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Bell, Charles H

naval officer, was born Aug. 15, 1798, in New York. He served in the war of 1812 as midshipman ; in 1862 was promoted to commander in the civil war; and in 1866 attained the rank of rear admiral. He died Feb. 19, 1875, in Brunswick, N. J.

Bell, Charles K

lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was porn April 18, 1853, in Chattanooga, Tenn. He removed to Texas in 1871, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He was elected district attorney, state senator, and district judge, serving four years in each position. He was a delegate to the democratic national convention in 1884; and was elected to the fifty-third and fiftyfourth congresses as a democrat.

Bell, Clark

lawyer, journalist, author, was born March 12, 1832, in Rodman, N. Y. He was the originator and president of the Saturday Night club .

In 1883 he founded the Medico-Legal Journal, and is still its editor.

Bell, Edward A

artist, was born Dec. 18, 1861, in New York city. In 1881 he went to Europe, where he studied at Munich for two years. He painted nis first picture, Their First Sorrow, two years later.

Bell, Frank Frederick

banker, was born May 26, 1855, in Philadelphia, Pa. He became the first treasurer of the city of Philadelphia under the new charter. He engaged in large real estate operations; and is the senior member of the banking firm of Bell, Houghes and company. born

Bell, George

soldier, was about 1832 in Maryland. He was graduated at West Point in 1853. During the civil war he served as assistant in the organization of the subsistence department for the Manassas campaign; as principal assistant commissary to the Army of the Potomac, and in charge of subsistence depots, and as chief of commissariat of the departments of Washington and the Potomac. On April 9 , 1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general for services during the war.

Bell, Henry Hay Wood

naval officer, was born about 1808 in North Carolina. Early in the civil war he was appointed fleet captain of the Western Gulf squadron. In July, 1866, he was promoted to be rear-admiral; and in 1867 he was retired. He died Jan. 11, 1868, in Japan.

Bell, Hiram

congressman, was born in Vermont. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1852 to 1853.

Bell, James Dana

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Aug. 30, 1840, in Exeter, N. H. He graduated from the Phillips Exeter academy, and the Harvard Law school, and has attained eminence as a successful lawyer and jurist. He was a member of the constitutional convention of South Carolina; and served as a judge of the probate court.

He has always taken great interest in religious matters, and was commissioner to the general assembly of the presbyterian church of the United States. nas

Bell, James M

congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1835.

Bell, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1850 to 1851.

Bell, John

merchant, governor, was born in 1766 in Londonderry, N. H. He was for many years a merchant in Chester, N. H.; councilor of the state; and sheriff of Rockingham county from 1823 to 1828; and was governor of New Hampshire from 1829 to 1830. He died March 22, 1836, in Chester, N. Η.