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Bell, Samuel (1770-1850)

Name:
Bell, Samuel (1770-1850)
Title:
President, New Hampshire State Senate, 1807, 1808
Member, New Hampshire Executive Council, 1813
Justice, Superior Court, State of New Hampshire, 1816-1819
Governor, State of New Hampshire, 1819-1823
United States Senator, 1823-1835
Born:
02/09/1770
Birthplace:
Londonderry, NH
Died:
12/23/1850
Death Location:
Chester, NH
Residence:
Londonderry, NH
Francestown, NH
Amherst, NH 1806-1811
Chester, NH 1811-1850
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Teacher
Lawyer
Jurist
Father:
Bell, John (1730-1825)
Mother:
Gilmore, Mary Ann
Spouse:
(1) Mehitable Bowen Dana, 1797
(2) Lucy G. Smith, 1828
Children:
James, born November 13, 1804, Francestown; died May 26, 1857, Laconia
Notes:
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), 79-81.

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.
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