Bio of Bell, Samuel H. (b.1841) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Bell, Samuel H., (page 1237), collector, Lake City, is the able 
representative of the McCormick Harvester Company. Like many other 
citizens of Lake City, he is a native of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, 
born in Milroy township, April 18, 1841. His father, George Bell, was of 
English descent, and Rosannah Mitchell, the wife and mother, descended 
from Scotch people, and was born in Pennsylvania. George Bell served the 
United States as a soldier in the war of 1812, and afterward settled on a 
farm in Milroy. Here the early life of Samuel was passed, and after a 
rudimentary course in the common schools he spent two years in Tuscarora 
Academy. In November, 1864, he became a resident of Lake City, and spent 
eight years as clerk in a store. He then entered the service of the 
Champion Reaping Machine Company, in the sale of machinery, and was so 
successful that his services were sought by other similar manufacturers. 
After seven years of toil in the interest of the Champion, he was employed 
in his present capacity of collector, and is constantly traveling over a 
large portion of this state and Wisconsin. December 19, 1867, he was 
united in marriage to Miss Anna Bryant, step- daughter of Elijah Porter, 
whose biography is found in this work. Sereno Bryant, Mrs. Bell's father 
(now deceased), came of the same stock as the poet W. C. Bryant. One 
child, a daughter, was given to Mr. and Mrs. Bell May 24, 1869, and 
christened Maggie May. The family attends the Presbyterian church, and in 
political matters Mr. Bell affiliates with the democracy.