Glen Samuel Bell (1892 - 1951)

Born 5 Apr 1892 in Maxwell, Story, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel Pearl (Whitney) Harmon — married 31 Aug 1910 (to 1951) in Nevada, Story, Iowa, United States

Died 27 May 1951 at age 59 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Glen Samuel Bell was the son of John Reason Bell and Mary Melinda Scott. John and Melinda were the parents of 9 children: Myrtle Amy who married John Franklin Conner, Irene Maude who married Albert Epworth Tomlinson, Nellie Alice who married Ira Elmer Miller, an infant som not named, Leroy Ernest who married Jenni May Whitney, Herbert Harrison who married Elsie Mary Whitney, Glen Samuel who married Ethel Pearl Whitney, Geneva Minerva who married Charles Logan Byers, and Laura Eugenia who married Walter E. Backus.

Glen and Ethel were married 31 Aug 1910 in Nevada, Story County, Iowa and too this union were born six children: Ralph Irving, Estelene Ruth, Melvin Carl, Howard Leroy, and twins Harold Wayne and Gerald Dwayne. The two twins died in infancy.

Glen died of a heart ailment at his home, 1907 E. Thirty-second court, Des Moines, after an illness of six weeks. He was born near Maxwell and was in the automobile business in Des Moines for more than 30 years. Before moving to Des Moines in about 1931 he lived at Bondurant. Glen was a member of Grand View Park Baptist church

Sources

FamilySearch.org, including

• 1925 Polk City, Polk, Iowa in Iowa State Census - married with three children
• 1930 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa US Census - married with four children

Find A Grave: Memorial #20740992 -- Peoria Cemetery in Maxwell, Story County, Iowa

Profile History:

• Bell-414 was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged. on 14 September 2010.
• Bell-21300 was created by Jami (Snyder) VanAmburgh through imported data from GEDCOM upload #113948, Person P1740 on 6 Apr 2018.
• Merged on 29 July 2022.