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BIOGRAPHIES
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Source:
Mack, Horace -
History of Columbiana County, Ohio
: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.
Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co.,
1879
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Alex. C. Bell, Jr.ALEXANDER CROZIER BELL. Alexander Crozier Bell, Sr., father of the subject of this sketch, was born May 29, 1804, at Stony Point, near the town of Demare, County Down, Ireland. He was the son of Thomas and Martha (Crozier) Bell, who were natives of that county.
His mother died at the age of about thirty. His father died in the city of Pittsburgh in 1856, in his one hundredth year.
In 1816, Alexander C. Bell, Sr., came to America and located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pa., where he resided for a period of forty-one years, being engaged for several years as superintendent of one floor in the cotton-mills of James Adams (his uncle), and later in the wholesale grocery trade on Liberty street.
In 1842 he married Miss Mary Frazer, daughter of John and Martha (McClucken) Frazer, who was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1816.
Alexander Crozier Bell, Jr., was born July 13, 1844, in the city of Pittsburgh, Pa. His education was obtained in the Fourth Ward schools of that city, which he attended until he arrived at the age of twelve and a half years.
In January, 1857, he moved with his parents to Columbiana, Ohio. At the age of thirteen he went to Mansfield, Ohio, and learned telegraphing, and was the first to open a telegraph key in Columbiana.
He has been in the employ of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company, and Pennsylvania Company ever since he came to Ohio, either as telegraph operator, freight or passenger agent.
He has been a prominent member of both the Masonic and Odd-Fellow orders, having for three successive years represented Allen Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 276, in the sessions of the Grand Lodge of the State. He was one of the charter members of Panora Lodge, No. 410, I. O. O. F.; has held the various offices in the lodge, and served one year as District Deputy Grand Master of Columbiana County.
Although comparatively a young man, he has been an active worker in the Democratic party, and has been a delegate to several State and county conventions. In 1878 he was nominated for the office of clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, and although his party was very largely in the minority, both in his township and county, his majority in his own township was seventy-one.
In 1876 he was elected mayor of the village of Columbiana, and re-elected in 1878, and in the discharge of the responsible duties of the office has been a faithful and efficient officer, guarding with care the best interests of the place, both morally and financially.
He possesses rare business qualities, an impulsive nature, and positive will, to which much of his success in life may be attributed.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio - Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 144
Hiram Bell ResidenceHIRAM BELL, the subject of this sketch, was the great-grandson on his maternal side, of Thomas Buzby, who was born in England; moved to America, and settled in Rancocas, Burlington County, N. J. Married and raised a family of six children, viz.: Joseph, Thomas, Amos, Isaac, Daniel and Mary.
Isaac married Miss Martha Lippincott, of the vicinity of Philadelphia, Pa. She died at an early age, leaving two children, - Nathaniel and Martha. He afterwards married Naomi Owen, daughter of Rolan and Prudence Owen, formerly Prudence Powell. She died leaving seven children, viz: Rachel, Prudence, Mary, Isaac, Martha, Joseph, and Rebecca. He afterwards married Sarah Alberson by whom he had one child, Sarah.
His daughter Martha, by second wife, married Smith Bell, son of Thomas and Thamer (Smith) Bell, of Delaware. They moved to Columbiana County in 1805, and located in Elk Run township, two and one-half miles southwest of East Fairfield, where they resided until their death. There were born to them twelve children, six of whom are still living, viz.: Sarah, Hiram, Smith, Mary, Robert, and Martha, all owning homes within seven miles of where they were born.
Hiram married Martha Freed, only daughter of George Freed, and granddaughter of Jacob Freed and Samuel Kemble of Columbiana County, May 30, 1849. They have had born to them nine children, viz: Sydney, Lewis, Naomi, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Mulford, Anna, Clifton and Norman, seven of whom are still living, the two latter having died in infancy.
In 1877 Hiram Bell was elected commissioner of the county for a term of three years, which office he now holds. He has been successful in his business enterprises, and holds to a large degree the esteem and confidence of his neighbors and acquaintances.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio - Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 144
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