Isaac Osmer Bell and Mellissa Mae Rockwell

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Husband Isaac Osmer Bell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 11 Feb 1892 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: 5 Oct 1974 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Charles Harvey Bell (1845-1925) 2
         Mother: Leah Rachel Osmer (1856-1935) 2

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       Marriage: 23 Feb 1917 - ? Venango Co, PA 1

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Wife Mellissa Mae Rockwell

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            AKA: Melissa May Rockwell 1
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Children

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1 M Isaac O. Bell, Jr.

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           Born: 9 Jan 1919 - Rockland, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 9 Feb 1985 - St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co, FL
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         Spouse: May Whittaker (      -      )

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2 F Clara Louise Bell ¹

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         Spouse: Walter Campasino (      -      )

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3 F Connie Bell

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         Spouse: Glenn Yingling (      -      )

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4 M Eugene Rockwell Bell ¹

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5 F Inez [Unk]

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           Died: Bef Feb 1985
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         Status: Foster Child

         Spouse: Walter Lewis (      -      )

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6 F Cornelia Lucille Bell ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Isaac Osmer Bell

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Public and high schools of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, pro­vided Isaac Osmer Bell's early formal education, and in young manhood he started work in the oil industry as a helper with a drilling contractor's organization. Later he turned his attention to the mercantile business at Barrs Corners, in Rockland Township, operating a gen­eral store there for six years. Entering upon his activities in the gas fields, he remained so engaged for two years. Then, in 1926, he was elected tax collector and assessor, offices that he held for twelve years. In 1937 he was elected Venango County's sheriff. He continues as sheriff today, and has proven himself a gifted law enforcement officer, devoted to the best interests of his constituents.
In his political views Mr. Bell was a Republican. He be­longed to the Kiwanis Club and to the Free and Accepted Masons. In the Masonic Order he was affiliated with Emlenton Lodge, Oil City Lodge of Perfection, Franklin Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and New Castle Con­sistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. Aside from his regular duties, Mr. Bell devoted his attention to the rais­ing of beagle hounds, and some of his dogs won ribbons and high honors. Mr. Bell was a steward in the Methodist Church.

The Derrick, Oil City, PA
Oct 7, 1974
Isaac Bell, Former County Sheriff, Dies
TITUSVILLE — Isaac Osmer Bell, 82, of 519 N. Washington St., sheriff of Venango County from 1938 to 1942, died at 9:30 pm Saturday in Titusville Hospital where he had been a patient for two days.
Mr. Bell at one time was tax collector in Rockland and Richland townships, Venango County.
He retired from Struthers-Wells in Titusville 19 years ago. He first was employed at the plant in 1942 during World War II as a guard and later worked in the assembly department.
Born in Rockland Township February 11, 1892, he was a son of the late Harvey and Rachel Osmer Bell.
He and the former Mae Rockwell were married February 23, 1917, at Greenville. Mrs. Bell died March 9, 1974.
Mr. Bell was a member of the Franklin United Methodist Church. He also was a member of Allegheny Valley Lodge 552, F. & A.M., in Emlenton, Venango Lodge of Perfection in Oil City, New Castle Consistory and Venango Chapter of Royal Arch Masons.
He was a life member and past president of the Oil Creek Beagle Club.
Mr. Bell is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Walter (Louise) Campasino of Titusville and Mrs. Glenn (Connie) Yingling of Newark Valley, N.Y.; two sons, I. O. Bell Jr. of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Eugene R. Bell of Marion, Ind.; a foster daughter, Mrs. Walter (Inez) Lewis of Bloomsburg; eight grand-children, four great-grandchildren and three nieces.
Three brothers and three sisters are deceased.
Friends may call at the Gordon E. Garrett Funeral Home at 303 N. Washington St., Titusville, this afternoon and evening and any time Tuesday prior to the funeral services at 3:30 pm in the funeral home.
Rev. Lynn A. Shindledecker, pastor of the Titusville United Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the Franklin Cemetery.

SSDI: BELL, ISAAC 11 Feb 1892 Oct 1974 82 16354 (Titusville, Crawford, PA) (none specified) Pennsylvania 190-16-6064

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General Notes: Wife - Mellissa Mae Rockwell

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from Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA

Possible SSDI: BELL, MAE 16 Mar 1894 Mar 1974 79-80 16354 (Titusville, Crawford, PA) (none specified) Pennsylvania 169-50-9958

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 307.

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