John M. Bell
Father of William Hamilton Bell, with whom he was living, widowed and aged 76, at Elkhorn, Walworth County, Wisconsin, in 1880. Born in New York about 1804 to Irish-born parents, he was of Geneva, Ontario County, when he married Sarah Giraud (Gerow) of Manchester at Vienna, New York, in 1827.
Life
- c. 1804BornNew York
76 in 1880; both his parents born in Ireland. The Ancestry tree has Geneva, Ontario County, but the 1827 marriage notice gives Geneva as his residence, not his birthplace.
documentedproven - 1827Married Sarah Gerow3 Dec 1827, Vienna (Phelps), Ontario County, New York
"John M. of Geneva m 12/3/27 Sarah Giraud of Manchester in Vienna, NY; Thomas Smith, Esq."
documentedproven - 1880LivedElkhorn, Walworth County, Wisconsin
In his son's household, as "John M. Bell", widowed.
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Notes
William H. Bell’s father, living with him at Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in 1880, aged 76, widowed, born in New York of Irish-born parents (record). His marriage in 1827 is recorded above; little else is known, and Cattaraugus County, New York, is the place to look. The online trees’ “Capt.” John Bell (1791-1886), a Greenfield tavern keeper, is another man (source).