Short Biography of Reginald L. Bell & Edith A. Woodard

REGINALD L. BELL, cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Knightstown, represents an old and prominent family of that locality. His grandfather, Harvey Bell, was born in Virginia in 1806 and came to Indiana in 1832. He and his family first located in Rush County, but in 1840 moved to Knightstown, where for many years Harvey Bell was a prominent business man and hardware merchant. He died in 1996. His wife, Nancy, was born in 1809 and died in 1842.

Reginald L. Bell is a son of William M. and Adeline (Noble) Bell. His father was also in the hardware business at Knightstown, and died there an honored citizen in 1910. His wife passed away in 1912.

Reginald L. Bell attended the public schools of Knightstown and for two years studied electrical engineering at Purdue University. After leaving college he assisted his father in the hardware business until 1908, when he entered the services of the Citizens National Bank as a clerk for one year and then for seven years was assistant cashier, and since 1916 has been cashier of that old and substantial institution. He is also one of the bank's stockholders and has considerable real estate interests in and around Knightstown.

In 1908 Mr. Bell married Miss Edith Woodard, daughter of Horace G. and Elizabeth (Newby) Woodard. To their marriage have been born two children, Miriam and Barbara. Mr. Bell is a republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church and is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and Sigma Nu fraternity of Purdue University.

Source: "Indiana and Indianans, a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood" ⁴³⁶