RICHARD BELL
Richard Bell, born in Scotland, August 10, 1822, is a resident of section 26, Victoria township. He was a shepherd when only fourteen years of age, and was so employed until 1871, when he left his native land and came to Quebec, and remaining there a short time he went to Marshall county, Illiois, where he rented a farm for two years, when he came to Cass county, and settled on his present location, where he bought (two years pervious to this) a farm, planted a grove and began to cultivate his land. Since that time he has purchased other land, owning now about three hundred and sixty-three acres, and raises some fine stock. He was married in 1846, to Margaret Willy, who died in 1856, leaving three children...Agnes, Janet and William. His second wife's name before her marriage was Margaret Hall, by whom he has had two children...Thomas and Richard.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 581.
