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History of Cass County, Iowa
Continental Historical Co.,
Springfield, Ill: 1884


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        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 employed until 1871, when he left his native
     land and came to Quebec, and remaining there a short time he went
     to Marshall county, Illinois, 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 previous 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.

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