_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Bell_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Bell) Rev Patrick Bell (12 May 1799 – 22 April 1869) was a _Church of Scotland_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scotland) _minister_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_(Christianity)) and _inventor_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor) . Born in the rural parish of _Auchterhouse_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auchterhouse) in _Angus_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus) , _Scotland_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland) , into a farming family, Bell chose to study divinity at the University of St Andrews. He was _Carmyllie_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmyllie) parish minister from 1843 until his death. thanks, got me curious, and I can get a little closer to the relationship. no MI in Carmyllie. married 1859 in Dundee, jessie b. 1860, John b. 1862, Janie b. 1865. Patrick b to George Bell and Margaret Lunan, had an older brother Alexander ch. 1794. Mary