Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....Annie BELL, 1926 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shawn McGreevy shawnmcgreevy@geatz.com Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, 24 Apr 1926: "Tri-Towns-Remarks On Numerous Deaths-And Then Dies-The death of Mrs. Annie Bell, widow of James Bell, removes from this section one of its most wildely known and best liked women. Mrs. Bell suffered a stroke of apoplexy early Wednesday morning and died Thursday at 8:50 p. m. She had remarked the night before about the large number of her friends who had recently died in Piedmont and had spent a great part of the evening at the home of Mrs. Mary M. Fallon whose funeral took place Wednesday. Mrs. Bell was born at Tunnelton, W. Va., in 1861, the daughter of Patrick and Mary Welsh, pioneer settlers. She was married in 1886 to James Bell, whose death occurred about ten years ago. She had been a resident of Piedmont for forty years. Three children survive: Mrs. William Kelly, Mrs. Edward Pendergast and Charles J. Bell, the former two of Piedmont and the latter of Westernport, Thomas Welsh, McKees Rocks, Pa., and Chas. J. and Michael J. Welsh, Cumberland are surviving brothers. The funeral will he held Monday morning from St. Peter's Catholic church, Westernport, with solemn requiem high mass." This file is located at http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/obits/b/bell-a.txt