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The Ashville Citizen
Tuesday, 26 January 1886

         Died -
         At his farm on Haw Creek, in the vicinity of
       Ashville, on Saturday the 23d inst. MR. THOMAS
       BELL.
         The deceased was a native of Lanarkshire,
       Scotland, and until his removal to America, was
       a successful farmer of Westfield, near Glasgow.
       The encroachment of pulmonary disease compelled
       a change of climate; and in October 1884 he came
       to Western North Carolina. He purchased a farm
       on Haw Creek about five miles from Ashville, which
       he improved with the characteristic industry and
       judgment of his countrymen, as long as his fail-
       ing health would permit and gradually yielded to
       the ravages of consumption.
         Of MR. BELL personally, we know but little. He
       was a good man in the truest sense of the term,
       a devoted husband, a kind father and a devout
       christian; a member of the Presbyterian church,
       his attachment to which was illustrated by almost
       his last wish that he be buried close to the walls
       of the "Kirk;" which request was complied with.
         The funeral services were conducted at the late
       residence of the deceased by the Rev. Mr. Gammon;
       and the remains were intered in the Presbyterian
       church yard in this place, attended by all the
       Scotchmen of the city and vicinity, the three
       little sons of MR. BELL being present as chief
       mourners.
         MR. BELL leaves a widow and seven children,
       all of whom are the recipents of sincere sym-
       pathy in this hour of their bereavement and in
       this land of strangers.
       
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