of Wright County, Iowa · documented from the public record
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William Bell
William Bell⚭ Ella Lewis
childrenBlanche Bell · Louis Bell · Lydia Bell · Daisy Bell · Alice Bell · William Bell · Margaret Bell · Lavonne Bell
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What the record says
Also rendered 'Willie Bell' in OCR.
Farmer in Wright County, Iowa.
Made ~$8,000 of improvements on his farm, well tiled and highly productive.
Fed a carload-and-a-half of hogs yearly.
Married Ella Lewis in 1888.
Nine children born (one died in infancy).
Vice-president of the Wright County Fair Association, director of the Farmer's Elevator Company of Clarion and of the Mutual Insurance Agency at Clarion.
Presbyterian.
Republican.
Source: History of Wright County, Iowa.
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