Florence Leone Furgason and Louis Alfred Bell

LOUIS ALFRED BELL, son of VIRGINIA ADELAIDE NOBLE and WILLIAM NEWTON BELL, was born December 21, 1859 in Knightstown, Henry, Indiana,^{439, 4931} and died October 13, 1929 in Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.^{216, 219, 4931} He is buried in Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.^{219, 216, 1075, 4931}

He married FLORENCE LEONE FURGASON on October 27, 1897 in Henry County, Indiana,^{197, 1675} daughter of MARY FRANCES WELBORN and JAMES LEANDER FURGASON. She was born April 3, 1869 in Knightstown, Henry, Indiana,^{1112, 4931} and died September 3, 1927 in Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.^{216, 219, 1112, 4931} She is buried in Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.^{216, 1075, 4931}

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Louis A. Bell)
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Florence L. Furgason)
  • Jacob Clements Descendant Report (Ancestor of Florence L. Furgason)
  • Edward Erwin Descendant Report (Ancestor of Florence L. Furgason)
  • William Campbell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Florence L. Furgason)
  • Francis Stuart Descendant Report (Ancestor of Florence L. Furgason)

Louis A. Bell

• was baptized on August 2, 1863 at Knightstown Presbyterian Church, Henry County, Indiana¹⁵⁴³
  
• was a clerk and later manager at Bell's Hardware (Knightstown)⁶⁶⁴⁰
• was a member of the Knightstown Presbyterian Church, Henry County, Indiana (September 21, 1893). ¹⁵⁴³
• was a member of the Golden Rule Lodge #16, Freemasons⁶⁶⁴⁰

Florence L. Furgason

• was baptized on December 5, 1869 at Knightstown Presbyterian Church, Henry County, Indiana¹⁵⁴³
• was a member of the Knightstown Presbyterian Church, Henry County, Indiana. ¹¹¹²

Knightstown Banner, September 9, 1927¹¹¹²

Death Calls Mrs. Leone Bell

Mrs. Leone Bell, wife of Louis A. Bell, local hardware merchant, died Saturday morning at 2 o'clock of hardening of the arteries. Mrs. Bell had been ailing for several years, but had only been seriously ill for a few days prior to her death. Her passing came as a shock to the entire community, only a few people realizing her acute condition.

Mrs. Bell was born in Knightstown and was the daughter of the late J. Lee Furgason, once well known lawyer of this place. Both of Mrs. Bell's parents have been dead many years. She was 58 years old at time of death. Having lived here practically all her life, she was one of the best known women in this city, and popular in the circles in which she moved.

Funeral services for Mrs. Bell were held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from her late home, conducted by Rev. Rowlan Badger, pastor of the Bethel Presbyterian Church, of which the deceased was a member. Interment took place at Glencove cemetery, in charge of C. F. Baxter.

Knightstown Banner, October 18, 1929⁶⁶⁴⁰

L. A. Bell Called By Death

Louis A. Bell, aged 69 years, manager of Bell's hardware store for many years, died Sunday night at 6:30 o'clock, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, East Main street, of pneumonia, after an illness of one week.

He was the son of William and Addie Bell and was born and reared in Knightstown and received his early training and schooling here. He had managed the hardware store since the death of his father about 29 years ago. Mr. Bell's wife died September 3, 1927. He had lived practically alone since here death.

Deceased was a Knights Templar Mason and was a member of Bethel Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, at whose home he died; Mrs. Clara Thornton, of Miami, Fla., and one brother, R. L. Bell, cashier of Citizens National Bank.

Funeral services for Mr. Bell were held from the home of his sister, Mrs. Smith, at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. H. T. Graham, of Indianapolis, former pastor of Bethel Presbyterian Church. Burial was a Glencove cemetery in charge of C. F. Baxter.

Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana

Florence & Louis Bell are buried in the Welborn plot, with her grandparents, parents and other family members
(Lot 10, Sec 3 and Lot 24, Sec 3).

Louis A. Bell

Florence L. Furgason