Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Bell, George M. 1912
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Payette Enterprise 9-19-1912
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, September 19, 1912

AGED MAN PASSES AWAY

Monday morning at two o'clock at the home of his son H. M. Bell, George M. 
Bell passed away from a complication of diseases resulting from extreme old 
age. He had been troubled some time with spinal disease and for a week or more 
had been in a very critical condition and the end came Monday morning.

George M. Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, January 5, 1828, and was at 
the time of his death 84 years and six months of age. He came to Canada in 
1833 and resided in the Dominion until 1837 when he moved to Buffalo, New York 
where he lived until 1841 when he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and engaged in 
the fur business until 1881 when he took up his residence in Minnesota where 
he resided until July of this year when he came to Payette to make his home 
with his son H. M. Bell. He was married in 1855 and three children and the 
aged wife survive to mourn his loss. H. M. Bell, a son lives in Payette; E. T. 
Bell, of Long Beach, California and Mrs. Florence B. Orton, of Marrietta, 
Minnesota.

The funeral services were held Thursday afternoon and the remains were laid to 
rest in Riverside cemetery the Masonic brethren having charge of the services 
at the grave.

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