Anna Forest Young was born September 8, 1860 in Wishaw, Scotland, the daughter of Gavin Young III & Mary Gray Millar Young. Her family immigrated to the US about 1872 settling for a brief time in PA before moving to MD. Anna married Adam Elliot Bell, son of William & Maria Elliot Bell, in January of 1882 in Franklin, Maryland. They moved to Rock Springs, Wyoming in 1884. They were the parents of seven children (one son & six daughters): Mary Gray Bell, Maria Jane Bell, Anna Forest Bell, Ella Bell, William Elliot Bell, Ida Mae Bell and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bell. Adam and Anna were divorced sometime before 1910, and Anna raised her children alone from that point. Anna died August 19, 1932 in Ogden, Utah. Her obituary states that the funeral cortage was the largest ever seen in Green River, Wyoming at that time.
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Rock Springs Rocket, Aug 25, 1932
Anna F. Bell Dies Friday Following Lingering Illness
Daughter of Pioneer Residents of This City
Mrs. Anna Bell of Green River, 72, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Logan, in Ogden, at 11:10 a.m. Friday. She had been seriously ill for several days and members of her family were called to her bedside. Her four daughters and one son, with two of her sisters, were with her at the time of her death.
Mrs. Bell was an old time resident of Sweetwater county and was the eldest daughter of a well known pioneer family, Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Young Sr. Her early life was spent in Rock Springs where her parents lived the greater part of their lives. In early womanhood she married Adam Bell and then went to Green River to live. Mr. Bell preceded her in death by several years.
She is survived by four daughters and one son. Her daughters are Mrs. G.B. Philbrick of Green River; Mrs. Guy Snider and Mrs. Robert Logan of Ogden; Mrs. Chas. Stine of San Bernardino, Calif. Her son is William Bell who resides in Canada. She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Albert Walters and Mrs. Robert Guy of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Rachael Armbuster of Chanute, Kan.; also three brothers, William Young, Seattle; John Young, Los Angeles, and Thomas Young, of Rock Springs.
Funeral services were conducted at Masonic Temple in Green River at 2:00 o'clock Monday afternoon. Interment was in Mountain View cemetery, Rock Springs, under direction of the Wildermuth mortuary.
(Above obituary kindly sent by contributor Angela Cable)
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Rock Springs Rocket, Aug 25, 1932
Anna F. Bell Dies Friday Following Lingering Illness
Daughter of Pioneer Residents of This City
Mrs. Anna Bell of Green River, 72, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Logan, in Ogden, at 11:10 a.m. Friday. She had been seriously ill for several days and members of her family were called to her bedside. Her four daughters and one son, with two of her sisters, were with her at the time of her death.
Mrs. Bell was an old time resident of Sweetwater county and was the eldest daughter of a well known pioneer family, Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Young Sr. Her early life was spent in Rock Springs where her parents lived the greater part of their lives. In early womanhood she married Adam Bell and then went to Green River to live. Mr. Bell preceded her in death by several years.
She is survived by four daughters and one son. Her daughters are Mrs. G.B. Philbrick of Green River; Mrs. Guy Snider and Mrs. Robert Logan of Ogden; Mrs. Chas. Stine of San Bernardino, Calif. Her son is William Bell who resides in Canada. She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Albert Walters and Mrs. Robert Guy of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Rachael Armbuster of Chanute, Kan.; also three brothers, William Young, Seattle; John Young, Los Angeles, and Thomas Young, of Rock Springs.
Funeral services were conducted at Masonic Temple in Green River at 2:00 o'clock Monday afternoon. Interment was in Mountain View cemetery, Rock Springs, under direction of the Wildermuth mortuary.
(Above obituary kindly sent by contributor Angela Cable)
Anna Forest Young was born September 8, 1860 in Wishaw, Scotland, the daughter of Gavin Young III & Mary Gray Millar Young. Her family immigrated to the US about 1872 settling for a brief time in PA before moving to MD. Anna married Adam Elliot Bell, son of William & Maria Elliot Bell, in January of 1882 in Franklin, Maryland. They moved to Rock Springs, Wyoming in 1884. They were the parents of seven children (one son & six daughters): Mary Gray Bell, Maria Jane Bell, Anna Forest Bell, Ella Bell, William Elliot Bell, Ida Mae Bell and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bell. Adam and Anna were divorced sometime before 1910, and Anna raised her children alone from that point. Anna died August 19, 1932 in Ogden, Utah. Her obituary states that the funeral cortage was the largest ever seen in Green River, Wyoming at that time.
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Rock Springs Rocket, Aug 25, 1932
Anna F. Bell Dies Friday Following Lingering Illness
Daughter of Pioneer Residents of This City
Mrs. Anna Bell of Green River, 72, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Logan, in Ogden, at 11:10 a.m. Friday. She had been seriously ill for several days and members of her family were called to her bedside. Her four daughters and one son, with two of her sisters, were with her at the time of her death.
Mrs. Bell was an old time resident of Sweetwater county and was the eldest daughter of a well known pioneer family, Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Young Sr. Her early life was spent in Rock Springs where her parents lived the greater part of their lives. In early womanhood she married Adam Bell and then went to Green River to live. Mr. Bell preceded her in death by several years.
She is survived by four daughters and one son. Her daughters are Mrs. G.B. Philbrick of Green River; Mrs. Guy Snider and Mrs. Robert Logan of Ogden; Mrs. Chas. Stine of San Bernardino, Calif. Her son is William Bell who resides in Canada. She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Albert Walters and Mrs. Robert Guy of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Rachael Armbuster of Chanute, Kan.; also three brothers, William Young, Seattle; John Young, Los Angeles, and Thomas Young, of Rock Springs.
Funeral services were conducted at Masonic Temple in Green River at 2:00 o'clock Monday afternoon. Interment was in Mountain View cemetery, Rock Springs, under direction of the Wildermuth mortuary.
(Above obituary kindly sent by contributor Angela Cable)
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Rock Springs Rocket, Aug 25, 1932
Anna F. Bell Dies Friday Following Lingering Illness
Daughter of Pioneer Residents of This City
Mrs. Anna Bell of Green River, 72, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Logan, in Ogden, at 11:10 a.m. Friday. She had been seriously ill for several days and members of her family were called to her bedside. Her four daughters and one son, with two of her sisters, were with her at the time of her death.
Mrs. Bell was an old time resident of Sweetwater county and was the eldest daughter of a well known pioneer family, Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Young Sr. Her early life was spent in Rock Springs where her parents lived the greater part of their lives. In early womanhood she married Adam Bell and then went to Green River to live. Mr. Bell preceded her in death by several years.
She is survived by four daughters and one son. Her daughters are Mrs. G.B. Philbrick of Green River; Mrs. Guy Snider and Mrs. Robert Logan of Ogden; Mrs. Chas. Stine of San Bernardino, Calif. Her son is William Bell who resides in Canada. She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Albert Walters and Mrs. Robert Guy of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Rachael Armbuster of Chanute, Kan.; also three brothers, William Young, Seattle; John Young, Los Angeles, and Thomas Young, of Rock Springs.
Funeral services were conducted at Masonic Temple in Green River at 2:00 o'clock Monday afternoon. Interment was in Mountain View cemetery, Rock Springs, under direction of the Wildermuth mortuary.
(Above obituary kindly sent by contributor Angela Cable)
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