Mr. Moses Bell, an old pioneer of the northeast part of the county, departed this life October 14, 1893, aged 77 years, 1 month and 16 days. He was born August 28th, 1816 and moved from Guernsey County to Logan County, with his parents in 1835. He said that at that time there was no house closer than 2 or 3 miles, no road, and not a stick of timber cut unless for coon. He has told the writer that he could kill plenty of turkeys but deer was not large enough for him to shoot at. He was married to Julia A Amerine, May 4, 1840 and began housekeeping in a log house on the farm where he resided till his death. They lived in the log house till 1861, where he built a frame one. There were six children born to them: four sons and two daughers. The oldest, Mr John Bell, lives near Ridgeway. The second, Mrs Nancy Elliott, is the wife of Mr H H Elliot who lives one mile east of Walnut Grove. The third, Mr William I Bell died in New Orleans, LA in 1863. The fourth, Mrs. Swan Slonecker is the wife of Mr Henry Slonecker, who lives one mile south of Walnut Grove. The fifth, Mr. Phillip A. Bell, died March 31, 1885. The youngest Mr. Henry H. Bell, lives on the home place. We have heard Mr Bell say there were only eleven boters at the time fo the first election in Bokescreek township & Joseph Roberts was elected Justice of the Peace. As Mr. Bell was next to the youngest of a large family of children, he wa compelled to labor for the support of the younger children and we have heard him say, he had walked to the Austin Farm below East Liberty, and mowed all day with a scythe for fifty cents. He used to make sugar down on Bokescreek and he would carry the barrels down on horse back, and leave the sugar there till the ponds dried up so they could haul it our. He remembered when the Indians left reserve, north of the Greenville treaty line, and said he had talked with the chief at Zanesfield. Isaac Jones, an old hunter, used to stay with him when out on an expedition. Mr Bell was esteemed by many of the citizens of the county as an honest, upright man and a good citizen in every respect as a kind husband and benevelent [sic] father, and a good neighbor. Mr. Bell was always found true to his trust. His wife Mrs. Julia A. Bell preceded him, having departed this life March 31, 1892. FROM: Bellfontaine Republican, October 27, 1893
Mr. Moses Bell, an old pioneer of the northeast part of the county, departed this life October 14, 1893, aged 77 years, 1 month and 16 days. He was born August 28th, 1816 and moved from Guernsey County to Logan County, with his parents in 1835. He said that at that time there was no house closer than 2 or 3 miles, no road, and not a stick of timber cut unless for coon. He has told the writer that he could kill plenty of turkeys but deer was not large enough for him to shoot at. He was married to Julia A Amerine, May 4, 1840 and began housekeeping in a log house on the farm where he resided till his death. They lived in the log house till 1861, where he built a frame one. There were six children born to them: four sons and two daughers. The oldest, Mr John Bell, lives near Ridgeway. The second, Mrs Nancy Elliott, is the wife of Mr H H Elliot who lives one mile east of Walnut Grove. The third, Mr William I Bell died in New Orleans, LA in 1863. The fourth, Mrs. Swan Slonecker is the wife of Mr Henry Slonecker, who lives one mile south of Walnut Grove. The fifth, Mr. Phillip A. Bell, died March 31, 1885. The youngest Mr. Henry H. Bell, lives on the home place. We have heard Mr Bell say there were only eleven boters at the time fo the first election in Bokescreek township & Joseph Roberts was elected Justice of the Peace. As Mr. Bell was next to the youngest of a large family of children, he wa compelled to labor for the support of the younger children and we have heard him say, he had walked to the Austin Farm below East Liberty, and mowed all day with a scythe for fifty cents. He used to make sugar down on Bokescreek and he would carry the barrels down on horse back, and leave the sugar there till the ponds dried up so they could haul it our. He remembered when the Indians left reserve, north of the Greenville treaty line, and said he had talked with the chief at Zanesfield. Isaac Jones, an old hunter, used to stay with him when out on an expedition. Mr Bell was esteemed by many of the citizens of the county as an honest, upright man and a good citizen in every respect as a kind husband and benevelent [sic] father, and a good neighbor. Mr. Bell was always found true to his trust. His wife Mrs. Julia A. Bell preceded him, having departed this life March 31, 1892. FROM: Bellfontaine Republican, October 27, 1893
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