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SAMUEL G. BELL, farmer, post-office West Middlesex, Penn, is a descendant of William Bell, who settled upon the place now owned by our subject. His son Samuel was the grandfather of our subject, and was a prominent business man of his day. He was born in Washington County, Penn. in 1795, and moved from there with his parents while yet a child. He was engaged in the insurance business, and represented the North American Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, for forty-four years. He married Nancy Ewing, a daughter of Irish parents, and died in 1884 at the age of eighty-eight years. He was the father of six children: William, Woods, Margaret, Mrs. Clark; Eliza, Mrs. Clinger; Rebecca, Mrs. Miles, and Jane, Mrs. Crossman. William, the father of our subject, was born in 1816, and married Mary Shirk, of German and Irish descent. Her parents immigrated to this country and settle d in Centre County, Penn. She had eight children: Walter J., Thomas W. Theressa, Mrs. William Riblet; Nancy E., Mrs. Dr. Stevenson, of Hubbard, Ohio; Mattie A., Florence M., Mrs. John E. Phillips; Nettie J., Mrs. Marcus Miller, and our subject, Samuel G., who was born in 1848. He was educated in the public schools of the township, and has been engaged in farming since he arrived at manhood. He has filled the office of tax collector for his township. History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 848. Read this book on line - Free Trial Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors. View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com .
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