John Bell, 1827

BELL, SUTHERLAND

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 8/5/2016 at 10:12:33

Co I 1st Iowa Inf

JOHN BELL, contractor and builder, Ninth and Locust streets, Dubuque; is a native of Scotland, and was born Dec. 15, 1827, he came to Montreal, Canada, in 1844, and came to Iowa, and located in Dubuque in November, 1853, and began working at the carpenter and joiner's trade; when the war broke out in 1861, he enlisted in the 1st I.V.I., Co. I; he was severely wounded in the battle of Wilson's Creek; he came home, and, after six months, the ball was extracted by Dr. Horr; he again went in the field, and served in the Quartermaster's Department until the close of the war; after his return he engaged in building, and since then has contracted and built many of the best buildings in the city. In 1863, while in the army, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Sutherland, a native of Glasgow, Scotland; they have one son- John A.

"The History Of Dubuque County, Iowa"