Bell, Margaretta Elizabeth b. Abt Dec 1879 Little Genesee, Allegany, New York, USA d. 3 Jun 1957 Hudson, Quay, New Mexico, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Bell, Margaretta Elizabeth

Abt 1879 - 1957 (77 years)

Name	Bell, Margaretta Elizabeth
Birth	Abt Dec 1879	Little Genesee, Allegany, New York, USA
	age 6 mo in 1880 census (15th June; born Dec)
Gender	Female
Birth	28 Jan 1880	Little Genesee, Allegany, New York, USA [1, 2, 3]
census 1880	15 Jun 1880	Genesee Twp, Allegany, New York, USA [3]
	Age: 6m; Marital status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Education	1894	Ceres, Allegany, New York, USA
	school photo, names. 76 students listed
	20240521GHLn- https://www.paintedhills.org/ALLEGANY/ceresnyschool1894.html Ceres, N.Y. Class of 1894 Original material from: Jaime Mooney Submitted by PHGS Member: Dan Maxson 76 students; names begin with Back Row Fred Gleason Guy Danforth Lon White Paul Maxson Fred Manley Ralph Bell Rena Hamilton Mary Case Hattie Mc Kinney Rena White Grace Danforth Maggie Bell Bessie Warner Flora Bell Lina Austin Merle Plane Edna Almy Myrtle McDonald Carrie Bell Lee Freeman Claude Childes Earlo Roberts Bennie Carter Mable Henry George Harmon Maggie Almy Bertha McKinney Herbert Freeman Mable Danforth Willie Ostrander Ethel Muckie Irving Brink Mary McFadden Robert Herrick Xenia Maxson Kate Danforth Leslie Danforth Leslie Babcock Claude Laney Will Harmon Murton Place Miss May Carpenter Miss Keeney Daisy Spree Edith McKinney Elmer Buroge Bonnie Bell Mark Whiting Viola Maxson Neil Gleason John Gleason Laura Brink Jennie White Hasel Almy Ed McFadden John Danforth Elisa Raymond Nellie Mc Kinney Irving Adams Florence Michoson Olive Harmon Cecil Kenter Charles Blovett Robert Raymond Orra Gleason Fred Elliot Maurice Michoson Norma Babcock Edna Carter Walter Blovett Frank White Roy Babcock Dot Danforth Mildred Gleason Leo Barber Edith Harmon This page is maintained by the PHGS Last Update February 11, 2020 © 2002-2024 by The Painted Hills Genealogy Society
		School Ceres NY 1894 Bell Maxson Danforth phgs 20240521GHLn- https://www.paintedhills.org/ALLEGANY/ceresnyschool1894.html Ceres, N.Y. Class of 1894 Original material from: Jaime Mooney Submitted by PHGS Member: Dan Maxson 76 students; names begin with Back Row Fred Gleason Guy Danforth Lon White Paul Maxson Fred Manley Ralph Bell Rena Hamilton Mary Case Hattie Mc Kinney Rena White Grace…
Residence	1900	Genesee Twp, Allegany, New York, USA [1]
Residence	1900	Alfred, Allegany, New York, USA
	student at Alfred University- cf. Eloise's letter to "Aunt Hat". also, "at school" in census
census 1900	26 Jun 1900	Genesee Twp, Allegany, New York, USA [1, 2]
	Margetta E. Age: 20; Daughter NY NY PA Jan 1880 at school
	Rowland R Bell in the 1900 United States Federal Census date: 26th June 1900 enumerator: Thomas Brown Burdick Name: Rowland R Bell Age: 56 Birth Date: Apr 1847 Birthplace: New York Home in 1900: Genesee, Allegany, New York Sheet Number: 10A Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:188 Family Number: 190 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House:Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Bell Marriage Year: 1875 Years Married: 25 Father's Birthplace:England Mother's Birthplace:Pennsylvania Occupation: Farmer Attended School: 6 Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Can Speak English:Yes House Owned or Rented:O Home Free or Mortgaged:F Farm or House: F Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Rowland R Bell 56 Head NY Eng PA April 1841 M25 farmer Elizabeth Bell 53 wife PA NY PA Jan 1827? M25 8/8 Harriet E Bell 24 dau PA NY PA Aug 1875 Ralph Bell 22 son NY NY PA June 1877 Robert S Bell 21 son NY NY PA Sep 1878 Margetta E Bell 20 dau NY NY PA Jan 1880 at school Flora J Bell 18 dau NY NY PA July 1881 at school Caroline Bell 17 dau NY NY PA Oct 1882 at school Rollo R Bell 16 son NY NY PA John B Bell 14 son NY NY PA Mar 1886 at school Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Genesee, Allegany, New York; Roll: 1008; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1241008 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
correspondence	15 Nov 1903	Vineland, Landis, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA [4]
	letter, Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall, in Allegany, NY
	I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now. Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall, written 15 Nov 1903 from Vineland, NJ.: post: Nov 16, 1903 to: Miss Orilla E. Hall Vineland, NJ Allegany, New York Vineland, N.J. Nov. 15, 1903- My dear Orilla, I have just recovered from the shock your letter gave me. Why didn't you send me word it was coming! I have been thinking of you for some time, wishing I could see you. Why don't you come down? Ruth went up to Lucy's Friday after noon. She wanted me to go with her and Lucy wrote for me to come, too, but as -2- Ruth says, I was too stingy with my money. I am going up during Christmas vacation and that isn't so very far away. I really didn't care to hurry around Friday after noon to get here in time. And then as I told Ruth, Alfred takes my money. To-morrow night we're going down town to a lecture by Gen. Gordon. The subject is, The Last Days of the Confederacy. I know it will be fine. Uncle George, Aunt Mary & Lewis have gone to church. They'll soon be be back, as it -3- is 1.35 and Aunt Mary said for me to have dinner ready by 2.00. I will have to play in Sunday School this afternoon as Ruth isn't here. I have a fine class of little boys. They have just got back from church and dinner is all ready, so good bye for a time. How are the babies? Dorothea must look real cute doddling all around. I bet Papa John -4- is proud of her. How do Uncle Alvah and Aunt Hat feel this fall? Have you had much snow and has it been very cold? We've not had snow but once a little bit of a storm which lasted only two minutes. It snowed just enough to make me home sick. We've not had any cold weather as yet, that is not very cold. Some days have been cool, but not cold. I've had all the windows and doors open in school all the week. I have thirty youngsters -5- right along now and they are quite hard to get along with, too, especially the bigger ones. The work is very hard, too, and I am ready to go home. I had rather teach in York State, even if I wouldn't get as much. Joe got Lewis a little bicycle the other day. He can't ride it yet. Well We've had our dinner and it is nearly time to go to S.S. I must comb my hair and put a ribbon around my neck. -6- Will write some more when I get back if I have time. I think perhaps I'll go down for Ruth, about five. What are you going to do Thanksgiving? Are you planning to go any where? All of Aunt Mary's children and grand children will be here, 37 in all. I will make the number 38 and Aunt Mary & Uncle George will make 42. There will be a house ful(sic) won't there? Grace gave a party for Sidney yesterday. His birth day was Tuesday but she had the party Saturday on account of -7- school. Sidney is as cute as he can be. He can't talk plain yet and calls me Aunt Mikey. He is a great fellow. Levi has gone and left us. He went back to Virginia where he worked last winter. Ruth can't be comforted. Walter is a great one he is always writing some thing funney(sic). There is a fellow here they call Penny Dodge, another one by the name of Gale. Once Walter wrote to -(8)- Aunt Mary that he had heard that Ruth and I were Dodging around after Parrots, then he said "Perhaps a Gale will blow one their way before Spring comes. When he heard that Levi had gone he wrote "I am sorry Ruth's Parrot has migrated south. Did you see any thing of a Bell hanging around his neck when he left? Perhaps he will come back before Spring comes." Did I tell you about -(9)- Walter's getting me to bite into a green persimmon! My but he was tickled! There is no way of getting ahead of him. Herbert came out Thursday night. He comes out real often. Homer has just come. Well I must go to S.S. now. Good-bye my dear cousin. With much love as ever, your cousin, Maggie the 'Players'- help?- - Maggie- Margetta Elizabeth Bell (Reed?) 1880-1957 my 1st cousin 3x removed From the letter we know that- - - She is a school teacher. - - She teaches Sunday School. - - She plays the piano, possibly the organ, too. - Orilla Elizabeth Hall- (gr)Aunt Orilla - Ruth- Hall? - Lucy- Anna Lucille Benson Hitchcock? [1885-1971, married W.O.Hitchcock] 1st cousin 3x, or Lucy Mariah Hall Bennett? 1847-? 2nd cousin 3x Actually, I just came across 'Lucy' in the 1880 census, Louise's nickname: Louise Maria "Lucy" Hall Laubenthal, 1875-1919, 2nd great aunt. - Alfred- [I remember hearing 'Alfred' as a kid, but I do not know who he was. Alfred University?] - Aunt Mary- Harriett's sister, 3rd great aunt, 1841-1926, married: - Uncle George- George Washington Lewis, 1838-1909 - Lewis- - Uncle Alvah- Alvah HALL 2nd gr grandfather 1828-1909 - Aunt Hat- Harriet BENSON HALL 2nd gr grandmother 1849-1915 - Grace- - Sidney- - Herbert- Herbert K. SPRING 1874-1950 gr grandfather - Homer- Homer E. Hall? 1st cousin 3x - Walter-
Death	3 Jun 1957	Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico, USA
Family	Rowland and Elizabeth Bell with children: Ralph, Elouise (Harriet), Elizabeth Benson Bell, Rowland, Robert, Maggie (Margaretta), Rollo Robin, Carrie (Caroline), John Benson, Flora
	20250505GHLn- nlbay originally shared this on 10 Apr 2018 Rowland and Elizabeth Bell with children Front Row - Ralph, Elouise (Harriet), Elizabeth Benson Bell, Rowland Back Row - Robert, Maggie (Margaretta), Rollo Robin, Carrie (Caroline), John Benson, Flora Linked to Rowland Robinson Bell
		Screenshot (256) 20250505GHLn- nlbay originally shared this on 10 Apr 2018 Rowland and Elizabeth Bell with children Front Row - Ralph, Elouise (Harriet), Elizabeth Benson Bell, Rowland Back Row - Robert, Maggie (Margaretta), Rollo Robin, Carrie (Caroline), John Benson, Flora Linked to Rowland Robinson Bell
LDS	Margaretta Elizabeth Bell 1880-1957 • KNYV-HB6 ?
Race	White [2, 3]
Name	Maggie [4]
Name	Margarett Bell [3]
Name	Margetta E Bell [1, 2]
Name	Margetta Elouise Bell [1]
Death	3 Jun 1957	Hudson, Quay, New Mexico, USA [1]
Person ID	I34265	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	Bell, Rowland Robinson, b. 7 Apr 1844, Genesee Twp, Allegany, New York, USA d. 6 Mar 1906, Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico, USA (Age 61 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Benson, Elizabeth, b. 4 Jan 1847, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 17 Feb 1920, Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico, USA (Age 73 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	13 Aug 1874	Genesee Twp, Allegany, New York, USA [1, 2, 5]
	familysearch 20170812 Name Rowland Robinson Bell Sex Male Birth 7 APR 1844 Genesee, Allegany, New York Death 6 MAR 1906 Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico Burial 6 March 1906 Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico Residence 1850 Genesee, Allegany, New York, United States 1855 Genesee, Allegany, New York, United States Family Members Spouses and Children Rowland Robinson Bell 1844-1906 • L3SQ-MZZ ? Elizabeth Benson 1847-1920 • KPQ1-LDR ? Marriage: 13 AUG 1874 Genesee, Allegany, New York Children (8) Harriet Eloise Bell 1875-Deceased • 9VPP-VPT ? Ralph Mack Bell 1877-1933 • 9VPP-VPB ? Robert Snowden Bell 1878-1963 • KNYV-HBD ? Margaretta Elizabeth Bell 1880-1957 • KNYV-HB6 ? Flora Jane Bell 1881-1956 • 9VPP-V5J ? Caroline H Bell 1882-1946 • 9VPP-V5P ? Rollo Robin Bell 1884-1929 • L3S3-1YW ? John Benson Bell 1885-1936 • KNYV-HBF ? Parents and Siblings John Bell 1792-1874 • LZPZ-1CZ ? Jane King 1796-1878 • LZ2F-715 ? Marriage: 23 January 1818 Children (15) Nathaniel D Bell 1815-Deceased • LZ2X-LTZ ? Daniel C Bell 1820-Deceased • LZ2X-G9G ? Jane Bell 1822-1907 • LZ2F-WH4 ? Horatio Bell 1822-1864 • KJMH-WZ6 ? Caroline Bell 1823-1906 • LZ2F-WCY ? Mary Bell 1825-Deceased • L4TP-HKL ? Mary Bell 1828-Deceased • LZ2X-GJF ? Wilson P. Bell 1828-Deceased • L4TP-ZCL ? Margaretta Bell 1829-Deceased • LZ2X-GPD ? Robert Newton Bell 1830-1870 • LZ2X-P4J ? Maria K Bell 1833-Deceased • LZ2X-PXZ ? Francis J. Bell 1836-1894 • KJMH-WQB ? Francis K Bell 1836-Deceased • LZ2F-WJX ? Hannah Elizabeth Bell 1838-1918 • LCZB-RF3 ? Rowland Robinson Bell 1844-1906 • L3SQ-MZZ familysearch 20170812 jcw- Ralph Mack Bell 9VPP-VPB death: May 1933 birth: 8 June 1877, Genesee, Allegany, New York father: Rowland Robinson Bell L3SQ-MZZ mother: Elizabeth Benson KPQ1-LDR
Issue, jt	Eight children [6]
	"Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832. He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT. He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son. Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man. He left four daughters and one son. One son had died for his country during the rebellion. His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896). - One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there. - The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children. - The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; - his son, Brice B., has five, and - the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them. His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."
Family ID	F1975	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - Abt Dec 1879 - Little Genesee, Allegany, New York, USA
	Birth - 28 Jan 1880 - Little Genesee, Allegany, New York, USA
	census 1880 - Age: 6m; Marital status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 15 Jun 1880 - Genesee Twp, Allegany, New York, USA
	Education - school photo, names. 76 students listed - 1894 - Ceres, Allegany, New York, USA
	Residence - 1900 - Genesee Twp, Allegany, New York, USA
	Residence - student at Alfred University- cf. Eloise's letter to "Aunt Hat". also, "at school" in census - 1900 - Alfred, Allegany, New York, USA
	census 1900 - Margetta E. Age: 20; Daughter NY NY PA Jan 1880 at school - 26 Jun 1900 - Genesee Twp, Allegany, New York, USA
	Death - 3 Jun 1957 - Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico, USA
	Death - 3 Jun 1957 - Hudson, Quay, New Mexico, USA

= Link to Google Earth

Photos » Slide Show		Screenshot (256) 20250505GHLn- nlbay originally shared this on 10 Apr 2018 Rowland and Elizabeth Bell with children Front Row - Ralph, Elouise (Harriet), Elizabeth Benson Bell, Rowland Back Row - Robert, Maggie (Margaretta), Rollo Robin, Carrie (Caroline), John Benson, Flora Linked to Rowland Robinson Bell
		letter 1903 Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall01 (1024x765) I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now. Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall,…
		letter 1903 Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall02 (800x612) I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now. Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall,…
		letter 1903 Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall03 (800x607) I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now. Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall,…
		letter 1903 Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall04 (800x633) I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now. Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall,…
		letter 1903 Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall05 (800x616) I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now. Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall,…
		census 1900 USA NY Allegany Genesee - Roland R Bell Rowland R Bell in the 1900 United States Federal Census date: 26th June 1900 enumerator: Thomas Brown Burdick Name: Rowland R Bell Age: 56 Birth Date: Apr 1847 Birthplace: New York Home in 1900: Genesee, Allegany, New York Sheet Number: 10A Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:188 Family Number: 190 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to…
		census 1880 USA NY Allegany Genesee - Rowland R Bell 20250505GHLn- edited Year: 1880; Census Place: Genesee, Allegany, New York; Roll: 809; Family History Film: 1254809; Page: 259B; Enumeration District: 017; Image: 0522 15th June 1880 John H? Crundall? re-name: from census 1880 USA NY Allegany Genesee - Rowland R Bell to census 1880 USA NY Allegany Genesee 17_259B Rowland R Bell
		School Ceres NY 1894 Bell Maxson Danforth phgs 20240521GHLn- https://www.paintedhills.org/ALLEGANY/ceresnyschool1894.html Ceres, N.Y. Class of 1894 Original material from: Jaime Mooney Submitted by PHGS Member: Dan Maxson 76 students; names begin with Back Row Fred Gleason Guy Danforth Lon White Paul Maxson Fred Manley Ralph Bell Rena Hamilton Mary Case Hattie Mc Kinney Rena White Grace…

Sources

[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for Elizabeth Benson

[S959] census 1900 USA NY, Year: 1900; Census Place: Genesee, Allegany, New York; Roll: 1008; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1241008.
Record for Rowland R Bell
Rowland R Bell in the 1900 United States Federal Census
date: 26th June 1900
enumerator: Thomas Brown Burdick
Name: Rowland R Bell
Age: 56
Birth Date: Apr 1847
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1900: Genesee, Allegany, New York
Sheet Number: 10A
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:188
Family Number: 190
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House:Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Bell
Marriage Year: 1875
Years Married: 25
Father's Birthplace:England
Mother's Birthplace:Pennsylvania
Occupation: Farmer
Attended School: 6
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English:Yes
House Owned or Rented:O
Home Free or Mortgaged:F
Farm or House: F
Neighbors:
View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Rowland R Bell 56 Head NY Eng PA April 1841 M25 farmer
Elizabeth Bell 53 wife PA NY PA Jan 1827? M25 8/8
Harriet E Bell 24 dau PA NY PA Aug 1875
Ralph Bell 22 son NY NY PA June 1877
Robert S Bell 21 son NY NY PA Sep 1878
Margetta E Bell 20 dau NY NY PA Jan 1880 at school
Flora J Bell 18 dau NY NY PA July 1881 at school
Caroline Bell 17 dau NY NY PA Oct 1882 at school
Rollo R Bell 16 son NY NY PA
John B Bell 14 son NY NY PA Mar 1886 at school

Source Citation
Year: 1900; Census Place: Genesee, Allegany, New York; Roll: 1008; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1241008

Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

census 1900 USA NY Allegany Genesee - Roland R Bell
Rowland R Bell in the 1900 United States Federal Census
date: 26th June 1900
enumerator: Thomas Brown Burdick
Name: Rowland R Bell
Age: 56
Birth Date: Apr 1847
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1900: Genesee, Allegany, New York
Sheet Number: 10A
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:188
Family Number: 190
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to…

[S507] census 1880 USA NY Allegany, (Name: www.ancestry.com;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Genesee, Allegany, New York; Roll: 809; Family History Film: 1254809; Page: 259B; Enumeration District: 017; Image: 0522.
Record for Rowland R. Bell (30) facts
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Year: 1880; Census Place: Genesee, Allegany, New York; Roll: 809; Family History Film: 1254809; Page: 259B; Enumeration District: 017; Image: 0522

15th June 1880
John H? Crundall?

census 1880 USA NY Allegany Genesee - Rowland R Bell
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Year: 1880; Census Place: Genesee, Allegany, New York; Roll: 809; Family History Film: 1254809; Page: 259B; Enumeration District: 017; Image: 0522

15th June 1880
John H? Crundall?

re-name: from
census 1880 USA NY Allegany Genesee - Rowland R Bell to
census 1880 USA NY Allegany Genesee 17_259B Rowland R Bell

[S1122] correspondence, Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall, 16 Nov 1903.
My dear Orilla, (11) facts
I have just recovered from the shock your letter gave me. Why didn't you send me word it was coming!
[reference to "Alfred"- Maybe not a person but Alfred University? -jcw20170831]
I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now.
Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group

Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall, written 15 Nov 1903 from Vineland, NJ.:

post: Nov 16, 1903 to: Miss Orilla E. Hall
Vineland, NJ Allegany, New York

Vineland, N.J.
Nov. 15, 1903-

My dear Orilla,
I have just recovered from the shock your letter gave me. Why didn't you send me word it was coming! I have been thinking of you for some time, wishing I could see you. Why don't you come down? Ruth went up to Lucy's Friday after noon. She wanted me to go with her and Lucy wrote for me to come, too, but as
-2-
Ruth says, I was too stingy with my money. I am going up during Christmas vacation and that isn't so very far away. I really didn't care to hurry around Friday after noon to get here in time. And then as I told Ruth, Alfred takes my money. To-morrow night we're going down town to a lecture by Gen. Gordon. The subject is, The Last Days of the Confederacy. I know it will be fine. Uncle George, Aunt Mary & Lewis have gone to church. They'll soon be be back, as it
-3-
is 1.35 and Aunt Mary said for me to have dinner ready by 2.00. I will have to play in Sunday School this afternoon as Ruth isn't here. I have a fine class of little boys.
They have just got back from church and dinner is all ready, so good bye for a time.
How are the babies? Dorothea must look real cute doddling all around. I bet Papa John
-4-
is proud of her.
How do Uncle Alvah and Aunt Hat feel this fall? Have you had much snow and has it been very cold? We've not had snow but once a little bit of a storm which lasted only two minutes. It snowed just enough to make me home sick. We've not had any cold weather as yet, that is not very cold. Some days have been cool, but not cold. I've had all the windows and doors open in school all the week.
I have thirty youngsters
-5-
right along now and they are quite hard to get along with, too, especially the bigger ones.
The work is very hard, too, and I am ready to go home. I had rather teach in York State, even if I wouldn't get as much. Joe got Lewis a little bicycle the other day. He can't ride it yet.
Well We've had our dinner and it is nearly time to go to S.S. I must comb my hair and put a ribbon around my neck.
-6-
Will write some more when I get back if I have time. I think perhaps I'll go down for Ruth, about five.
What are you going to do Thanksgiving? Are you planning to go any where? All of Aunt Mary's children and grand children will be here, 37 in all. I will make the number 38 and Aunt Mary & Uncle George will make 42. There will be a house ful(sic) won't there? Grace gave a party for Sidney yesterday. His birth day was Tuesday but she had the party Saturday on account of
-7-
school. Sidney is as cute as he can be. He can't talk plain yet and calls me Aunt Mikey. He is a great fellow.
Levi has gone and left us. He went back to Virginia where he worked last winter. Ruth can't be comforted. Walter is a great one he is always writing some thing funney(sic). There is a fellow here they call Penny Dodge, another one by the name of Gale. Once Walter wrote to
-(8)-
Aunt Mary that he had heard that Ruth and I were Dodging around after Parrots, then he said "Perhaps a Gale will blow one their way before Spring comes. When he heard that Levi had gone he wrote "I am sorry Ruth's Parrot has migrated south. Did you see any thing of a Bell hanging around his neck when he left? Perhaps he will come back before Spring comes." Did I tell you about
-(9)-
Walter's getting me to bite into a green persimmon! My but he was tickled! There is no way of getting ahead of him. Herbert came out Thursday night. He comes out real often. Homer has just come. Well I must go to S.S. now.
Good-bye my dear cousin.
With much love as ever,
your cousin,
Maggie

the 'Players'- help?-
- Maggie- Margetta Elizabeth Bell (Reed?) 1880-1957 my 1st cousin 3x removed
From the letter we know that-
- - She is a school teacher.
- - She teaches Sunday School.
- - She plays the piano, possibly the organ, too.

- Orilla Elizabeth Hall- (gr)Aunt Orilla
- Ruth- Hall?
- Lucy- Anna Lucille Benson Hitchcock? [1885-1971, married W.O.Hitchcock]
1st cousin 3x, or
Lucy Mariah Hall Bennett? 1847-? 2nd cousin 3x
Actually, I just came across 'Lucy' in the 1880 census, Louise's nickname:
Louise Maria "Lucy" Hall Laubenthal, 1875-1919, 2nd great aunt.
- Alfred- [I remember hearing 'Alfred' as a kid, but I do not know who he was. Alfred University? fits.]
- Aunt Mary- Harriett's sister, 3rd great aunt, 1841-1926, married:
- Uncle George- George Washington Lewis, 1838-1909
- Lewis-
- Uncle Alvah- Alvah HALL 2nd gr grandfather 1828-1909
- Aunt Hat- Harriet BENSON HALL 2nd gr grandmother 1849-1915
- Grace-
- Sidney-
- Herbert- Herbert K. SPRING 1874-1950 gr grandfather
- Homer- Homer E. Hall? 1st cousin 3x
- Walter-

	letter 1903 Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall01 (1024x765) I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now. Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall,…
	letter 1903 Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall02 (800x612) I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now. Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall,…
	letter 1903 Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall03 (800x607) I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now. Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall,…
	letter 1903 Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall04 (800x633) I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now. Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall,…
	letter 1903 Maggie Bell to Orilla Hall05 (800x616) I've tried to keep to the actual text in transcribing this letter, received from uncle John Howard Spring several years ago. I hope neither Maggie (Margetta? Bell Reed?) nor Aunt Orilla would mind sharing this now. Posted 10 April 2017 on FaceBook in the SPRING-SNYDER-HALL et al Family Group Letter from Maggie Bell to Orilla Elizabeth Hall,…

[S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Bell, Rowland Robinson "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 September 2016, 02:44), entry for Rowland Robinson Bell(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L3SQ-MZZ); contributed by various users. PersonID L3SQ-MZZ.
Rowland Robinson Bell
familysearch 20170812
Name Rowland Robinson Bell
Sex Male
Birth 7 APR 1844 Genesee, Allegany, New York
Death 6 MAR 1906 Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico
Burial 6 March 1906 Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico

Residence
1850 Genesee, Allegany, New York, United States
1855 Genesee, Allegany, New York, United States

Family Members
Spouses and Children
Rowland Robinson Bell 1844-1906 • L3SQ-MZZ ?
Elizabeth Benson 1847-1920 • KPQ1-LDR ?
Marriage: 13 AUG 1874 Genesee, Allegany, New York

Children (8)
Harriet Eloise Bell 1875-Deceased • 9VPP-VPT ?
Ralph Mack Bell 1877-1933 • 9VPP-VPB ?
Robert Snowden Bell 1878-1963 • KNYV-HBD ?
Margaretta Elizabeth Bell 1880-1957 • KNYV-HB6 ?
Flora Jane Bell 1881-1956 • 9VPP-V5J ?
Caroline H Bell 1882-1946 • 9VPP-V5P ?
Rollo Robin Bell 1884-1929 • L3S3-1YW ?
John Benson Bell 1885-1936 • KNYV-HBF ?

Parents and Siblings
John Bell 1792-1874 • LZPZ-1CZ ?
Jane King 1796-1878 • LZ2F-715 ?
Marriage: 23 January 1818

Children (15)
Nathaniel D Bell 1815-Deceased • LZ2X-LTZ ?
Daniel C Bell 1820-Deceased • LZ2X-G9G ?
Jane Bell 1822-1907 • LZ2F-WH4 ?
Horatio Bell 1822-1864 • KJMH-WZ6 ?
Caroline Bell 1823-1906 • LZ2F-WCY ?
Mary Bell 1825-Deceased • L4TP-HKL ?
Mary Bell 1828-Deceased • LZ2X-GJF ?
Wilson P. Bell 1828-Deceased • L4TP-ZCL ?
Margaretta Bell 1829-Deceased • LZ2X-GPD ?
Robert Newton Bell 1830-1870 • LZ2X-P4J ?
Maria K Bell 1833-Deceased • LZ2X-PXZ ?
Francis J. Bell 1836-1894 • KJMH-WQB ?
Francis K Bell 1836-Deceased • LZ2F-WJX ?
Hannah Elizabeth Bell 1838-1918 • LCZB-RF3 ?
Rowland Robinson Bell 1844-1906 • L3SQ-MZZ
[S1558] M.W. Mann & Maria King, History of Ceres and its near vicinity, from its early settlement in 1798 to the present, (Name: Olean, NY: Gillett & Weston, 1896;), 139 "Potter BENSON, ... and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. ..." (16) facts.
Potter BENSON (29) facts

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"Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832.
He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT.
He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son.
Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man.
He left four daughters and one son.
One son had died for his country during the rebellion.
His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896).
One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there.
The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children.
The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; his son, Brice B., has five,
and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three.
Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them.
His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."

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