HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA:  From the earliest time to the present,
with biographial sketches, notes, etc.  Illustrated; Chicago: Brant &
Fuller, 1888. p. 370. Unknown County.

SAMUEL J. BELL, of Center Township, was born where he now lives, October
11, 1839.  His parents, John and Margaret Bell, were natives of Kentucky
and North Carolina, respectively, and are both deceased.  His father was
the son of Hugh Bell, and his mother was the daughter of John Kenendy.  He
was reared upon his birthplace where he continued until his marriage which
occurred April 17, 1862.  His wife was Mary C. Walker, and was born in
Jackson Township, being the daughter of Aaron and Sarah Walker.  From the
time of their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bell rsided upon a farm in Center
Township, until 1877, when they moved to Indianapolis.  There our subject
was engaged in the lumber business two years, after which he was similarly
engaged in Venice, Ill., eighteen months, and three and one-half years in
St. Louis, and about fourteen months in Memphis, Tenn.  He returned to Rush
County in June, 1884, and has since been a farmer and tile and brick
manufacturer in Center Township.  He has had eight children:  Sophia,
Julius E., Corena J., Ida I., Maggie P., Walter J., Josephine and Leroy, of
whom Sophia, Corena J., and Walter J. are deceased.  Mr. Bell is a member
of the Christian Church as is also his wife.  In politics Mr. Bell is a
Prohibitionist.  He owns 100 acres of land, four-fifths of which is in
cultivation.

Bell Kennedy Walker
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Rush-IN NC IL St._Louis-St._Louis-MO TN

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