Daniel W Bell

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• Name	Daniel W Bell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Born	14 Feb 1832 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	14 Feb 1832 Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA [1, 2, 4, 5, 13]
  Ethnicity	American [4]
  Race	Black [4, 13]
  Underground Railroad	​ Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA [12, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Name	Danuel Bell [13]
  Residence	1860 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA [5]  –  Residence Post Office: Carlisle
  Residence	1880 1328 Margaret, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [7, 9, 13]  –  Age: 48; Occupation: Laborer; EnumerationDistrict: 091; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 4; MaritalStatus: Married; Self RelationToHead: Head
  Residence	1899 1412 William, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [6]  –  Occupation: Laborer
  Residence	1900 1329 Wyeth, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [4]  –  Age: 68; Occupation: Laborer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; CityWard: 6th; EnumerationDistrict: 0057; HomeOwnership: Rent; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 2; OwnsFarm: H; YearsMarried: 29; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head
  Died	11 Dec 1914 Wyeth, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 14, 16, 18]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	President of the "Undergroun' " in the Sixties Dies at 82. Daniel Bell, Who Helped Scores of Slaves to Freedom, Dies at Home in Wyeth Avenue In a little old house in Wyeth avenue, just above Verbeke street yesterday afternoon. Daniel Bell, colored, "president" before and during the Civil War of the "Underground Railway" of Central Pennsylvania, started toward the land where race and color are unknown. Death found the aged colored man cheerful and happy. He was 82. Daniel Bell was born February 14, 1832, in Carlisle, Cumberland county, where he lived until he was 39. Since then he has always lived in Harrisburg. During the War of the Rebellion he was a recruiting officer for the government. But he was best known for the work he did in helping scores of escaped slaves from the Virginias to get into Canada. He was ahead of the"undergroun' " in this section of the State and was known to thousands of negroes throughout the neighboring slave States. Mr. Bell was the last one of the family of Bells. His wife was born in Franklin county. She died about two and a half years ago. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Mrs. Emma Selvey, Miss Louisa Bell; nineteen grandchildren, and two great- grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from his home on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. William H. Marshall will officiate. Burial will be made in the Lincoln Cemetery. ------------------------------------- Note: place of birth not verified. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217903815/daniel-bell : accessed 9 December 2021), memorial page for Daniel Bell (14 Feb 1832-11 Dec 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 217903815, citing Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Tom Arnold (contributor 48724938) . DANIEL BELL DEAD; AGED 62 Funeral Services for Daniel Bell, aged 82, who died at his home, on Wyeth street, above Verbeke, on Friday afternoon will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock at his late residence, conducted by the Rev. W. H. Marshall. Burial will be made in the Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Bell was well known throughout the north during the Civil War as "president" of the "Underground Railway", an organization of the North which assisted Southern slaves to freedom.
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  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	Father Unknown Bell b. Abt 1810
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mother Unknown Bell b. Abt 1810
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1177 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Jane Bobbets (Age 73 years) b. Feb 1839, Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 May 1912, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 73 years)
  Married	1871 [4, 19]
  Children	1. Emma Catherine Bell (Age 71 years) b. 9 Feb 1872, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Feb 1943, Susquehanna, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 71 years)  [natural]   2. Louisa G Bell b. Sep 1876, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   3. Unnis P. Bell b. Abt 1879, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   4. Elizabeth Bell (Age 75 years) b. 7 Aug 1865, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 Feb 1941, 1125 North Cameron, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F1176 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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