Representing: Union
Highest Rank | Artificer |
Unit | Co. E, 1st New York Engineers |
Date | between 1890 and 1915 |
Born | circa 1842 |
Place Born | New York |
Died | April 1, 1930 |
Place Died | Seattle, WA |
Buried | Evergreen-Washelli (Seattle) |
Service Record | Enlisted age 18, on 12/1/1861 at Dawfuskie Island, SC as a Private; on 2/11/1862 mustered into "E" Co. NY 1st Engineers; promoted Artificer 12/31/1863; Mustered Out on 2/16/1865 at Varina, VA |
Obit/Notes | -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Thursday, April 3, 1930, page 23, column A STEVENS POST NO. 1, G. A. R. AND SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS, ATTENTION! BELL--In this city, Apr. 1, 1930, JOHN R. BELL, aged 86 years. Beloved husband of Carrie Bell and father of Fred and Walter Bell. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 3, at 3 p.m. at Bleitz Funeral Parlors. Friends invited. Interment Evergreen Cemetery. |
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https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/Download/b08f896c-a84b-4a53-8772-601ca220d54a
Buried at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Cemetery
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