Charles H. Bell is son of US Congressman General John Scudder Bell and wife Margaret Masten.
Charles' father was the first mayor of Lower Sandusky, and also the first in the same office of the city of Fremont, to which position he was repeatedly reelected. For three or four terms he served the people as probate judge; also for a number of years he was a justice of the peace. In 1838 he was appointed postmaster, which position he held till 1844. Subsequently he was a member of the House of Representatives in the Ohio Legislature, to which he was several times re-elected; and afterwards, in 1851, elected to Congress. During the Toledo war of 1835, Mr. Bell was the commander of the Ohio forces, being at that time a major-general of the State militia, having received his commission March 1, 1834.
On the 28th of March, 1816, Charles' father John was married to Miss Margaret Masten, of Greene county. The family comprised four children, three sons and one daughter.
Biography excerpts from "History of Sandusky County Ohio With Portraits and Biographies of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers-H.Z. Williams & Bro. Cleveland Ohio 1882"
Charles H. Bell is son of US Congressman General John Scudder Bell and wife Margaret Masten.
Charles' father was the first mayor of Lower Sandusky, and also the first in the same office of the city of Fremont, to which position he was repeatedly reelected. For three or four terms he served the people as probate judge; also for a number of years he was a justice of the peace. In 1838 he was appointed postmaster, which position he held till 1844. Subsequently he was a member of the House of Representatives in the Ohio Legislature, to which he was several times re-elected; and afterwards, in 1851, elected to Congress. During the Toledo war of 1835, Mr. Bell was the commander of the Ohio forces, being at that time a major-general of the State militia, having received his commission March 1, 1834.
On the 28th of March, 1816, Charles' father John was married to Miss Margaret Masten, of Greene county. The family comprised four children, three sons and one daughter.
Biography excerpts from "History of Sandusky County Ohio With Portraits and Biographies of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers-H.Z. Williams & Bro. Cleveland Ohio 1882"
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