John Reason Bell was the son of Simeon Bell and Nancy Graybeal. Simeon and Nancy were the parents of six children: John Reason who married Mary Melinda Scott, three children born between 1850 and 1862 died in infancy and were not named, William Schuyler who married Eliza C. Oxley, and Elizabeth Estella who married Abraham C. Enfield.
John and Mary Melinda Scott were married 21 Jan 1873 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and too this union were born 9 children: Irene Maude, Nellie Alice, infant son born 8 Aug 1880 (this child died in infancy and was buried in Grant Township, Polk County, Iowa), Leroy Ernest, Herbert Harrison, Glen Samuel, Geneva Minerva, and Laura Eugenia.
THE MAXWELL IOWA TRIBUNE; Maxwell; Iowa; Feb 23, 1933; "MAXWELL PIONEER SUMMONED John Bell, 84, died Monday morning at the home of his son, Roy Bell, following an illness of two weeks from asthma which developed into pneumonia. Mr. Bell is a real pioneer of Maxwell, having lived practically all his life in this vicinity. The last few years of his life have been spent with his son, Roy, in this community and with his two sons, Glen and Burt Bell, in Des Moines. Besides the three sons he leaves four daughters, Mrs. J. F. Conner, of Hazel South Dakota, Mrs, Walter Backus, of Ankeny, Mrs. Charles Byers of Mitchellville, and Mrs. Nellie Miller of Missouri, and one sister, Mrs. A. C. Enfield, of this place. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. B. H. Guthrie, were held Wednesday afternoon a 2 o'clock at Peoria. Interment took place in the Peoria cemetery."
John and Mary Melinda Scott were married 21 Jan 1873 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and too this union were born 9 children: Irene Maude, Nellie Alice, infant son born 8 Aug 1880 (this child died in infancy and was buried in Grant Township, Polk County, Iowa), Leroy Ernest, Herbert Harrison, Glen Samuel, Geneva Minerva, and Laura Eugenia.
THE MAXWELL IOWA TRIBUNE; Maxwell; Iowa; Feb 23, 1933; "MAXWELL PIONEER SUMMONED John Bell, 84, died Monday morning at the home of his son, Roy Bell, following an illness of two weeks from asthma which developed into pneumonia. Mr. Bell is a real pioneer of Maxwell, having lived practically all his life in this vicinity. The last few years of his life have been spent with his son, Roy, in this community and with his two sons, Glen and Burt Bell, in Des Moines. Besides the three sons he leaves four daughters, Mrs. J. F. Conner, of Hazel South Dakota, Mrs, Walter Backus, of Ankeny, Mrs. Charles Byers of Mitchellville, and Mrs. Nellie Miller of Missouri, and one sister, Mrs. A. C. Enfield, of this place. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. B. H. Guthrie, were held Wednesday afternoon a 2 o'clock at Peoria. Interment took place in the Peoria cemetery."
John Reason Bell was the son of Simeon Bell and Nancy Graybeal. Simeon and Nancy were the parents of six children: John Reason who married Mary Melinda Scott, three children born between 1850 and 1862 died in infancy and were not named, William Schuyler who married Eliza C. Oxley, and Elizabeth Estella who married Abraham C. Enfield.
John and Mary Melinda Scott were married 21 Jan 1873 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and too this union were born 9 children: Irene Maude, Nellie Alice, infant son born 8 Aug 1880 (this child died in infancy and was buried in Grant Township, Polk County, Iowa), Leroy Ernest, Herbert Harrison, Glen Samuel, Geneva Minerva, and Laura Eugenia.
THE MAXWELL IOWA TRIBUNE; Maxwell; Iowa; Feb 23, 1933; "MAXWELL PIONEER SUMMONED John Bell, 84, died Monday morning at the home of his son, Roy Bell, following an illness of two weeks from asthma which developed into pneumonia. Mr. Bell is a real pioneer of Maxwell, having lived practically all his life in this vicinity. The last few years of his life have been spent with his son, Roy, in this community and with his two sons, Glen and Burt Bell, in Des Moines. Besides the three sons he leaves four daughters, Mrs. J. F. Conner, of Hazel South Dakota, Mrs, Walter Backus, of Ankeny, Mrs. Charles Byers of Mitchellville, and Mrs. Nellie Miller of Missouri, and one sister, Mrs. A. C. Enfield, of this place. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. B. H. Guthrie, were held Wednesday afternoon a 2 o'clock at Peoria. Interment took place in the Peoria cemetery."
John and Mary Melinda Scott were married 21 Jan 1873 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and too this union were born 9 children: Irene Maude, Nellie Alice, infant son born 8 Aug 1880 (this child died in infancy and was buried in Grant Township, Polk County, Iowa), Leroy Ernest, Herbert Harrison, Glen Samuel, Geneva Minerva, and Laura Eugenia.
THE MAXWELL IOWA TRIBUNE; Maxwell; Iowa; Feb 23, 1933; "MAXWELL PIONEER SUMMONED John Bell, 84, died Monday morning at the home of his son, Roy Bell, following an illness of two weeks from asthma which developed into pneumonia. Mr. Bell is a real pioneer of Maxwell, having lived practically all his life in this vicinity. The last few years of his life have been spent with his son, Roy, in this community and with his two sons, Glen and Burt Bell, in Des Moines. Besides the three sons he leaves four daughters, Mrs. J. F. Conner, of Hazel South Dakota, Mrs, Walter Backus, of Ankeny, Mrs. Charles Byers of Mitchellville, and Mrs. Nellie Miller of Missouri, and one sister, Mrs. A. C. Enfield, of this place. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. B. H. Guthrie, were held Wednesday afternoon a 2 o'clock at Peoria. Interment took place in the Peoria cemetery."
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