When Thomas Hamilton Dunn Bell was born on 7 March 1836, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States, his father, William Bell, was 41 and his mother, Hannah Dunn, was 39. He married Mary Ann Crout about 1866, in United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Washington Township, Coshocton, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Mount Hope, Holmes, Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 30 March 1878, in Wilmot, Stark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Chalfant Cemetery, Wakatomika, Coshocton, Ohio, United States.
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English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).
English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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