no image
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Grier Bell (1799 - 1886)

Grier Bell
Born in Pike Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 1822 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , and
Died at age 86 in New Millport, Knox Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Problems/Questions Profile manager: Christopher Gorman private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 28 May 2014
This page has been accessed 387 times.

Biography

Grier Bell was born on July 1, 1799 in Pike Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States. His parents were Arthur Bell (1761 - 1833) and Mary Elizabeth (Greenwood) Bell (1759 - 1824).

Grier married Hetty Roll (1799 - 1868) in 1822 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania

Their children were...

  1. Angeline Bell (1825 - 1845)
  2. Vespasian Bell (1826 - )
  3. Emeline Bell (1827 - 1851)
  4. Grier Bell (1828 - 1905)
  5. Cortez Fernanda Bell (1829 - 1907)
  6. Josephine (Bell) Hagerty (1831 - 1928)
  7. William Warren Bell (1833 - 1909)
  8. Hortensia Bell (1838 - 1854).

Grier died on February 26, 1886[1] in New Millport, Knox Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania aged 86. He is buried at the McClure Cemetery, Curwensville Find A Grave: Memorial #160519916

United States Census, 1840[2] Jordan, Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Head of Household: Grier Bell
Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Females - Under 5: 1
Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 8
United States Census, 1850[3] Jordan Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Geus Bell M 51 Pennsylvania
Hetty Bell F 50 Pennsylvania
Cortes Bell M 21 Pennsylvania
Josephine Bell F 19 Pennsylvania
Emeline Bell F 23 Pennsylvania
W W Bell M 17 Pennsylvania
Hortence Bell F 11 Pennsylvania
United States Census, 1860[4] Ferguson Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Geril Bell M 61 Pennsylvania
Hetty Bell F 60 Pennsylvania
Coster Bell M 31 Pennsylvania
Warren Bell M 27 Pennsylvania
United States Census, 1870 [5]Ferguson Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Grier Bell M 71 Pennsylvania
Ann Hockenberry F 37 Pennsylvania
Albin Shultz M 4 Pennsylvania
United States Census, 1880[6] Ferguson, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Grier Bell Self M 80 Pennsylvania, United States
Anna Hockenberry Other F 47 Pennsylvania, United States

History of Clearfield County:[7]
      Grier Bell, his son, was the first white child born in the county. He was so named after Rev. Grier, of Williamsport, who came to baptize him. Squire Bell used an old coffee-mill for grinding corn until Mat. Ogden's mill was done. He raised a family of several sons and daughters. Of his children William married a Miss Henry, and died, leaving a large family. His widow afterward married John P. Dale. Greenwood was a rheumatic, and suffered severely from that complaint. Grier, the first child born in the county. Letitia, who married James Young, and three other daughters who married respectively William, Thomas, and James McCracken, sons of James McCracken, sr.

Special to the TRIBUNE.
      CLEARFIELD, Pa., March 1. Grier Bell, sr., son of the late Arthur Bell, sr., died at bias home in Ferguson township, this county, on Friday last, aged 66 years. 7 months. The deceased was said to have been the first white male child born in this county, and occupied a prominent place in the centennial celebration next year. In conversation be was fond of referring to the days of his childhood and youth, when the Indians still camped in this county at a point near the mouth et Anderson's creek, and when the wild beasts played havoc among the farm stock, carrying off many a prize in the shape of a call, sheep or pig In these days the residents of this part of the county want to Milesburg, Centre county, to get their milling done, and for blacksmithing repairs they were obliged to journey all the way to the mouth of Chantham's Run, three or four miles below Lock Havan.

Sources

  1. ↑ Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Pennsylvania County, District and Probate Courts.
  2. ↑ 1840; Census Place: Jordan, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; Roll: 500; Page: 317; Family History Library Film: 0020560
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4H3-ZFV : 21 December 2020), Cortes Bell in household of Geus Bell, Jordan Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPH-VCF : 18 February 2021), Hetty Bell in entry for Geril Bell, 1860.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGH-57C : 29 May 2021), Grier Bell, 1870.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXG-LQ8 : 20 February 2021), Grier Bell, Ferguson, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 270, sheet 279D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,116.
  7. ↑ Aldrich, Lewis C. History of Clearfield County. Syracuse, New York: D. Mason, 2008. Internet resource.
  • Source: S411 Record ID Number: MH:S403 User ID: 51962B4442A6F66A5D4BED9A4368B9C0 Author: StephenOwner White Title: henry Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: henry Web Site CONT Family tree: henry5 Media: 149489051-5 Type: Smart Matching Record ID Number: MH:SC9137 Page: Grier Bell Event: Smart Matching Role: 5023013 Data: Date: 19 OCT 2013 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  • Source: S436 Record ID Number: MH:S427 User ID: 51C6175458DA71F02D4BED9A4368B428 Author: William R. Billotte Title: William R. Billotte, B. 10/10/1943 Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: William R. Billotte, B. 10/10/1943 Web Site CONT Family tree: billbilllotte Media: 36280611-106 Type: Smart Matching Record ID Number: MH:SC13295 Page: Grier Bell Event: Smart Matching Role: 106018359 Data: Date: 12 JAN 2014 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

Acknowledgment

Bell-8938 was created by Christopher Gorman on May 26, 2014.





Is Grier your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message the profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Grier by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Grier:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.



Comments

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.

Featured National Park champion connections: Grier is 13 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 13 degrees from George Catlin, 14 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 21 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 15 degrees from George Grinnell, 24 degrees from Anton Kröller, 14 degrees from Stephen Mather, 21 degrees from Kara McKean, 15 degrees from John Muir, 14 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 22 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

B  >  Bell  >  Grier Bell