This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi2.2ACIB/6253 Message Board Post: Joseph H. Bell is a son of David and Hannah (Norris) Bell, of York County. He was born in January, 1817, and reared in Hopewell Township, and has been engaged in farming, carpentering and also butchering. In 1843 he was married to Sarah J. Thrue, who died on June 7, 1876. They had eleven children. In 1881 he married Lizzie (Walter) Myers, of Hopewell Township. They have two children. Mr. Bell is a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. Taken from the book, “History of York County, Illustrated 1886” by John Gibson, Historical Editor