WASHOE NV Archives Obituaries....BELL, James 3/2/1924
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LAS VEGAS AGE
3/8/1924

GOVERNOR BELL'S BROTHER IS DEAD

Another pioneer of Nevada was called by death last Sunday when James Bell, 
ninety-one years of age, passed away in Oakland, at the home of a niece, 
Mrs. John Gregory.  He was a brother of Frank Bell of Reno, former governor 
of Nevada, and during his early life followed railroad wOrk for a time.  
He is said to have been the first conductor on the Virginia & Truckee railroad.

Bell was the first, or one of the first conductors on the Virginia & Truckee, 
Joe McCormack, secretary of the Elks lodge of Reno, who began railroading on 
the V & T in the early 70s, stated,

"I know Bell quite well but he left the road about 1871," McCormack said.  
"I didn't go on until 1872.  Bell ran between Carson and Virginia for several 
years-some time before the road was extended on into Reno.

A native of Canada, he came to Nevada after his brother, Frank Bell, and 
after railroading for a number of years between Reno and Carson, entered 
business there.  He was a cousin of the inventor of the telephone, Alexander 
Gaham Bell.

Funeral services were held in Reno Tuesday afternoon, from the Masonic Temple, 
Mr. Bell having been a member of Reno Lodge F & A.M.
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