"DAVID S. BELL, who is a grandson of Robert Bell, was born near St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio, April 25, 1816, at four o'clock in the afternoon [...]
"John Bell, eldest son of Robert Bell [...] married Hannah Finch [...] To her marriage with Mr. Bell seven children were born in Belmont county, namely: [Robert, Jesse, Anna, John, Hannah, Enoch, and David S. The Bell family in the fall of 1817 moved to Bellville, Richland County, Ohio. The following year, John Bell purchased 260 acres in the county's Blooming Grove township. There, three more sons were born: Nathaniel, Stephen, and Joseph. ] In 1839 the family moved into Ripley township, Huron county, where Mrs. Bell died in 1856. The father died May 2, 1867, in Greenwich township, at the house of his son, David S., where he had resided the previous six years […]
"David S. Bell received a primary education in the early schools of Richland county, going many miles through the woods for even the little which was taught, and when seventeen years old began to learn the tanner's trade at Fitchville, under his brother John. Two years later he moved to New Haven, and worked there and in other settlements until the fall of 1835, when he moved to Steuben county, Ind., where he erected a sawmill. Early in 1836 he returned to Ohio, and on September 8, that year, married Emeline Slocum, who was born November 26, 1817, in Onondaga county, N. Y. To this marriage four children were born, of whom Charles F. is a wagon maker of Wood county, Ohio; Stephen, a farmer, and minister of the Christian Church in Logan county, Ohio; [David] Melvin, who enlisted in Company C, Sixty-Fifth O. V. I., and died in 1862, at Lebanon, Ky., of disease alleged to have been caused by poisoned maple sugar served to the troops, and John A., who died when five years old. The mother of this family died in 1860. After his marriage Mr. Bell moved to Steuben, Ind., establishing a tannery there, which he carried on until the spring of 1838, when he returned to Huron county and followed farming until the spring of 1863, at which time he located on the farm in Greenwich township, where he yet resides. In 1860 he married, for his second wife, Clarissa Stewart, who was born in Scott township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, February 28, 1830, daughter of Galbraith and Anna (Russell) Stewart. To this marriage two children were born: Cora E., who was first married to John Luxon, and is now Mrs. C. B. Benedict, of Ripley township, and Edwin S., a farmer of Greenwich township.
"Mr. Bell retired from active farm work in 1871, in order to give more attention to the manufacture of cheese, in which he is now heavily interested. For thirty years no promissory note of his arrived at maturity before payment was tendered, and all other obligations have been met with equal promptness. The product of his cheese factory commands the very highest prices, for its quality is recognized as the best, and it holds the local market. In religious connection Mr. and Mrs. Bell are members of the Society of Friends, and both are elders therein. Mr. Bell cast his first vote on the Democratic ticket, but he subsequently voted with the Whigs until the formation of the Republican party, since when he has remained with that party." (Bio. of David S. Bell in: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (Chicago : J. H. Beers & Co., 1894), pp. 402-03.)
• Fitchville and New Haven are Huron County villages. The account of poisoning cannot be corroborated.
"Bell, David S., of Greenwich township, was a son of John Bell and Hannah Finch and a grandson Robert Bell of Richland county, Ohio. He was born in Belmont county, Ohio, April 25, 1816. He came to this county in 1833, settling at Fitchville, where he learned the tanner's trade. In 1836 he married Emeline Slocum. She died April 12, 1860, and he soon after married Clarissa Stewart. He died September 8, 1906." (Firelands Historical Society, The Firelands Pioneer, Vol. 17 (Norwalk, Ohio: The American Publishers Company, 1909), p. 1581.)
Notes
David S. Bell & Emeline Slocum, 8 Sep 1836. ("Huron County, Ohio, Marriages through 1838," abridged from 1934 D.A.R. transcription. Retrieved from: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohhuron/marriages.html via the Wayback Machine on archive.org.)
"I hereby certify that by virtue of a License from the clerk of the /
Court of Common Pleas of Huron County I joined in marriage on /
The 8th day of Sept. inst Harvey L. Baker to Miss Margaret Slocum /
And Mr. David S. Bell to Miss Emeline Slocum given under /
My hand and seal this 17th day of Sept. A. D. 1836
N. D. Swearingen Justice Peace"
(In the left margin: "[H] L Baker to Slocum" and "[D] S Bell to Slocum.")
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BGTX-P?cc=1614804&wc=ZRCJ-DP8%3A121346201%2C121367101 : 15 July 2014), Huron Marriage records 1818-1839 vol 1 image 154 of 188; county courthouses, Ohio.
1840 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; p. 16 (printed).
[19.] Alonzo Slocum. [Emeline's father]
[20.] David Bell.
[28.] N. D. Swearingen.
• The Bell household of five persons consisted of a couple aged 20 through 29, a boy under 5, a boy 5 thru 9, and a girl under 5. The couple may have also had a daughter.
1850 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 3068, family 3134, lines 1-6, p. 221 (printed), p. 441 (written), 13 Nov 1850.
1. David Bell, 33, farmer ($300), Pa.
2. Emiline -----, 30, Pa.
3. Charles -----, 14, Ohio.
4. Stephen -----, 12, Ohio.
5. Melvin -----, 8, Ohio.
6. John -----, 6, Ohio.
• Birth place shown for both David and Emeline is incorrect.
D Bell is shown with 50 acres in Lot 3 near the southeastern corner of the southeastern quarter of Ripley Township. (Philip Nunan, "Map of Huron County, Ohio: Showing the Farms […]" (Pittsburgh: A. Krebs & Bro., 1859). Library of Congress website.) Brothers Jesse, John, and Nathaniel F. also Ripley Township landowners.
1860 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 1490, family 1360, lines 4-7, p. 87 (printed), p. 181 (written), 3 Jul 1860.
4. David S. Bell, 44, farmer ($1,800; $500), O [Ohio].
5. Emaline -----, 42, NY.
6. David -----, 18, O.
7. Stephen -----, 21, farmer ($400; $150), O.
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDN9-6JB: accessed 13 Dec 2012), David S. Bell and Clara Stuart, 30 Oct 1860.
1861 or 1863: relocated to a farm in adjoining Greenwich Township.
1870 U.S. Census, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 179, family 183, lines 17-21, p. 22 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Norwalk)
17. Bell, David, 54, farmer ($5,000; $1,025), Ohio.
18. ----- Clara, 40, keeping house, Ohio.
19. ----- Cora E., 8, at school, Ohio.
20. ----- Edwin S., 6, at school, Ohio.
21. Stewart, Bell, 19, teaching school, Ohio.
• Rebecca Ann "Belle" Stewart was Clarissa's niece, daughter of her brother David. (See: Find a Grave Memorial 112090863.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 23, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwellings 6-7, families 7-8, lines 22-28, and 29-30, p. 56 (printed), p. 1A (written), 1 Jun 1900.
22. Benedict, Charles, head, Nov 1861, 38, married 8 years, Ohio, farmer.
23. ----- Cora, wife Sep 1861, 38, married 8 years, 4 children (4 living); born in Ohio, parents in Ohio.
24. ----- Ray, son Aug 1884, Ohio.
25. ----- Elbert, son, Jan 1894, 6, Ohio.
26. Luxon, Bell, step-daughter, Oct 1884, 15, Ohio.
27. ----- Salon, step-son, May 1886, 14, Ohio.
28. ----- Earl, step-son, Jan 1888, 12, Ohio.
29. Bell, David, head, Apr 1816, 84, married 39 years; born in Ohio, parents in New Jersey; farmer.
30. ----- "Clarisa," wife, Feb 1830, 70, married 39 years, 2 children (2 living); born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania.
• Cora Benedict was David and Clarissa Bell's daughter.
Obit. in: Norwalk Daily Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, 10 Sep 1906, p. 4.
Reviewed 8 November 2023.
"John Bell, eldest son of Robert Bell [...] married Hannah Finch [...] To her marriage with Mr. Bell seven children were born in Belmont county, namely: [Robert, Jesse, Anna, John, Hannah, Enoch, and David S. The Bell family in the fall of 1817 moved to Bellville, Richland County, Ohio. The following year, John Bell purchased 260 acres in the county's Blooming Grove township. There, three more sons were born: Nathaniel, Stephen, and Joseph. ] In 1839 the family moved into Ripley township, Huron county, where Mrs. Bell died in 1856. The father died May 2, 1867, in Greenwich township, at the house of his son, David S., where he had resided the previous six years […]
"David S. Bell received a primary education in the early schools of Richland county, going many miles through the woods for even the little which was taught, and when seventeen years old began to learn the tanner's trade at Fitchville, under his brother John. Two years later he moved to New Haven, and worked there and in other settlements until the fall of 1835, when he moved to Steuben county, Ind., where he erected a sawmill. Early in 1836 he returned to Ohio, and on September 8, that year, married Emeline Slocum, who was born November 26, 1817, in Onondaga county, N. Y. To this marriage four children were born, of whom Charles F. is a wagon maker of Wood county, Ohio; Stephen, a farmer, and minister of the Christian Church in Logan county, Ohio; [David] Melvin, who enlisted in Company C, Sixty-Fifth O. V. I., and died in 1862, at Lebanon, Ky., of disease alleged to have been caused by poisoned maple sugar served to the troops, and John A., who died when five years old. The mother of this family died in 1860. After his marriage Mr. Bell moved to Steuben, Ind., establishing a tannery there, which he carried on until the spring of 1838, when he returned to Huron county and followed farming until the spring of 1863, at which time he located on the farm in Greenwich township, where he yet resides. In 1860 he married, for his second wife, Clarissa Stewart, who was born in Scott township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, February 28, 1830, daughter of Galbraith and Anna (Russell) Stewart. To this marriage two children were born: Cora E., who was first married to John Luxon, and is now Mrs. C. B. Benedict, of Ripley township, and Edwin S., a farmer of Greenwich township.
"Mr. Bell retired from active farm work in 1871, in order to give more attention to the manufacture of cheese, in which he is now heavily interested. For thirty years no promissory note of his arrived at maturity before payment was tendered, and all other obligations have been met with equal promptness. The product of his cheese factory commands the very highest prices, for its quality is recognized as the best, and it holds the local market. In religious connection Mr. and Mrs. Bell are members of the Society of Friends, and both are elders therein. Mr. Bell cast his first vote on the Democratic ticket, but he subsequently voted with the Whigs until the formation of the Republican party, since when he has remained with that party." (Bio. of David S. Bell in: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (Chicago : J. H. Beers & Co., 1894), pp. 402-03.)
• Fitchville and New Haven are Huron County villages. The account of poisoning cannot be corroborated.
"Bell, David S., of Greenwich township, was a son of John Bell and Hannah Finch and a grandson Robert Bell of Richland county, Ohio. He was born in Belmont county, Ohio, April 25, 1816. He came to this county in 1833, settling at Fitchville, where he learned the tanner's trade. In 1836 he married Emeline Slocum. She died April 12, 1860, and he soon after married Clarissa Stewart. He died September 8, 1906." (Firelands Historical Society, The Firelands Pioneer, Vol. 17 (Norwalk, Ohio: The American Publishers Company, 1909), p. 1581.)
Notes
David S. Bell & Emeline Slocum, 8 Sep 1836. ("Huron County, Ohio, Marriages through 1838," abridged from 1934 D.A.R. transcription. Retrieved from: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohhuron/marriages.html via the Wayback Machine on archive.org.)
"I hereby certify that by virtue of a License from the clerk of the /
Court of Common Pleas of Huron County I joined in marriage on /
The 8th day of Sept. inst Harvey L. Baker to Miss Margaret Slocum /
And Mr. David S. Bell to Miss Emeline Slocum given under /
My hand and seal this 17th day of Sept. A. D. 1836
N. D. Swearingen Justice Peace"
(In the left margin: "[H] L Baker to Slocum" and "[D] S Bell to Slocum.")
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BGTX-P?cc=1614804&wc=ZRCJ-DP8%3A121346201%2C121367101 : 15 July 2014), Huron Marriage records 1818-1839 vol 1 image 154 of 188; county courthouses, Ohio.
1840 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; p. 16 (printed).
[19.] Alonzo Slocum. [Emeline's father]
[20.] David Bell.
[28.] N. D. Swearingen.
• The Bell household of five persons consisted of a couple aged 20 through 29, a boy under 5, a boy 5 thru 9, and a girl under 5. The couple may have also had a daughter.
1850 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 3068, family 3134, lines 1-6, p. 221 (printed), p. 441 (written), 13 Nov 1850.
1. David Bell, 33, farmer ($300), Pa.
2. Emiline -----, 30, Pa.
3. Charles -----, 14, Ohio.
4. Stephen -----, 12, Ohio.
5. Melvin -----, 8, Ohio.
6. John -----, 6, Ohio.
• Birth place shown for both David and Emeline is incorrect.
D Bell is shown with 50 acres in Lot 3 near the southeastern corner of the southeastern quarter of Ripley Township. (Philip Nunan, "Map of Huron County, Ohio: Showing the Farms […]" (Pittsburgh: A. Krebs & Bro., 1859). Library of Congress website.) Brothers Jesse, John, and Nathaniel F. also Ripley Township landowners.
1860 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 1490, family 1360, lines 4-7, p. 87 (printed), p. 181 (written), 3 Jul 1860.
4. David S. Bell, 44, farmer ($1,800; $500), O [Ohio].
5. Emaline -----, 42, NY.
6. David -----, 18, O.
7. Stephen -----, 21, farmer ($400; $150), O.
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDN9-6JB: accessed 13 Dec 2012), David S. Bell and Clara Stuart, 30 Oct 1860.
1861 or 1863: relocated to a farm in adjoining Greenwich Township.
1870 U.S. Census, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 179, family 183, lines 17-21, p. 22 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Norwalk)
17. Bell, David, 54, farmer ($5,000; $1,025), Ohio.
18. ----- Clara, 40, keeping house, Ohio.
19. ----- Cora E., 8, at school, Ohio.
20. ----- Edwin S., 6, at school, Ohio.
21. Stewart, Bell, 19, teaching school, Ohio.
• Rebecca Ann "Belle" Stewart was Clarissa's niece, daughter of her brother David. (See: Find a Grave Memorial 112090863.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 23, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwellings 6-7, families 7-8, lines 22-28, and 29-30, p. 56 (printed), p. 1A (written), 1 Jun 1900.
22. Benedict, Charles, head, Nov 1861, 38, married 8 years, Ohio, farmer.
23. ----- Cora, wife Sep 1861, 38, married 8 years, 4 children (4 living); born in Ohio, parents in Ohio.
24. ----- Ray, son Aug 1884, Ohio.
25. ----- Elbert, son, Jan 1894, 6, Ohio.
26. Luxon, Bell, step-daughter, Oct 1884, 15, Ohio.
27. ----- Salon, step-son, May 1886, 14, Ohio.
28. ----- Earl, step-son, Jan 1888, 12, Ohio.
29. Bell, David, head, Apr 1816, 84, married 39 years; born in Ohio, parents in New Jersey; farmer.
30. ----- "Clarisa," wife, Feb 1830, 70, married 39 years, 2 children (2 living); born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania.
• Cora Benedict was David and Clarissa Bell's daughter.
Obit. in: Norwalk Daily Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, 10 Sep 1906, p. 4.
Reviewed 8 November 2023.
"DAVID S. BELL, who is a grandson of Robert Bell, was born near St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio, April 25, 1816, at four o'clock in the afternoon [...]
"John Bell, eldest son of Robert Bell [...] married Hannah Finch [...] To her marriage with Mr. Bell seven children were born in Belmont county, namely: [Robert, Jesse, Anna, John, Hannah, Enoch, and David S. The Bell family in the fall of 1817 moved to Bellville, Richland County, Ohio. The following year, John Bell purchased 260 acres in the county's Blooming Grove township. There, three more sons were born: Nathaniel, Stephen, and Joseph. ] In 1839 the family moved into Ripley township, Huron county, where Mrs. Bell died in 1856. The father died May 2, 1867, in Greenwich township, at the house of his son, David S., where he had resided the previous six years […]
"David S. Bell received a primary education in the early schools of Richland county, going many miles through the woods for even the little which was taught, and when seventeen years old began to learn the tanner's trade at Fitchville, under his brother John. Two years later he moved to New Haven, and worked there and in other settlements until the fall of 1835, when he moved to Steuben county, Ind., where he erected a sawmill. Early in 1836 he returned to Ohio, and on September 8, that year, married Emeline Slocum, who was born November 26, 1817, in Onondaga county, N. Y. To this marriage four children were born, of whom Charles F. is a wagon maker of Wood county, Ohio; Stephen, a farmer, and minister of the Christian Church in Logan county, Ohio; [David] Melvin, who enlisted in Company C, Sixty-Fifth O. V. I., and died in 1862, at Lebanon, Ky., of disease alleged to have been caused by poisoned maple sugar served to the troops, and John A., who died when five years old. The mother of this family died in 1860. After his marriage Mr. Bell moved to Steuben, Ind., establishing a tannery there, which he carried on until the spring of 1838, when he returned to Huron county and followed farming until the spring of 1863, at which time he located on the farm in Greenwich township, where he yet resides. In 1860 he married, for his second wife, Clarissa Stewart, who was born in Scott township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, February 28, 1830, daughter of Galbraith and Anna (Russell) Stewart. To this marriage two children were born: Cora E., who was first married to John Luxon, and is now Mrs. C. B. Benedict, of Ripley township, and Edwin S., a farmer of Greenwich township.
"Mr. Bell retired from active farm work in 1871, in order to give more attention to the manufacture of cheese, in which he is now heavily interested. For thirty years no promissory note of his arrived at maturity before payment was tendered, and all other obligations have been met with equal promptness. The product of his cheese factory commands the very highest prices, for its quality is recognized as the best, and it holds the local market. In religious connection Mr. and Mrs. Bell are members of the Society of Friends, and both are elders therein. Mr. Bell cast his first vote on the Democratic ticket, but he subsequently voted with the Whigs until the formation of the Republican party, since when he has remained with that party." (Bio. of David S. Bell in: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (Chicago : J. H. Beers & Co., 1894), pp. 402-03.)
• Fitchville and New Haven are Huron County villages. The account of poisoning cannot be corroborated.
"Bell, David S., of Greenwich township, was a son of John Bell and Hannah Finch and a grandson Robert Bell of Richland county, Ohio. He was born in Belmont county, Ohio, April 25, 1816. He came to this county in 1833, settling at Fitchville, where he learned the tanner's trade. In 1836 he married Emeline Slocum. She died April 12, 1860, and he soon after married Clarissa Stewart. He died September 8, 1906." (Firelands Historical Society, The Firelands Pioneer, Vol. 17 (Norwalk, Ohio: The American Publishers Company, 1909), p. 1581.)
Notes
David S. Bell & Emeline Slocum, 8 Sep 1836. ("Huron County, Ohio, Marriages through 1838," abridged from 1934 D.A.R. transcription. Retrieved from: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohhuron/marriages.html via the Wayback Machine on archive.org.)
"I hereby certify that by virtue of a License from the clerk of the /
Court of Common Pleas of Huron County I joined in marriage on /
The 8th day of Sept. inst Harvey L. Baker to Miss Margaret Slocum /
And Mr. David S. Bell to Miss Emeline Slocum given under /
My hand and seal this 17th day of Sept. A. D. 1836
N. D. Swearingen Justice Peace"
(In the left margin: "[H] L Baker to Slocum" and "[D] S Bell to Slocum.")
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BGTX-P?cc=1614804&wc=ZRCJ-DP8%3A121346201%2C121367101 : 15 July 2014), Huron Marriage records 1818-1839 vol 1 image 154 of 188; county courthouses, Ohio.
1840 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; p. 16 (printed).
[19.] Alonzo Slocum. [Emeline's father]
[20.] David Bell.
[28.] N. D. Swearingen.
• The Bell household of five persons consisted of a couple aged 20 through 29, a boy under 5, a boy 5 thru 9, and a girl under 5. The couple may have also had a daughter.
1850 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 3068, family 3134, lines 1-6, p. 221 (printed), p. 441 (written), 13 Nov 1850.
1. David Bell, 33, farmer ($300), Pa.
2. Emiline -----, 30, Pa.
3. Charles -----, 14, Ohio.
4. Stephen -----, 12, Ohio.
5. Melvin -----, 8, Ohio.
6. John -----, 6, Ohio.
• Birth place shown for both David and Emeline is incorrect.
D Bell is shown with 50 acres in Lot 3 near the southeastern corner of the southeastern quarter of Ripley Township. (Philip Nunan, "Map of Huron County, Ohio: Showing the Farms […]" (Pittsburgh: A. Krebs & Bro., 1859). Library of Congress website.) Brothers Jesse, John, and Nathaniel F. also Ripley Township landowners.
1860 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 1490, family 1360, lines 4-7, p. 87 (printed), p. 181 (written), 3 Jul 1860.
4. David S. Bell, 44, farmer ($1,800; $500), O [Ohio].
5. Emaline -----, 42, NY.
6. David -----, 18, O.
7. Stephen -----, 21, farmer ($400; $150), O.
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDN9-6JB: accessed 13 Dec 2012), David S. Bell and Clara Stuart, 30 Oct 1860.
1861 or 1863: relocated to a farm in adjoining Greenwich Township.
1870 U.S. Census, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 179, family 183, lines 17-21, p. 22 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Norwalk)
17. Bell, David, 54, farmer ($5,000; $1,025), Ohio.
18. ----- Clara, 40, keeping house, Ohio.
19. ----- Cora E., 8, at school, Ohio.
20. ----- Edwin S., 6, at school, Ohio.
21. Stewart, Bell, 19, teaching school, Ohio.
• Rebecca Ann "Belle" Stewart was Clarissa's niece, daughter of her brother David. (See: Find a Grave Memorial 112090863.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 23, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwellings 6-7, families 7-8, lines 22-28, and 29-30, p. 56 (printed), p. 1A (written), 1 Jun 1900.
22. Benedict, Charles, head, Nov 1861, 38, married 8 years, Ohio, farmer.
23. ----- Cora, wife Sep 1861, 38, married 8 years, 4 children (4 living); born in Ohio, parents in Ohio.
24. ----- Ray, son Aug 1884, Ohio.
25. ----- Elbert, son, Jan 1894, 6, Ohio.
26. Luxon, Bell, step-daughter, Oct 1884, 15, Ohio.
27. ----- Salon, step-son, May 1886, 14, Ohio.
28. ----- Earl, step-son, Jan 1888, 12, Ohio.
29. Bell, David, head, Apr 1816, 84, married 39 years; born in Ohio, parents in New Jersey; farmer.
30. ----- "Clarisa," wife, Feb 1830, 70, married 39 years, 2 children (2 living); born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania.
• Cora Benedict was David and Clarissa Bell's daughter.
Obit. in: Norwalk Daily Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, 10 Sep 1906, p. 4.
Reviewed 8 November 2023.
"John Bell, eldest son of Robert Bell [...] married Hannah Finch [...] To her marriage with Mr. Bell seven children were born in Belmont county, namely: [Robert, Jesse, Anna, John, Hannah, Enoch, and David S. The Bell family in the fall of 1817 moved to Bellville, Richland County, Ohio. The following year, John Bell purchased 260 acres in the county's Blooming Grove township. There, three more sons were born: Nathaniel, Stephen, and Joseph. ] In 1839 the family moved into Ripley township, Huron county, where Mrs. Bell died in 1856. The father died May 2, 1867, in Greenwich township, at the house of his son, David S., where he had resided the previous six years […]
"David S. Bell received a primary education in the early schools of Richland county, going many miles through the woods for even the little which was taught, and when seventeen years old began to learn the tanner's trade at Fitchville, under his brother John. Two years later he moved to New Haven, and worked there and in other settlements until the fall of 1835, when he moved to Steuben county, Ind., where he erected a sawmill. Early in 1836 he returned to Ohio, and on September 8, that year, married Emeline Slocum, who was born November 26, 1817, in Onondaga county, N. Y. To this marriage four children were born, of whom Charles F. is a wagon maker of Wood county, Ohio; Stephen, a farmer, and minister of the Christian Church in Logan county, Ohio; [David] Melvin, who enlisted in Company C, Sixty-Fifth O. V. I., and died in 1862, at Lebanon, Ky., of disease alleged to have been caused by poisoned maple sugar served to the troops, and John A., who died when five years old. The mother of this family died in 1860. After his marriage Mr. Bell moved to Steuben, Ind., establishing a tannery there, which he carried on until the spring of 1838, when he returned to Huron county and followed farming until the spring of 1863, at which time he located on the farm in Greenwich township, where he yet resides. In 1860 he married, for his second wife, Clarissa Stewart, who was born in Scott township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, February 28, 1830, daughter of Galbraith and Anna (Russell) Stewart. To this marriage two children were born: Cora E., who was first married to John Luxon, and is now Mrs. C. B. Benedict, of Ripley township, and Edwin S., a farmer of Greenwich township.
"Mr. Bell retired from active farm work in 1871, in order to give more attention to the manufacture of cheese, in which he is now heavily interested. For thirty years no promissory note of his arrived at maturity before payment was tendered, and all other obligations have been met with equal promptness. The product of his cheese factory commands the very highest prices, for its quality is recognized as the best, and it holds the local market. In religious connection Mr. and Mrs. Bell are members of the Society of Friends, and both are elders therein. Mr. Bell cast his first vote on the Democratic ticket, but he subsequently voted with the Whigs until the formation of the Republican party, since when he has remained with that party." (Bio. of David S. Bell in: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (Chicago : J. H. Beers & Co., 1894), pp. 402-03.)
• Fitchville and New Haven are Huron County villages. The account of poisoning cannot be corroborated.
"Bell, David S., of Greenwich township, was a son of John Bell and Hannah Finch and a grandson Robert Bell of Richland county, Ohio. He was born in Belmont county, Ohio, April 25, 1816. He came to this county in 1833, settling at Fitchville, where he learned the tanner's trade. In 1836 he married Emeline Slocum. She died April 12, 1860, and he soon after married Clarissa Stewart. He died September 8, 1906." (Firelands Historical Society, The Firelands Pioneer, Vol. 17 (Norwalk, Ohio: The American Publishers Company, 1909), p. 1581.)
Notes
David S. Bell & Emeline Slocum, 8 Sep 1836. ("Huron County, Ohio, Marriages through 1838," abridged from 1934 D.A.R. transcription. Retrieved from: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohhuron/marriages.html via the Wayback Machine on archive.org.)
"I hereby certify that by virtue of a License from the clerk of the /
Court of Common Pleas of Huron County I joined in marriage on /
The 8th day of Sept. inst Harvey L. Baker to Miss Margaret Slocum /
And Mr. David S. Bell to Miss Emeline Slocum given under /
My hand and seal this 17th day of Sept. A. D. 1836
N. D. Swearingen Justice Peace"
(In the left margin: "[H] L Baker to Slocum" and "[D] S Bell to Slocum.")
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BGTX-P?cc=1614804&wc=ZRCJ-DP8%3A121346201%2C121367101 : 15 July 2014), Huron Marriage records 1818-1839 vol 1 image 154 of 188; county courthouses, Ohio.
1840 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; p. 16 (printed).
[19.] Alonzo Slocum. [Emeline's father]
[20.] David Bell.
[28.] N. D. Swearingen.
• The Bell household of five persons consisted of a couple aged 20 through 29, a boy under 5, a boy 5 thru 9, and a girl under 5. The couple may have also had a daughter.
1850 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 3068, family 3134, lines 1-6, p. 221 (printed), p. 441 (written), 13 Nov 1850.
1. David Bell, 33, farmer ($300), Pa.
2. Emiline -----, 30, Pa.
3. Charles -----, 14, Ohio.
4. Stephen -----, 12, Ohio.
5. Melvin -----, 8, Ohio.
6. John -----, 6, Ohio.
• Birth place shown for both David and Emeline is incorrect.
D Bell is shown with 50 acres in Lot 3 near the southeastern corner of the southeastern quarter of Ripley Township. (Philip Nunan, "Map of Huron County, Ohio: Showing the Farms […]" (Pittsburgh: A. Krebs & Bro., 1859). Library of Congress website.) Brothers Jesse, John, and Nathaniel F. also Ripley Township landowners.
1860 U.S. Census, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 1490, family 1360, lines 4-7, p. 87 (printed), p. 181 (written), 3 Jul 1860.
4. David S. Bell, 44, farmer ($1,800; $500), O [Ohio].
5. Emaline -----, 42, NY.
6. David -----, 18, O.
7. Stephen -----, 21, farmer ($400; $150), O.
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDN9-6JB: accessed 13 Dec 2012), David S. Bell and Clara Stuart, 30 Oct 1860.
1861 or 1863: relocated to a farm in adjoining Greenwich Township.
1870 U.S. Census, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 179, family 183, lines 17-21, p. 22 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Norwalk)
17. Bell, David, 54, farmer ($5,000; $1,025), Ohio.
18. ----- Clara, 40, keeping house, Ohio.
19. ----- Cora E., 8, at school, Ohio.
20. ----- Edwin S., 6, at school, Ohio.
21. Stewart, Bell, 19, teaching school, Ohio.
• Rebecca Ann "Belle" Stewart was Clarissa's niece, daughter of her brother David. (See: Find a Grave Memorial 112090863.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 23, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwellings 6-7, families 7-8, lines 22-28, and 29-30, p. 56 (printed), p. 1A (written), 1 Jun 1900.
22. Benedict, Charles, head, Nov 1861, 38, married 8 years, Ohio, farmer.
23. ----- Cora, wife Sep 1861, 38, married 8 years, 4 children (4 living); born in Ohio, parents in Ohio.
24. ----- Ray, son Aug 1884, Ohio.
25. ----- Elbert, son, Jan 1894, 6, Ohio.
26. Luxon, Bell, step-daughter, Oct 1884, 15, Ohio.
27. ----- Salon, step-son, May 1886, 14, Ohio.
28. ----- Earl, step-son, Jan 1888, 12, Ohio.
29. Bell, David, head, Apr 1816, 84, married 39 years; born in Ohio, parents in New Jersey; farmer.
30. ----- "Clarisa," wife, Feb 1830, 70, married 39 years, 2 children (2 living); born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania.
• Cora Benedict was David and Clarissa Bell's daughter.
Obit. in: Norwalk Daily Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, 10 Sep 1906, p. 4.
Reviewed 8 November 2023.
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BELL
DAVID S. BELL
DIED SEPT. 8, 1909 AGED 90Y. 4M. 14D.
CLARISSA STEWART BELL
DIED JUN 11, 1903 AGED 73Y. 3 M. 13D
WIFE OF DAVID S. BELL
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