BIO: George M. Bell, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 278-279.
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  Bell, George M., was born on September 22, 1871, at Framwellgate 
Moor, a village just north of Durham City, England. At five years of 
age he began school in the above-named village, and ultimately 
graduated there. His father, having a large family, needed his 
assistance. He, therefore found employment, and at the same time began 
study in a private school in Durham, where he studied four years. His 
family were Methodists and gave him religious training. It was at a 
Monday evening class meeting, when he was thirteen years old, that he 
gave himself to the Lord. There are seven children of this family now 
living, two daughters and five sons, all of whom are members of the 
Methodist Church. Of the sons, three are itinerant preachers and one a 
local preacher. At the age of eighteen he was a local preacher. 
  On October 22, 1894, he left home for America, sailing from 
Queenstown on the 28th, and arriving in New York on November 4. He at 
once went to Binghamton, where he spent the winter, uniting with the 
Clinton Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1895 he was sent as 
supply to Lackawaxen, Pa., and joined the Conference in the following 
year.
  On November 20, 1895, he married Miss Nellie Griswold, of Rowlands, 
Pa. 
  His pastorates record is as follows: 1896, Lackawaxen; 1897-1900, 
Narrowsburg; 1901-03, Ariel.