Bell, Samuel Dana (1798-1868)

Name:

Bell, Samuel Dana (1798-1868)

Title:

Solicitor, Rockingham County, 1823-1828
Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1825, 1826
Cashier, Exeter Bank 1830-1836
Judge, Court of Common Pleas, 1848
Justice, Superior Court, New Hampshire, 1849-1859
Chief Justice, Superior Court, New Hampshire, 1859-1864
President, New Hampshire Historical Society

Born:

10/09/1798

Birthplace:

Francestown, NH

Died:

07/31/1868

Death Location:

Manchester, NH

Residence:

Francestown, NH
Cambridge, MA
Exeter, NH -1816-1820, 1830-
Meredith, NH 1820-
Chester, NH -1830
Manchester, NH 1844, 1850, 1860, 1868

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Lawyer
Judge

Father:

Bell, Samuel (1770-1850)

Mother:

Dana, Mehitable Bowen (1780-1810)

Relations:

Studied law with George Sullivan, Exeter, NH

Spouse:

Mary Newell Healey (1806-1863), August 20, 1826

Children:

John James, born October 30, 1827; died 1893; res. Exeter
Samuel Newell, born March 25, 1829; died 1889; res. Manchester
Mary W., born 1835; died August 29, 1858

Notes:

Charles H. Bell, "Biographical Notice of the Honorable Samuel D. Bell, LL.D., New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 22(July, 1869)3, 249-253.

Charles H. Bell, The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire, Including Biographical Notices of Deceased Judges of the Highest Court, and Lawyers of the Province and State and a List of Names of Those Now Living. (Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894), 101-104.

William R. Cochrane and George K. Wood. History of Francestown, N. H., From Its Earliest Settlement April, 1758 to January 1, 1891. With a Brief Genealogical Record of All the Francestown Families. (Nashua, NH: James H. Barker, 1895), 513-515.

Charles A. Hazlett, History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and Representative Citizens. (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1915), 58-59.

"Death of Hon. Samuel Dana Bell," Mirror and Farmer, Manchester, New Hampshire August 8, 1868.

Valley Cemetery, Manchester, NH