WABASHA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
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			HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY


            TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL MATTER, STATISTICS, ETC.
                   GATHERED FROM MATTER FURNISHED BY 
                       INTERVIEWS WITH OLD SETTLERS,
        COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND OTHER RECORDS, AND EXTRACTS FROM 
                FILES OF PAPERS, PAMPHLETS, AND SUCH OTHER 
                     SOURCES AS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE. 

                                   ALSO A 

                        HISTORY OF WINONA COUNTY

                                  CHICAGO:
                      H. H. HILL & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
                                     1884



 Bell, S. H., collector, Lake City, is the able representative of the McCormick Harvester Company. 
 Like many other citizens of Lake City, he is a native of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, born in Milroy 
 township, April 18, 1841. His father, George Bell, was of English descent, and Rosannah Mitchell, the 
 wife and mother, descended from Scotch people, and was born in Pennsylvania. George Bell served 
 the United States as a soldier in the war of 1812, and afterward settled on a farm in Milroy. Here the 
 early life of Samuel was passed, and after a rudimentary course in the common schools he spent two 
 years in Tuscarora Academy. In November, 1864, he became a resident of Lake City, and spent eight 
 years as clerk in a store. He then entered the service of the Champion Reaping Machine Company, in 
 the sale of machinery, and was so successful that his services were sought by other similar 
 manufacturers. After seven years of toil in the interest of the Champion, he was employed in his 
 present capacity of collector, and is constantly traveling over a large portion of this state and 
 Wisconsin. December 19, 1867, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Bryant, step- daughter of 
 Elijah Poeter, whose biography is found in this work. Sereno Bryant, Mrs. Bell's father (now 
 deceased), came of the same stock as the poet W. C. Bryant. One child, a daughter, was given to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bell May 24, 1869, and christened Maggie May. The family attends the Presbyterian 
 church, and in political matters Mr. Bell affiliates with the democracy.