John Henderson Bell and Mary Sigler
Husband John Henderson Bell 1 2 3
Born: 13 Nov 1791 - Derry (later Decatur) Twp, Mifflin Co, PA 3 4 Christened: Died: 8 Jun 1838 - Decatur Twp, Mifflin Co, PA 4 5 Buried: - Vira Presbyterian Cemetery, Vira, Mifflin Co, PA
Father: William Bell (Abt 1762/1767-1827) 6 7 Mother: Margaret "Peggy" McCartney (Bef 1772-1842) 6 7
Marriage: 22 Aug 1810 4
Wife Mary Sigler 3 4
Born: 6 Jan 1792 - Mifflin Co, PA 3 4 Christened: Died: 19 Jun 1857 - Mifflin Co, PA 4 8 Buried: - Vira Presbyterian Cemetery, Vira, Mifflin Co, PA
Father: George Sigler, Jr. (1762-1821) 4 9 Mother: Elizabeth Bunn (1768-1811) 4 9
Children
1 M George Bell 3 4
Born: 3 Jan or 31 Jan 1812 3 10 Christened: Died: 23 Nov 1814 10 11 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 M William Sigler Bell 3 4
Born: 18 Jul 1813 3 10 Christened: Died: 16 Jan 1893 10 11 Buried: - Vira Presbyterian Cemetery, Vira, Mifflin Co, PASpouse: Keziah Beatty (1819/1820-1887) 10 12 Marr: 1837 10 12
3 F Matilda Elizabeth Bell 3 4
Born: 17 May 1815 3 10 Christened: Died: 28 Oct 1884 - Vira, Mifflin Co, PA 10 11 Buried:Spouse: Stephen Andrew Hinds (1812-1867) 10 12 Marr: 22 Dec 1836 10 12
4 M George Thompson Bell 3 4
AKA: Thompson George Bell 3 Born: 12 Jan 1817 3 10 Christened: Died: 28 Sep 1889 - Vira, Mifflin Co, PA 10 Buried: - Vira Methodist Cemetery, Vira, Mifflin Co, PASpouse: Priscilla Martin (1817-1851) 10 12 Marr: 7 Oct 1841 10 11Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Anderson (1829-1907) 10 11 Marr: 3 Jun 1852 10 11
5 M James Foster Bell 3 4
Born: 14 Nov 1818 3 10 Christened: Died: 3 Jun 1821 10 11 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 F Sibella Margaret Bell 3 4
Born: 1 Nov 1820 3 10 Christened: Died: 12 Dec 1858 10 11 Buried:Spouse: Robert Martin Kinsloe (1819-1890) 10 12 Marr: 11 May 1841 10 11
7 F Sarah Bell 3 4
Born: 2 Jan 1823 3 10 Christened: Died: 8 Mar 1910 - Hammond, Piatt Co, IL 10 13 Buried:Spouse: Francis "Frank" Martin (1822-1904) 10 12 Marr: 3 Dec 1844 10 13
8 F Mary Jane Bell 3 4
Born: 3 Jan 1825 3 14 Christened: Died: 25 Mar 1891 13 14 Buried:Spouse: Preston Blackburn Knight (1818-1888) 12 14 Marr: 1855 - Illinois 13 14
9 M John McCartney Bell 3 14 15 16
Born: 21 Dec 1826 3 14 Christened: Died: 3 Jul 1887 13 14 Buried: - Mt. Union, Huntingdon Co, PASpouse: Henrietta Haller (1822-1897) 12 14 15 16 Marr: 6 Apr 1849 13 15
10 F Ann Eliza Bell 3 4
Born: 29 Jan 1829 3 14 Christened: Died: 12 Jul 1844 13 14 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
11 F Amanda Ellen Bell 1 3 4
Born: 27 Jan 1831 3 14 Christened: Died: 13 Aug 1852 1 13 14 Buried:Spouse: James Hamilton Alexander (1819-1893) 12 14 17 Marr: 24 May 1849 1 13 14
12 F Adaline Bell 3 4
Born: 7 Apr 1833 3 14 Christened: Died: 2 Jun 1906 13 14 Buried:Spouse: Henry Haller (1828-1899) 12 14 Marr: 1 Mar 1853 13 14
General Notes: Husband - John Henderson Bell
Little Valley, Mifflin Co, PA
He purchased his father's old farm from his brothers and sisters.
Thompson G. Bell wrote of his father: "My father, John H. Bell, when married, settled on a tract of land given to my mother by her father, George Sigler. He built a stone house on the farm (1825), which was later owned by William S. Bell. Here he lived and raised his family, giving them the best that a common school system could. He purchased besides the old homestead of his father near Belltown and died June 8th, 1838, only 46½ years old.
"He was, as he told me himself, clearly and satisfactorily converted about the time of the death of his first child (George) and never after doubted the change. He and Mother connected with the Presbyterian Church at Kelley (Vira), then a strong church and indeed all the church there was from Belltown to Ferguson Valley. He was a good Christian man always wherever he went. He was an active worker in the church and a leading man in the community where he lived, always looking out and doing work for the Master. When he was leading prayer meetings, he would always exhort those present with great earnestness. His home was always a quiet retreat for ministers of all denominations. He was Superintendent of the first Sabbath School at Kelley in 1828.
"He was a man of prayer. Often have I gone to the barn in the morning and found him in secret prayer in the feed entry. He was not one of those who attended to family prayer on the Sabbath, but regularly morning and evening his voice was heard in reading the Scriptures and prayer and praise to God.
"My father was among the first to sign the temperance pledge at Kelley under the management and control of Rev. William Annan then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church. This was in 1830. Many would tauntingly say to those that signed. 'Where will you get your harvest hands?' But those heroic men were not driven back by the taunts of the fearful and the hesitating. Where duty called they would go. Father was one."
He was an ardent supporter of private subscription schools and in 1834 after the establishment of the public schools, he became one of the first school directors.
A simple stone marks his grave in the Vira Presbyterian cemetery.
1 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 61.
2 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 11, 16.
3 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 35.
4 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 11.
5 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 48.
6 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 9, 11.
7 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 43.
8 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 42.
9 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 40.
10 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 17.
11 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 60.
12 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 37.
13 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 61.
14 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 18.
15 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 73.
16 Ella Campbell Slagle Nichols, Family Record (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately published, 1914).
17
John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 55.
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