William Bell and Mary Lower

---

---

Husband William Bell ¹

---

           Born: 9 Jan 1842 - Adams Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 May 1876 1
         Buried: 

---

         Father: William Bell (1799-1841) 1
         Mother: Nancy Sandow (      -      ) 1

---

       Marriage: 

---

---

Wife Mary Lower ¹

---

           Born: 13 Mar 1849 - Adams Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Jacob F. Lower (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Eliza Thomas (      -      ) 1

---

---

Children

---

1 M Dr. Harry Jacob Bell ^{2 3 4}

---

           Born: 11 Mar 1868 - Arendtsville, Adams Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Helen M. Reed (1869-      ) 2 4 5
           Marr: 28 Oct 1896 5

---

2 F Emma Grace Bell ¹

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Harry King (      -1901) 1

---

3 M George W. Bell ¹

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1918 1
 Cause of Death: Accident
         Buried: 

---

---

General Notes: Husband - William Bell

---

After completing a public school education he worked with his father in the grist mill until November 5, 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, 101st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry for service in the Civil War. Serving at first as a private, he was promoted to corporal, sergeant and sergeant major and eventually received a commission as first lieutenant for "gallant and meritorious conduct." When his term of enlistment expired in 1864 he re-enlisted for three years or for the duration of the war, and in April, 1864, he was captured at Plymouth, North Carolina. For ten months he was confined in the prison at Andersonville and being then exchanged, he was honorably discharged at Newbern, North Carolina, on January 25, 1865, and returned home broken in health. He never recovered from the rigors of prison life, but, although a partial invalid, worked at his trade as a miller for the rest of his life. He was a Republican and a Lutheran.

1 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 59.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 321.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 58.

4 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 125.

5 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 60.