ROBERT J. BELL
One has but to observe the tidy and excellent premises of the subject of this sketch, which consist of eighty acres of fertile soil one-half mile northeast of Farmington, Wash., to realize that the owner is one of the most enterprising and thrifty farmers of the entire county of Latah. Mr. Bell believes that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well, and he practices his belief in a very exemplary manner.
Robert J. was born in the county of Perth, Ontario, Canada, on March 17, 1861, being the son of Alexander Bell and Margaret (Parr) Bell. The father was a farmer and merchant in Canada, born in 1833, whose father came from Scotland and mother from Ireland. The mother of our subject was born in Ontario in 1842, and her father, John Parr, was born in England, and her mother in Ireland.
Our subject received his education in the excellent schools of Ontario, and at the age of sixteen years came to Manitoba and worked on the Canadian Pacific. One year later he took a homestead and settled to farming in Assiniboia. At the age of twenty-three years, he operated a steam pump on the Great Northern, then we find him in Seattle railroading and later in Spokane operating a sawmill engine near there.
He went later to Sprague, Washington, and commenced to wipe in the roundhouse and was soon promoted to a fireman on a switch engine and then to a fireman on the road and after eight years he was running an engine on the road, and at this he continued until 1907, when he quit of his own accord and went to farming, purchasing his present place. In addition, he has a quarter section in Canada. He has fine buildings on his home place and his farm is a veritable model in every respect. Mr. Bell quit the road with a clean record and because he preferred farming.
On October 3, 1894, in Farmington, Washington occurred the marriage of Mr. Bell and Miss Minnie J., daughter of John W. Brink and Harriet (Parvin) Brink, and they have one child, Minnie, born July 20, 1895.
Mr. Brink was born near Chicago, on July 23, 1845, and his wife was born in New Jersey, on May 12, 1849, and her mother, Mrs. Parvin, still lives in Hastings, Nebraska.
Mrs. Bell was born in Bunker Hill, Kansas, on May 12, 1878, and she has the following brothers and sisters: Luella, wife of Charles Moulton, in Farmington; Ora M., wife of William Gumni, in Whitman county; Lila B., wife of Hiram Lance in Wardner, Idaho; John S.. in Whitman county.
Mr. Bell has the following named brothers and sisters: Eliza J., wife of Fred J. Tripp, in Spokane; Cornelius J., deceased; David, in Wingham, Canada; Marshal J., in Canada; Solomon, an engineer on Northern Pacific, living in Spokane; Maggie, deceased; Hiram, deceased; Albert, in Canada; Walter, in Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell are members of the Methodist church. Mrs. Bell's father served in the Civil War, enlisting for two years from Illinois. Mr. Bell has fine-blooded stock, chickens, cattle, and so forth, and a choice orchard and is one of the most thrifty and up-to-date farmers.
Sarah A., wife of I. S. Stewart, in Farmington; Ora M., wife of William Gumni, in Whitman county; Lila B., wife of Hiram Lance in Wardner, Idaho; John S.. in Whitman county. Mr. Hell has the following named brothers and sisters: Eliza J., wife of Fred J. Tripp, in Spokane; Cornelius J., deceased; David, in Wingham, Canada; Marshal J., in Canada; Solomon, an engineer on Northern Pacific, living in Spokane; Maggie, deceased; Hiram, deceased; Albert, in Canada; Walter, in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Bell are members of the Methodist church. Mrs. Bell's father served in the Civil War. enlisting for two years from Illinois. Mr. Bell has fine-blooded stock, chickens, cattle, and so forth, and a choice orchard and is one of the most thrifty and up-to-date farmers.
An Illustrated History Of North Idaho Embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai, and Shoshone Counties, State of Idaho; Western Historical Publishing Co., 1903. Submitted and transcribed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
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John Robert Bell in the Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1907-2017
Name John Robert Bell
Gender Male
Race White
Age 64
Birth Date 17 May 1861
Birth Place Canada
Death Date 12 Nov 1923
Death Place Farmington, Lalah, Washington, USA
Death Registration Place Washington, USA
Certificate Number 208
Father Alexandre Bell
Mother Margriet Parr
ROBERT J. BELL
One has but to observe the tidy and excellent premises of the subject of this sketch, which consist of eighty acres of fertile soil one-half mile northeast of Farmington, Wash., to realize that the owner is one of the most enterprising and thrifty farmers of the entire county of Latah. Mr. Bell believes that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well, and he practices his belief in a very exemplary manner.
Robert J. was born in the county of Perth, Ontario, Canada, on March 17, 1861, being the son of Alexander Bell and Margaret (Parr) Bell. The father was a farmer and merchant in Canada, born in 1833, whose father came from Scotland and mother from Ireland. The mother of our subject was born in Ontario in 1842, and her father, John Parr, was born in England, and her mother in Ireland.
Our subject received his education in the excellent schools of Ontario, and at the age of sixteen years came to Manitoba and worked on the Canadian Pacific. One year later he took a homestead and settled to farming in Assiniboia. At the age of twenty-three years, he operated a steam pump on the Great Northern, then we find him in Seattle railroading and later in Spokane operating a sawmill engine near there.
He went later to Sprague, Washington, and commenced to wipe in the roundhouse and was soon promoted to a fireman on a switch engine and then to a fireman on the road and after eight years he was running an engine on the road, and at this he continued until 1907, when he quit of his own accord and went to farming, purchasing his present place. In addition, he has a quarter section in Canada. He has fine buildings on his home place and his farm is a veritable model in every respect. Mr. Bell quit the road with a clean record and because he preferred farming.
On October 3, 1894, in Farmington, Washington occurred the marriage of Mr. Bell and Miss Minnie J., daughter of John W. Brink and Harriet (Parvin) Brink, and they have one child, Minnie, born July 20, 1895.
Mr. Brink was born near Chicago, on July 23, 1845, and his wife was born in New Jersey, on May 12, 1849, and her mother, Mrs. Parvin, still lives in Hastings, Nebraska.
Mrs. Bell was born in Bunker Hill, Kansas, on May 12, 1878, and she has the following brothers and sisters: Luella, wife of Charles Moulton, in Farmington; Ora M., wife of William Gumni, in Whitman county; Lila B., wife of Hiram Lance in Wardner, Idaho; John S.. in Whitman county.
Mr. Bell has the following named brothers and sisters: Eliza J., wife of Fred J. Tripp, in Spokane; Cornelius J., deceased; David, in Wingham, Canada; Marshal J., in Canada; Solomon, an engineer on Northern Pacific, living in Spokane; Maggie, deceased; Hiram, deceased; Albert, in Canada; Walter, in Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell are members of the Methodist church. Mrs. Bell's father served in the Civil War, enlisting for two years from Illinois. Mr. Bell has fine-blooded stock, chickens, cattle, and so forth, and a choice orchard and is one of the most thrifty and up-to-date farmers.
Sarah A., wife of I. S. Stewart, in Farmington; Ora M., wife of William Gumni, in Whitman county; Lila B., wife of Hiram Lance in Wardner, Idaho; John S.. in Whitman county. Mr. Hell has the following named brothers and sisters: Eliza J., wife of Fred J. Tripp, in Spokane; Cornelius J., deceased; David, in Wingham, Canada; Marshal J., in Canada; Solomon, an engineer on Northern Pacific, living in Spokane; Maggie, deceased; Hiram, deceased; Albert, in Canada; Walter, in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Bell are members of the Methodist church. Mrs. Bell's father served in the Civil War. enlisting for two years from Illinois. Mr. Bell has fine-blooded stock, chickens, cattle, and so forth, and a choice orchard and is one of the most thrifty and up-to-date farmers.
An Illustrated History Of North Idaho Embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai, and Shoshone Counties, State of Idaho; Western Historical Publishing Co., 1903. Submitted and transcribed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
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John Robert Bell in the Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1907-2017
Name John Robert Bell
Gender Male
Race White
Age 64
Birth Date 17 May 1861
Birth Place Canada
Death Date 12 Nov 1923
Death Place Farmington, Lalah, Washington, USA
Death Registration Place Washington, USA
Certificate Number 208
Father Alexandre Bell
Mother Margriet Parr
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