OBIT: William BELL, 1877, Blair County, PA

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DIED.

BELL - In this city, on the 26th inst., William Bell, in the 76th year
of his age.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, August 30, 1877, page 3

Burial of Wm. Bell.

This morning the remains of Wm. Bell, esq., lay in the parlor of his
residence on Eighth avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, and
were viewed by numbers of his old friends and acquaintances and
friends of the family.  The coffin wherein he lay was made of walnut
trimmed with ebony and silver; in the centre was a silver place four
by five inches, with the following inscription on it.

Wm. Bell
Born May 29, 1802.
Died Aug. 26, 1877.

At the foot of the coffin was a wreath and a crown of evergreens and
lilies, and on the top a star and an anchor of the same.  A French
plate glass two and a half feet long by eight inches wide allowed the
features of the corpse to be seen.  A large concourse collected at the
dwelling this afternoon, and after the exercises by Revs. Henry Baker
and J. F. Shearer followed the remains to their last resting place in
Fairview cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., August 28, 1877