LAKE COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: Hiram E. BELL (d. 1912) *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Deb Breniser rbcobb@ncweb.com February 19, 2000 *********************************************************************** From the Painesville Telegraph, Lake County, OH, Thursday, 12 September 1912 WAS SON OF EARLY HORTICULTURIST Hiram E. Bell Who Died a Few Days Ago Was Buried at Evergreen Hiram E. Bell, who died at the hospital, was born in Painesville, April 13, 1844. In 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Riley. Two sons were born to this union, Elmer E. and Frank E. who survive him. He passed away September 9, at the age of sixty-eight years. Mr. Bell, for many years a resident of Perry township, will be remembered by our older citizens as a son of the late R. A. Bell, one of the earliest horticulturists of the county who resided on Mentor road just west of the corporate limits. Burial was had at Evergreen.