Bell, Edgar
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Bell, Edgar
| Celia Davis (View posts) | Posted: 8 Sep 2000 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Bell, Tomlinson, Emary
from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record” by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p. 76.
EDGAR BELL, general farmer and stock-raiser, living on section 3, Knox Township, was born in Markham, Canada, June 17, 1845, the son of William and Mahala A. (Tomlinson) Bell, the former a native of Yorkshire, England, and the latter a native of Canada. They were the parents of twenty-two children, of whom our subject was the fifteenth child. When he was nine years of age his parents removed with their family to Mercer County, Illinois, and there he was reared. His youth was passed in working on the home farm, and his education was received in the common schools of his neighborhood, and at Monmouth Academy, Illinois.
He left Mercer County in 1875, coming thence to Clarke County, Iowa, and locating on his farm in Knox Township, where he has since followed farming and stock-raising. Mr. Bell was united in marriage December 27, 1869, to Miss Alice M. Emary, a daughter of F. J. Emary, Sr., who is now deceased. Two sons, William M. and Frederick N. have been born to this union.
Mr. Bell is numbered among the successful and enterprising citizens of Knox Township, and being strictly honorable in all his dealings, he has gained the confidence of all with whom he has business or social intercourse. He has served his township as assessor with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He has a good residence surrounded by shade and ornamental trees, and commodious barns and out-buildings for the accommodation of his stock. His lawn is the finest in Knox township, and in fact the entire surroundings betoken the thrift and good management of its owner. In politics Mr. Bell affiliates with the Republican party. He is a member of Osceola Lodge, No. 77, A.F. & A.M.
EDGAR BELL, general farmer and stock-raiser, living on section 3, Knox Township, was born in Markham, Canada, June 17, 1845, the son of William and Mahala A. (Tomlinson) Bell, the former a native of Yorkshire, England, and the latter a native of Canada. They were the parents of twenty-two children, of whom our subject was the fifteenth child. When he was nine years of age his parents removed with their family to Mercer County, Illinois, and there he was reared. His youth was passed in working on the home farm, and his education was received in the common schools of his neighborhood, and at Monmouth Academy, Illinois.
He left Mercer County in 1875, coming thence to Clarke County, Iowa, and locating on his farm in Knox Township, where he has since followed farming and stock-raising. Mr. Bell was united in marriage December 27, 1869, to Miss Alice M. Emary, a daughter of F. J. Emary, Sr., who is now deceased. Two sons, William M. and Frederick N. have been born to this union.
Mr. Bell is numbered among the successful and enterprising citizens of Knox Township, and being strictly honorable in all his dealings, he has gained the confidence of all with whom he has business or social intercourse. He has served his township as assessor with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He has a good residence surrounded by shade and ornamental trees, and commodious barns and out-buildings for the accommodation of his stock. His lawn is the finest in Knox township, and in fact the entire surroundings betoken the thrift and good management of its owner. In politics Mr. Bell affiliates with the Republican party. He is a member of Osceola Lodge, No. 77, A.F. & A.M.