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James Bell.AssiJa cells mot Savi al 8James Bell was boro in Liberty township, Guernsey county, Ohio, October 20 tb, 1833, died January 16th,1906, aged 71 years, 2 months, 27 days.He was married to Harriet Gibson December 29th, 183(1. To this union 1 jjili were born eight children, two sons ^ati aod four daughters: two died in in- (Lau fancy. Those remaining are Mrs. W. (j0 , D. Gibson, O. S. Bell, Mrs. James jn~ Ford, Mrs. Wm. Angus, Jas. W. Beil, gen aod Miss Mary, who is at home with QbJ her mother. AH resiae near Kim bo I-ton except O. 8. who lives in Adams qU| township. The deceased leaves two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Britton, of V8 , Cambridge township, ana Mrs. Jane g'j Edgar. of Waco. Texas; also one jjiiis half-sister, Mis. Fletcher Sarcbet, of jjiaj Cambridge, O. Thirteen graudcbil- q dren remain. QraMr. Bell spent his entire life in jon Liberty township. In the spring of 1857, just after his marriage, be set* pfel tied on the farm on which he died, ton aod lived there the remainder of bis jj life except two years spent in Kim-button. On the 4tb of l»ecemhcr last ^,a be remarked to his family that, it ^ua was just fifty years that day since he p came to Kimbolton and commenced *] working for the Luccock firm and. p continued to work for them for eigb- 1 pOTT teen years. This is certainly a g««*d p index to his faithTulncss as ao em- pat ploye. As a neighbor he was kind TS and obliging, always ready to do a p favor. As a citizen be was honest cre aod enterprising, and during his en- j p tire life we believe he never bad any, -pin litigation with any one. He was a j p Republican in politics, but was liber-) p al enough to be governed by priori-,pie rather than oarty prejudice. To his family and friends be leaves theFallegacy of a “good naure” which thej0fj wiseman said “is rather to be chosenthan great riches,” and “is better U»s precious ointment.”He was a member of the U. P. church of Kimbolton. Rev. J. S. MrMuno, of Cambridge, who bad been his pastor for seven yean in the Kimbolton (J. P. church, who oould not be present at the funeral on account Of a previous engagement, sent a vary nice letter which was read at tb* funeral service, in which he said: “Nr. Bell would be missed by his neighbors, his friends, his church, but most of all by his family.”The funeral aetvices were held in the 0. P. church at Kimbolton conducted by his pastor. Rev. A. K. Diokey, assisted by Rev. K. S. Bowen, of the M. B. church, and Rev. Mr. Straps, of Reynoldsburg, O., and fiev. i. T. Campbell. The esteem in which Mr. Bell was held In tbe community was evidenced by tbe la rye number that attended tbe fun-ral exercises. His remains were laid to rest in tbe Kimbolton oitnetery wbers they will await tbe call of tbe tart trumpet.Bev. J. H. Baton man, ssstor of Um Zanesville First O. P. church,FF'1 et • t al.imsITOOtinamamme3bepHwll001iIaatlWibetri1by
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Cambridge Jeffersonian
Cambridge, Ohio, US
Thu, Jan 26, 1905
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