James Bell

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Husband James Bell ¹

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           Died: 1826
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         Father: William Bell (Cir 1782/1788-1878) 2
         Mother: Catherine McChain (      -Abt 1838) 1

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General Notes: Husband - James Bell

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His father emigrated to Quebec in 1826 and on the passage James died, and as the vessel was followed by sharks the superstitious sailors refused to have the corpse buried at sea. The body was carried aboard for four days and finally cast overboard at the entrance of the St. Lawrence river, in latitude 46 degrees.

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1012.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1012, 1090.