Delaware County OhArchives Biographies.....Stanley BELL January 1 1843 - December 31 1921
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Author: 20th Century History of Delaware County, OH, Edited and Compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, OH., Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, 1908

Stanley Bell, a veteran of the Civil War and a trustee of Oxford Township, has 
been a  life long resident of this community.  He was born two miles southeast 
of Ashley, Oxford Township, January 1, 1843, and is a son of Henry and Mary 
(Miller) Bell.

Henry Bell was born in Maryland, and came west to Zanesville, Ohio, walking 
and carrying his carpenter’s tools.  His wife came into possession of a piece 
of land in Oxford Township, Delaware County, upon which they moved.  This they 
cleared and erected thereon buildings, some of which still stand.  Mr. Bell 
became a man of prominence in this vicinity and was frequently called upon to 
fill local offices.  He served several terms as township trustee.  He married 
Mary Miller, who was born in Zanesville, Ohio, and was a daughter of Jesse and 
Mary Miller, her father being a shepherd and a very wealthy man.  Henry Bell 
and wife became parents of the following children:  John, who lives in 
Columbus; Sarah (Poole) deceased; Mary, who lives on the old home place; 
Stanley; Robert, who also lives on the old home farm; David, who lives east of 
Delaware; and Celia, who resides on the old home place.  Mr. Bell was an 
Abolitionist prior to the Civil war and later a Republican.

Stanley Bell was reared in Oxford Township where he attended school and worked 
at home until the Civil War was in progress.  He was very anxious to enter the 
service but could not secure the consent of his father who needed him at home 
and wished him to remain in school.  In 1863, he accompanied his father to 
Ashley, to see some soldiers depart for the front, and while his father’s back 
was turned jumped on the train.  He enlisted for three months service in 
Company C, Eighty-fifth O.V.I., at the end of which time he returned home for 
three weeks.  He then re-enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth 
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the war was over.  He fought at 
Murfreesboro, Stone River and Nashville and in many skirmishes of importance.  
While in action, General Jones observed him in an act of bravery and had him 
advanced in rank to Sergeant-Major.  He was with General Sherman’s Army at 
Raleigh, North Carolina, where the war closed, and from there returned to 
Washington, D.C., and was discharged after taking part in the Grand Review.  
After returning home he remained there until March, 1866, when he located on 
50 acres in Oxford Township.  This land he improved, erected a residence and 
the necessary buildings and resided there about 25 years.  He then moved 
across the line into Peru Township, Morrow county, where he lived until 
October 17, 1904, then bought 23 acres of the old B.S. Brundage place, lying 
within the corporation limits of the village of Ashley.  He has a comfortable 
home, built of brick, and devotes his time to farming on a small scale.

In 1868, Mr. Bell was united in marriage to Harriet Watters, who was born in 
Oxford Township, and is a daughter of Hosea and Hannah (Heverlo) Watters.  
They had the following children:  Harry, who lives in Cleveland; Bertha, who 
married Marion Hatton, lives in Brown Township; Lena, who married Frank 
Librock, lives in Delaware; Arthur, who lives in Delaware, married Minta Hupp, 
and has a son, Clyde Stanley; Joseph, who is attending a dental college in 
Columbus; Clara, who lives in Oxford Township, is the wife of Harvey Lea, by 
whom she has two children: Merle and Robert E.; and May and Elizabeth, both of 
whom are at home.

Politically, Mr. Bell is a Republican and at the present time is serving as 
township trustee and health officer.  He formerly served tow terms as trustee, 
and was also member of the School Board.  He belongs to the Grange, and to the 
J.E. Coomer Post, No. 281, G.A.R. at Ashley.


Additional Comments:
Stanley Bell died 31 Dec 1921, buried in Gavitt Cemetery, Delaware Cty., OH.
Harriet Watters Bell, 1850-1931, buried in Gavitt Cemetery, Delaware Cty., OH

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