Edward Wells Bell, B.A. 1864.
Born December 23, 1841, in Marlborough, Conn. Died August 11, 1932, in Springdale, Conn.
Father, Rev. Hiram Bell (B.A. Williams 1836; graduate Theological Institute of Connecticut 1839), a Congregational minister in Marlborough, Westchester, and Killingworth, Conn.; son of John and Margaret (Brown) Bell, of Antrim, N. H.
Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Wells) Bell; daughter of Noah and Dimmis Wells, of Liberty, N. Y.
Peekskill Academy. Entered Yale as a Junior; member Linonia and Alpha Delta Phi.
Taught Latin and German at Peekskill Academy in 1864; spent greater part of the next two years in travel on account of his health; private tutor in New York City 1866-67; citation clerk for Austin Abbott (B.A. New York University 1851), author of Abbott's Digest, in New York in 1867, LL.B. Columbia 1&70; practiced law in New York City 1871-1887 and 1889-1897, part of this time with firm of Dillon & Swain; engaged in farming at Marlborough 1887-89; assistant general attorney, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York City, 1897-1907; engaged in farming again at Marlborough 1907-1927; a director of American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, and Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company; had been elder, president of board of trustees, and treasurer of Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church Brooklyn; member New York State and New York City Bar associations, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Statistical Association, Sons of the American Revolution, and Marlborough Congregational Church.
Married January 15, 1867, in Marlborough, Julia Emily Skinner (M.D. New York Medical College and Hospital for Women 1872), daughter of Prentice Buckley and Hannah Emiline (Smith) Skinner.
No children.
Mrs. Bell died July 8, 1927.
Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Buried in Westchester Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
Survived by a sister, Mrs. Margaret Bell Swan, of Springdale.
Born December 23, 1841, in Marlborough, Conn. Died August 11, 1932, in Springdale, Conn.
Father, Rev. Hiram Bell (B.A. Williams 1836; graduate Theological Institute of Connecticut 1839), a Congregational minister in Marlborough, Westchester, and Killingworth, Conn.; son of John and Margaret (Brown) Bell, of Antrim, N. H.
Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Wells) Bell; daughter of Noah and Dimmis Wells, of Liberty, N. Y.
Peekskill Academy. Entered Yale as a Junior; member Linonia and Alpha Delta Phi.
Taught Latin and German at Peekskill Academy in 1864; spent greater part of the next two years in travel on account of his health; private tutor in New York City 1866-67; citation clerk for Austin Abbott (B.A. New York University 1851), author of Abbott's Digest, in New York in 1867, LL.B. Columbia 1&70; practiced law in New York City 1871-1887 and 1889-1897, part of this time with firm of Dillon & Swain; engaged in farming at Marlborough 1887-89; assistant general attorney, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York City, 1897-1907; engaged in farming again at Marlborough 1907-1927; a director of American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, and Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company; had been elder, president of board of trustees, and treasurer of Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church Brooklyn; member New York State and New York City Bar associations, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Statistical Association, Sons of the American Revolution, and Marlborough Congregational Church.
Married January 15, 1867, in Marlborough, Julia Emily Skinner (M.D. New York Medical College and Hospital for Women 1872), daughter of Prentice Buckley and Hannah Emiline (Smith) Skinner.
No children.
Mrs. Bell died July 8, 1927.
Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Buried in Westchester Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
Survived by a sister, Mrs. Margaret Bell Swan, of Springdale.
Edward Wells Bell, B.A. 1864.
Born December 23, 1841, in Marlborough, Conn. Died August 11, 1932, in Springdale, Conn.
Father, Rev. Hiram Bell (B.A. Williams 1836; graduate Theological Institute of Connecticut 1839), a Congregational minister in Marlborough, Westchester, and Killingworth, Conn.; son of John and Margaret (Brown) Bell, of Antrim, N. H.
Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Wells) Bell; daughter of Noah and Dimmis Wells, of Liberty, N. Y.
Peekskill Academy. Entered Yale as a Junior; member Linonia and Alpha Delta Phi.
Taught Latin and German at Peekskill Academy in 1864; spent greater part of the next two years in travel on account of his health; private tutor in New York City 1866-67; citation clerk for Austin Abbott (B.A. New York University 1851), author of Abbott's Digest, in New York in 1867, LL.B. Columbia 1&70; practiced law in New York City 1871-1887 and 1889-1897, part of this time with firm of Dillon & Swain; engaged in farming at Marlborough 1887-89; assistant general attorney, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York City, 1897-1907; engaged in farming again at Marlborough 1907-1927; a director of American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, and Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company; had been elder, president of board of trustees, and treasurer of Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church Brooklyn; member New York State and New York City Bar associations, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Statistical Association, Sons of the American Revolution, and Marlborough Congregational Church.
Married January 15, 1867, in Marlborough, Julia Emily Skinner (M.D. New York Medical College and Hospital for Women 1872), daughter of Prentice Buckley and Hannah Emiline (Smith) Skinner.
No children.
Mrs. Bell died July 8, 1927.
Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Buried in Westchester Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
Survived by a sister, Mrs. Margaret Bell Swan, of Springdale.
Born December 23, 1841, in Marlborough, Conn. Died August 11, 1932, in Springdale, Conn.
Father, Rev. Hiram Bell (B.A. Williams 1836; graduate Theological Institute of Connecticut 1839), a Congregational minister in Marlborough, Westchester, and Killingworth, Conn.; son of John and Margaret (Brown) Bell, of Antrim, N. H.
Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Wells) Bell; daughter of Noah and Dimmis Wells, of Liberty, N. Y.
Peekskill Academy. Entered Yale as a Junior; member Linonia and Alpha Delta Phi.
Taught Latin and German at Peekskill Academy in 1864; spent greater part of the next two years in travel on account of his health; private tutor in New York City 1866-67; citation clerk for Austin Abbott (B.A. New York University 1851), author of Abbott's Digest, in New York in 1867, LL.B. Columbia 1&70; practiced law in New York City 1871-1887 and 1889-1897, part of this time with firm of Dillon & Swain; engaged in farming at Marlborough 1887-89; assistant general attorney, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York City, 1897-1907; engaged in farming again at Marlborough 1907-1927; a director of American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, and Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company; had been elder, president of board of trustees, and treasurer of Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church Brooklyn; member New York State and New York City Bar associations, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Statistical Association, Sons of the American Revolution, and Marlborough Congregational Church.
Married January 15, 1867, in Marlborough, Julia Emily Skinner (M.D. New York Medical College and Hospital for Women 1872), daughter of Prentice Buckley and Hannah Emiline (Smith) Skinner.
No children.
Mrs. Bell died July 8, 1927.
Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Buried in Westchester Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
Survived by a sister, Mrs. Margaret Bell Swan, of Springdale.
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