Brief Life History of Henry Dewitt
When Henry Dewitt Bell was born on 13 November 1887, in Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States, his father, William Henry Bell, was 38 and his mother, Martha Ann Wilson, was 26. He married Florence Viola Milliron on 27 February 1913, in Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Keenesburg, Weld, Colorado, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 58 Keenesburg, Weld, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 28 May 1988, in Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States, at the age of 100, and was buried in Brighton, Adams, Colorado, United States.
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- Henry D Bell, "United States Census, 1930"
- H. D. Bell, "Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935"
- Henry D Bell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1895
Historical Boundaries: 1895: Weld, Colorado, United States
1914 · The Ludlow Massacre
On April 20, 1914, the Colorado national Guard and the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards, attacked striking coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado, killing 25 people, including miners, women, and children.
Name Meaning
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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