike to the work, he secured employment on a ranch where he was employed until 1875. He then rented 3,000 acres of land in partnership with Henry Cooper, with whom he raised crops of wheat and barley for two years. His first year's work was a total loss; the hot winds coming and destroying the crops. Time was extended to them, however, and with help from their creditors, they made good during the second year, and were able to clear $1.500 each above all indebtedness. Mr. Bell then sold his half interest in the lease to a Mr. Goble, and returned home for a visit. It was well that he did so because his former partner and Mr. Goble went broke that same year on account of hot winds and another drought. After a six months' visit among the old home scenes he went to Newton county, Missouri, and bought 200 acres of land, including forty acres of timber, which was partly improved by two small log cabins. In 1878 he rented his Newton county farm, and spent the season in logging and clearing his forty-acre tract of timber. He again moved to his farm in the following autumn, and remained tilling his acreage until 1881, at which time he sold out and came directly to Nemaha county, Kansas. On his way he drove 100 head of cattle which he traded for 140 acres of land and assumed a mortgage of $1.000. The first farm which he owned in this county had a frame house of five rooms and a barn 16x20 feet. He rented this farm to his brother, William, for a year, and then returned to Missouri and worked out by the month. At the end of a year, he again came to Nemaha county and traded his farm to John Boxwell for too acres near Oneida, Boxwell assuming the $1,000 mortgage. He erected a nine room house with two cellars underneath at a cost of $1,800 and built a barn 50x32 feet. A cyclone came along in 1896 and entirely destroyed his barn and damaged his house to the extent of $500, the strong wind tearing down the chimneys and denuding the walls of plastering. Strange to relate, one of his horses, which was in the barn, escaped injury. Mr. Bell soon repaired the damage to the premises, and resided on the place until Iqoi. In the meantime, in 1895, he had purchased 160 acres which adjoined his first farm, and, in 1896, added eighty acres, and in 1901, bought 120 acres also adjoining. He erected two barns. 52x46 feet and 32x52 feet in dimensions, and also built an eight-room house, which is the present residence. This fine home is modernized and fitted with electric lights in all buildings on the place. Mr. Bell is an extensive dealer in Shorthorn cattle, and deals in feeders and stockers. He is one of the largest cattlemen in Nemaha county. The last addition which he made to his holdings was a tract of 160 acres in Adams township, and he now owns 625 acres in all. Mr. Bell was married, in 1879, to Miss Lottie Cawyer, born in Missouri in 1861, and who departed this life in 1880, leaving one child. Mrs. Bertha Hoops, who lives in Montgomery county, Kansas, and has six children. In 1882, Mr. Bell married Miss Maggie Ouimby, who has borne him six children, as follows: Mrs. Bessie Lenhart, Rock Spring, Wy.; Abbie; Hilbert C.; Edna; Wayne, and Orville. Mrs. Bell was born in Wayne county, Illinois, March 10, 1866, and came with her parents to Missouri in 1878. Charles H. Bell is a Republican in politics, and he and Mrs. Bell are affiliated fraternally with the Knights and Ladies of Security. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Bell has the very remarkable record of having never been sick, and is strong and hearty at the age of seventy-one years. During the past forty years the doctor's bill for medical services for his family has not exceeded fifty dollars. ************************************* Charles Hilbert Bell's siblings: Susannah Bell 1830-1930 George S Bell 1833- Sarah Ann Bell Robinson 1833-1911 Nancy Jane Bell Titterington 1834-1924 Eliza Catherine Bell Love 1835-1921 Mary Minerva Bell Stringer 1836-1927 Steward Harlow Bell 1838-1926 Morton Bell 1840- Alvyra Addie Bell 1840- William Marion Bell 1842-1911 Martha Hanna Bell Stuckey1842-1949 Jacob Harrison Bell 1843-1931 John Putman Bell 1847-1946

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Charles Hilbert Bell's memorial is located at: First Presbyterian Churchyard, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, USA.
When did Charles Hilbert Bell death?
Charles Hilbert Bell death on 17 Mar 1931 in Nemaha County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 40.3240280
Longitude: -74.0604477

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Maggie Quimby Bell

(1866 - 1952)

Children

Abbie Cleo Bell McFall

(1892 - 1961)

SMN Hilbert Charles Bell

(1895 - 1918)

Edna Olive Bell McFall

(1899 - 1926)

Wayne Harris Bell

(1901 - 1941)

Orville E. Bell

(1905 - 1996)

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