Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Sigler Bell and Keziah Beatty




Husband William Sigler Bell 1 2

           Born: 18 Jul 1813 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jan 1893 3 4
         Buried:  - Vira Presbyterian Cemetery, Vira, Mifflin Co, PA


         Father: John Henderson Bell (1791-1838) 2 5 6
         Mother: Mary Sigler (1792-1857) 1 2


       Marriage: 1837 3 7



Wife Keziah Beatty 3 7

           Born: 30 Aug 1819 or 1820 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jan 1887 3 4
         Buried: 


         Father: John Beatty (      -      ) 4 8
         Mother: Nancy Glass (      -      ) 4 9




Children
1 F Nancy Jane Bell 3 4

           Born: 11 Nov 1837 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jan 1839 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 M John Howard Bell 3 4

           Born: 1 Nov 1839 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Mar 1884 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Eliza Ann Martin (1837-1906) 10
           Marr: 15 Dec 1863 10


3 F Mary Hemans Bell 3 4

           Born: 12 Nov 1842 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Jun 1892 4
         Buried: 



4 M James Clark Bell 3 4

           Born: 13 Mar 1847 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Jan 1928 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Ann Beashor (1849-1922) 11
           Marr: 16 Jan 1872 11
         Spouse: Charlotte Wike (1897-      ) 11
           Marr: 1923 11



General Notes: Husband - William Sigler Bell


He purchased his father's farm and lived on it for many years. The stone house erected in 1825 was still standing in good condition well into the twentieth century.
He was a staunch Presbyterian all his life; a good singer, possessing a tenor voice of unusual sweetness; a leader of the singing in his church for years.

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Sources


1 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 11.

2 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 35.

3 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 17.

4 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 60.

5 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 61.

6 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 11, 16.

7 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 37.

8 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 67.

9 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 69.

10 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 62.

11 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 63.


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