Person:William Bell (154)
William Nathaniel Bell
b.6 Mar 1817 Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States
d.1 Sep 1887 Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  • F.  Jesse Bell (add)
  • M.  Susan Meacham (add)
  1. William Nathaniel Bell1817 - 1887
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  William Nathaniel Bell1817 - 1887
  • W.  Sarah Peter1819 - 1856
m. 10 Mar 1840
  1. Laura Keziah Bell1842 - 1887
  2. Olive Julia Bell1846 - 1866
  3. Mary Virginia Bell1847 -
  4. Austin Americus Bell1854 - 1889
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  William Nathaniel Bell1817 - 1887
  • W.  Lucy Peter1823 - Aft 1900
m. 18 Jun 1872
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Facts and Events
Name William Nathaniel Bell
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 6 Mar 1817 Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States
Marriage 10 Mar 1840 Greene, Illinois, United Statesto Sarah Peter
Census[3] 5 Aug 1850 Macoupin, Illinois, United States
Residence[1] 13 Nov 1851 Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Marriage 18 Jun 1872 Jersey, Illinois, United Statesto Lucy Peter
Death[1] 1 Sep 1887 Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Burial[4] Seattle, King, Washington, United StatesMount Pleasant Cemetery
Reference Number? Q8016047?


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William Nathaniel Bell (March 6, 1817 – September 6, 1887), originally from Edwardsville, Illinois and later a resident of Portland, Oregon, was a member of the Denny Party, the first group of white settlers in what is now Seattle, Washington. He lived in Seattle from 1851 to 1856 and then again from 1870 till his death.

in 1852, Bell was a delegate at the Monticello Convention that produced a petition to US Congress to split the Oregon Territory, creating the Washington Territory, which would later become the state of Washington.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bell, William Nathaniel (1817-1887), in HistoryLink.org
    [1].
  2. ↑ William Nathaniel Bell, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  3. ↑ Macoupin, Illinois, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Wm N Bell 31 IL, miller; Sarah A. KY; Laura K. IL; Olive J. 5 IL; Virginia 1 IL (Carlinsville, p. 175B, 8/5/1850)

  4. ↑ Find A Grave
    William Nathaniel Bell.
  5.   King, Washington, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Wm N Bell 62 IL, par U.S. / NC, real estate developer; Lucy G. 57 KY; Leota Gamble (sdau) 15 Ill (Seattle, 42 Front St., ED 7, p. 227A, 6/2/1880)

  6.   King, Washington, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    W.H. (N?) Bell 43 IL, farmer, $10000 real estate. (Seattle, p. 272, 8/5/1860)

  7.   Various profiles indicate that William did not return to Seattle until 1870.
Founders of Seattle, Washington
The founding of Seattle is usually dated from the arrival of the Denny Party on November 13, 1851, at Alki Point. The group had travelled overland from the Midwest to Portland, Oregon, then made a short ocean journey up the Pacific coast into Puget Sound, with the express intent of founding a town. The next April, Arthur A. Denny abandoned the original site at Alki in favor of a better-protected site on Elliott Bay, near the south end of what is now downtown Seattle. Around the same time, Doc Maynard began settling the land immediately south of Denny's. The first plats in Seattle were filed May 28, 1853, and Seattle was incorporated as a town in 1867, by which time it had 350 inhabitants. Credit:Wikipedia, "History of Seattle before 1900"
Denny Party: Arthur A. Denny, his wife Mary, and children; David T. Denny; Carson D. Boren, his wife Mary, their daughter, and Carson's younger sister Louisa; William N. Bell, his wife Sarah, and children; John Low, his wife Lydia, and children; Lee Terry; Charles Terry.
Additional Settlers by 1852: Dr. David S. "Doc" Maynard (1808-1873); Henry Yesler (1810-1892); Luther Collins (1813-1860), Henry Van Asselt, and Jacob and Samuel Maple.
Current Location: King County, Washington  
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