BIO: William BELL, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 214.
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  BELL, WILLIAM, was born at Jaysburg, Pa., in 1790.  His education was 
limited, and was in early life, owing to the accidental death of his 
father by drowning, apprenticed to the trade of a carpenter.  He came 
to Harrisburg during the erection of the capital, and was employed by 
Mr. Hills until its completion.  He carried on the business until 1829, 
when he established a grocery, which he conducted until his death.  He 
served frequently as a member of the borough council, and took a deep 
interest in the prosperity of his adopted home.  He died at Harrisburg, 
on the 20th of May, 1847, aged fifty-seven years.  Mr. Bell married, in 
1819, Elizabeth Hutman, daughter of Matthias and Catharine Hutman; born 
in 1792; died February 28, 1868, at Harrisburg.  Their children were 
Catharine, George, William, Maria, married Edward Curzon, Ann, and 
Elizabeth.