Frank Elder Bell
FRANK ELDER BELL, son of VIRGINIA ADELAIDE NOBLE and WILLIAM NEWTON BELL, was born September 12, 1875 in Knightstown, Henry, Indiana,439, 4931 and died August 21, 1915 in Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.4931 He is buried in Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.216, 1075, 4931
Personal Information
- Frank Elder Bell was a member of the Knightstown Presbyterian Church, Henry County, Indiana (April 14, 1912). 1543
Work History
- Frank Elder Bell was a clerk in the Bell hardware store.1113
Obituaries
Knightstown Banner, August 27, 19151113
Death of Frank Bell.
Frank Bell, forty years old, died Saturday evening at 7 o'clock at the home of his sister, Mrs. Elmer Smith, in East Main Street—the old Bell homestead—following an illness of several months, of tuberculosis. While in California about two years ago. Mr. Bell suffered a slight stroke of paralysis. From that time he was never the strong, robust man physically he had been before. As soon as he could leave the hospital he came home, and although he assisted his brother Louis in the work of conducting the Bell hardware store after returning home, he gradually failed in health. A month or so since he suffered a severe hemorrhage, and several similar attacks had come up during the last three weeks. He grew weaker and weaker until the end came. Mr. Bell had been bedfast about a mouth.
Deceased was the son of the late William N. and Virginia A. Bell and was one of the well-known young men of this community. Knightstown had been his home all his life, his death occurring in the same room in which he first saw the light of day forty years ago. Of his father's family there survive two sons and two daughters—Louis and Reginald Bell and Mrs. Elmer Smith, this city, and Mrs. Ross Thornton, of Marion.
The funeral, which was private, was held at the home of his sister, Mrs. Elmer Smith, in East Main street, Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rev. William Carson, of Indianapolis, former pastor of the Presbyterian church, this city. The pallbearers were his two brothers, other relatives and James L. Shelton, who acted as a representative of the K. of P. lodge, of which the deceased was a member. The body was laid to rest in the Bell lot in Glencove cemetery, C. F. Baxter, undertaker, in charge.
Out-of-town friends in attendance at the funeral were John King and daughter, Mrs. Charles Deeter, Mrs. Lambert and Earl Woodard, Indianapolis, Mrs. Homer Bragg, of Muncie, and Mrs. Wood L. Walker and Mrs Oren Henley, Greenfield.
Cemetery Pictures
Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana
Frank E. Bell
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
|---|---|---|
| June 25, 1880211 | Knightstown, Henry, Indiana | |
| April 16, 1910209 | Knightstown, Henry, Indiana |
