Frances Eva Effie Bell (1869 - 1939)

Born 10 Feb 1869 in Nottawasaga, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 14 Jan 1939 at age 69 in Pasadena, California

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Biography

Frances was born in 1869. She is the daughter of Jonadab Bell and Mary Stevens.

Frances learned her poetry under David Stewart, early joined the Methodist church, was a beautiful girl and woman with poise, dignity, humor and charm.

She wasa clever mimic, a too meticulous housekeeper, an apt versifier and did painting in oils.

During her widowhood she became a very able trained secretary. In her second marriage she was the wife of a seminary president.

Tragically, selfishness rendered much of her talent sterile. She attended Allegheny College and there met and married/ (See Olive Bell Daniels genealogy)

Sources

Burried in Forest Home, Chicago, Ill.

The Bell family; descendents of John Bell of Beverley, Yorkshire, England and Shrigley, Melancthon, Ontario, by Olive Bell Daniels

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