Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Alexander Bell and Ellen Stewart




Husband Alexander Bell 1 2

           Born: 23 May 1829 - Washington Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1901
         Buried:  - West Sunbury Union II Cemetery, Clay Twp, Butler Co, PA


         Father: William Bell (1788-1850) 1 2
         Mother: Catherine McKimmons (Abt 1791-1852) 1 2


       Marriage: 12 Sep 1854 1



Wife Ellen Stewart 1

            AKA: Elanor Stewart, Elenora Stewart 3
           Born: 28 Jun 1835 1
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           Died: 1915
         Buried:  - West Sunbury Union II Cemetery, Clay Twp, Butler Co, PA


         Father: James Stewart (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 1




Children
1 F Ada A. Bell 1

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2 F Amanda J. Bell 1

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3 M Thomas P. Bell 1 3

           Born: 1858 - Washington Twp, Butler Co, PA
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           Died: 1937
         Buried:  - West Sunbury Union II Cemetery, Clay Twp, Butler Co, PA



4 F Lizzie A. Bell 1

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5 F Emma C. Bell 1

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6 F Sarah L. Bell 1

            AKA: Sara L. Bell
           Born: 1862
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           Died: 1937
         Buried:  - West Sunbury Union II Cemetery, Clay Twp, Butler Co, PA



7 M Charles E. Bell 1

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8 M Edwin E. Bell 1

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9 F Jessie M. Bell 1

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         Spouse: Samuel Plummer Christie (1863-      ) 4


10 F Harriet E. Bell 1

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Bell


He was born on the family homestead in Washington township, Butler County, PA, and later inherited the property from his father. He always been engaged in farming, and eventually also in oil producing. He enlisted in Company A, Eighty-eighth Pennsyl­vania Volunteers, and served until the close of the Civil War, being present at the sur­render of Lee's army. Politically, he was a Democrat, but in his later years he supported the Prohibition party. He and his wife were members of the United Pres­byterian church.

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Sources


1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1291.

2 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 26.

3 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1206.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1442.


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