William Hamilton Bell
Carpenter and Walworth County coroner, who "came to Wisconsin from Cattaraugus county, New York"; elected coroner in 1874, he was chosen at four successive elections, the last in 1880, and lived at Elkhorn in 1870 and 1880. He married Adeline Fairchild about 1849-50 and was the father of Lucy Ellen Bell, who married George William Frost. An asthmatic, he moved to Cloverdale, California, about 1883, and died there in May 1887, two months after Lucy.
Life
- c. 1829BornNew Yorkcompiledpossible
- 1880Lived
- 1887Died28 May 1887, Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California
"At his late residence, on Saturday, May 28th, Wm. H. Bell, age 57 years" (a Cloverdale paper of 4 Jun 1887). Gilmore's additions have the same day; the Frost Genealogy's 1888 at Cloverdale has the place but not the year.
Family
- Father
- John M. Bell
"John M. Bell," 76, "Father," in his household at Elkhorn in 1880. The trees' "Capt." John Bell of Greenfield (1791-1886) is another man.
documentedproven - Mother
- Sarah Gerow
John M. Bell married Sarah Giraud in December 1827, about fifteen months before William's birth; an earlier wife can't be ruled out.
- Spouse
- Adeline Asenath Fairchild
The parents of Lucy Ellen Bell, whose links to both are proven, and of her brothers and sisters.
inferredproven1 child
Pedigree
Notes
A carpenter, who “came to Wisconsin from Cattaraugus county, New York” (his son Watson’s biography). Married Adeline Fairchild about 1849-50; at Walworth in 1860 and Elkhorn in 1870 and 1880. Elected Walworth County coroner in 1874 and “chosen at four successive elections (the last one in 1880)” (source). In 1880 his widowed father John M. Bell lived with him (record). Children (Gilmore): Dora A., Watson T. (a printer, then a grocer at Fergus Falls), John A., Lucy E., Etta M. and Carrie.
A lifelong sufferer from asthma, he moved to Cloverdale, California, about 1883 for relief, where his son-in-law George W. Frost became a director and then cashier of the new bank in 1884. He was recovering until he went to Santa Cruz for the death of his daughter Lucy, Mrs. G. W. Frost, in March 1887; he relapsed and died at home at Cloverdale on Saturday, 28 May 1887, aged 57, and was buried by the Masons at the Riverside Cemetery, the Rev. Chynoweth assisting (record).