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MEANING OF COLORS:
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| 1887 | First visit to Colorado | ||||||
| 1897 Feb 21 | J. E. Bell seen struck by avalanche, but rescue parties can't find his body | ||||||
| 1897 Feb 24 | Digs out of avalanche in Ouray CO - mail carrier. See also second article from March 7. Worked for Judge John C. Bell of Montrose (formerly TN), and lately for Ollie Eldridge. | ||||||
| 1895 Mar 15 | Attended dinner given by Mr and Mrs Charles W. Hill | ||||||
| 1898 | Spanish American War | ||||||
| 1899-1900 | Prospected along Crooked Creek, interior of Nome, 16 miles across the hills from Council City; wintered with twenty other miners | ||||||
| 1900, 1901 | Prospected in the Natural Bridge country | ||||||
| 1901 Jan 1 | Worked as miner in Stratton Independence | ||||||
| 1901 Apr | Stratton Independence shift boss for 15 mo. | ||||||
| 1902 Jan 15 | Gunfight in Stratton Independence | ||||||
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aft Jan 15 1902 |
? | Marlborough Express NZ | Mining | Mine Thieves Cornered | |||
| 1902 May | Quits Independence mine to become reporter | ||||||
| 1902 May 25 | Jack goes undercover to report on the real character of an actor. | ||||||
| 1902 Jun 14 | Marries first wife Catharine Burnett Mercur | ||||||
| 1902 Jul 6 | Disagrees with Apr 4, 1902 McClaren analysis of silver mine; doesn't say, but logically by Jack Bell | ||||||
| 1902 Aug 10 | Death of an old miner, "Dad" Rose, in Alaska; see also "Old Bill" Cotton | ||||||
| 1902 Aug 17 | Ad that they need apartment | ||||||
| 1902 Oct 6 | Writes about the Jan 15, 1902 shootout in Independence mine | ||||||
| 1902 Oct 28 | Just back from long trip to east; going on to new job in Victor as purchasing agent; 2nd in command | ||||||
| 1903 | Canon City CO Phonebook - Bell, John E (C B), miner, res 420 Macon ave. | ||||||
| 1903 | Prospected in the Natural Bridge country | ||||||
| 1903 | Quits as general agent of Independence mine to prospect in Fremont County Mountains | ||||||
| 1903 Jan 5 | Jay Miller tells the story of the silver mine gunfight | ||||||
| 1903 Feb 8 | Quoted as calling William Cotton 'Old Bill' Cotton;see also Death of "Old Dad" | ||||||
| 1903 Jun 3 | New copper district discovered by Bell; mined placer ground - Dahlonega GA; abt year - Montana; Globe AZ | ||||||
| 1903 Jun 22 | Man captured in Independence mine shootout dies | ||||||
| 1904 | Jack Bell's Buckskin leases (copper-gold) started stampede | ||||||
| 1904 Jun 4 | Jack, correspondent for Denver Post, takes picture of mountain sheep | ||||||
| 1904 Jul 4 |
Jack, Catharine, Catharine's first cousin, Ernest Lansing, and a school teacher friend leave for big trip. Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico |
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| 1904 Jul | ? | Outdoor Life (pdf) | Nature |
Old Mose (also Conquest of the King of the Grizzlies) |
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| 1905 May 11 | Jack Bell's son, Bradley Evans Bell, is born in Canon City | ||||||
| 1905 Jul 2 | The Wolf Dance, by An Old Plainsman | ||||||
| 1905 Sep 17 | Shoots man-eating tiger in India, An Old Plainsman tells Jack Bell's story | ||||||
| 1905 Aug 24 | CCR: Jack Bell, wife Catherine and (step-) daughter have returned to Canon City | ||||||
| 1905 Sep 17 | Shoots man-eating tiger in India | ||||||
| 1905 Oct 15 | Interview with horse thief | ||||||
| 1905 Oct 20 | Acting as guard to E.M. Johnson | ||||||
| 1905 Nov 6 | Telegram about Arizona arriving | ||||||
| 1905 Dec 17 | Bought Canon City Clipper. | ||||||
| 1905 Dec 21 | Has control of Canon City Clipper | ||||||
| 1906 |
Bell, Mrs. Katherine, mgr Canon City Cannon, res 420 Macon The Canon City Cannon, every Wednesday, by the Fremont Publishing Company, Inc., Jack Bell, Editor and Manager, Sub. Price $1 a Year in Advance |
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| 1906 Apr 20 | Catharine Bell gathering relief supplies for San Francisco earthquake | ||||||
| 1906 Apr 22 | Catharine Bell gathering relief supplies for San Francisco earthquake; worries for husband supposed to have been in SF | ||||||
| 1906 May 19 |
Finds rich district of copper; was Lieutenant of Colorado National Guard under Sherman Bell Bell View is 5 miles east of Buckskin |
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| 1906 Jun 19 | Jack Bell Gold Mining Company established in Nevada | ||||||
| 1906 Jul 20 | Wife Catherine badly injured in fall from horse; Bell is out mining and unavailable | ||||||
| 1906 Sep 30 | Wife Catharine elected to Colorado State Central Democratic Committee | ||||||
| 1906 Oct 5 | Strikes it rich; Bell view named for him; Jack Bell Gold Mining | ||||||
| 1906 Nov 22 | Jack sends in report of mining situation; created stampede in Buckskin and Bell View. | ||||||
| 1906 Dec 13 | Jack Bell stock sells for 35 cents per share | ||||||
| 1906 Dec 29 | Details of great strike in Buckskin mine | ||||||
| 1906 Dec 30 | Ad for 30 cents per stock for Jack Bell | ||||||
| 1907 Jan 7 | 01 | Oakland Tribune | Mining | Sensation of the Goldfield District; lease had problems from lack of timbers | |||
| 1907 Jan 29 | Catharine Bell attends Press Club as editor of Canon City Cannon | ||||||
| 1907 Jan 16 | 06 | Nevada State Journal | Mining | Jack Bell lease fabulous values | |||
| 1907 Mar 13 | Mining | ||||||
| 1907 Jun 2 | Man captured in Independence mine shootout dies | ||||||
| 1907 Nov 6 | Catharine publishes "Moods and Tenses" to critical acclaim | ||||||
| 1907 Nov 9 | 1853 | United States investor | Mining | Jack Bell Mining Company | |||
| 1908 Jan 9 | Catharine attends Democratic editors meeting; great cartoon of her | ||||||
| 1908 Mar 24 | Catharine at Democratic meeting; "one of the brainiest women in the state" | ||||||
| 1908 Jul 08 | 06 | Nevada State Journal | Mining | Jack Bell lease sold to Frank Hervey Pettingill | |||
| 1908 Jul 23 | Mrs. Catharine B. Bell, editor of the Canon City Canon, publishes "Hot Shots" | ||||||
| 1909 Jun 11 | John Bell and Catherine Bell divorce in Fremont County, docket number 3636 | ||||||
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before 1910 Oct 21 |
Mrs. Catharine B. Bell, editor of the Canon City Canon, publishes "Moods and Tenses" | ||||||
| 1910 Oct 21 | Catharine Bell, Jack's ex, married Robert Van Deusen | ||||||
| 1911 Oct 11 | Trenching on the Badger claim near Wedekind District NV | ||||||
| 1911 Nov 5 | Ex-wife Catharine able to register her marriage in Colorado | ||||||
| 1911 Nov 23 | Jack Bell moving to Reno for newspaper project | ||||||
| 1911 Dec 22 | 06 | Nevada State Journal | Mining | Caused stampede; how Jack Bell lost a fortune | |||
| 1912 May 24 | 06 | Nevada State Journal | Mining | Prominent, was Superintendent Independence Mine (sometimes called purchasing manager or general manager; 2nd in command) | |||
| 1912 Jun 11 | 06 | Nevada State Journal | Mining | Inspected Sunshine | |||
| 1912 Sep 12 | Ex-wife Catharine's baby, Robert Van Deusen, Jr. dies | ||||||
| 1913 Oct 11 | Mentions Jack Bell's rich discoveries at the divide between the Alamosa and Navajo rivers | ||||||
| 1914 Jul 28 | Ex-wife Catharine wins post on wage board | ||||||
| 1914 Dec 18 | Ex-wife Catharine's first report for wage board | ||||||
| 1914 Dec 20 | Ex-wife Catharine's board position challenged | ||||||
| 1915 Jan 12 | Ex-wife Catharine offering minimum wage bill | ||||||
| 1915 Feb 7 | Jack and his 2nd wife Laura go prospecting; she breaks her ankle. | ||||||
| 1915 Apr 4 | Ex-wife Catharine gives talk | ||||||
| 1916 Sep 12 | ? | CCR | Personal | Jack Bell Invents a Stove | |||
| 19 Sep 1917 |
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Outing | Mining |
The Prospector Goes Camping (with Arthur Chapman) |
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| 1919 Aug 14 | Ex-wife Catharine buys ranch | ||||||
| 1920 Jan 20 | Jack and his 2nd wife Laura are in Mercer PA visiting his father, James M. Bell, and his unmarried sister Fannie | ||||||
| 1922 May 22 | 06 | Reno Evening Gazette | Fishing | Stop dumping gravel into river | |||
| 1922 Sep 14 | 01 | Reno Evening Gazette | Air Mail | Airmail Aviator Takes Plunge | |||
| 1922 Sep 29 | 04 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Lands giant trout | |||
| 1922 Nov 19 |
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Nevada State Journal | Nature |
Burros Had Much To Do With Building Of The West |
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| 1922 Nov 22 | 04 | Nevada State Journal | Nature | Letter to editor | |||
| 1922 Nov 26 | 01 | Nevada State Journal | Air Mail | Hooded Messengers Part 1 | |||
| 1922 Dec 03 |
01 02 |
Nevada State Journal | Air Mail | Hooded Messengers Part 2 | |||
| 1922 Dec 17 |
01 03 |
Nevada State Journal | Nature | The Glorious Glow of the Sangre de Christo | |||
| 1922 Dec 24 |
01 03 |
Nevada State Journal | Nature | The Glorious Glow of the Sangre de Christo Part 2 | |||
| 1923 Jan 14 | 38 | Oakland Tribune | Personal | Arthur Chapman writes about Jack Bell | |||
| 1923 Jan 14 | 38 | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | Hooded Messengers Part 1 | |||
| 1923 Jan 21 | x | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail |
Hooded Messengers Part 2 (See Nevada State Journal edition) |
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| 1923 Feb 04 | 08 | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | Riders of the Thundercloud | |||
| 1923 Feb 11 | 08 | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | The Motor Macks | |||
| 1923 Feb 18 | 08 | Oakland Tribune | Personal | Gene Fowler writes about Jack Bell | |||
| 1923 Feb 18 | 86 | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | Bird of the Broken Wing | |||
| 1923 Feb 20 | 06 | Reno Evening Gazette | Nature | Spring birds | |||
| 1923 Feb 18 | 08 | Oakland Tribune | Personal | William MacLeod Raine writes about Jack Bell | |||
| 1923 Feb 25 | 08 | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | When Winslow's Ship Stood Still | |||
| 1923 Mar 04 | 08 | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | One Jump to Gotham | |||
| 1923 Mar 11 | 05 | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | Prisoners of the Fog | |||
| 1923 Mar 18 |
04 05 |
Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | Settin' 'er Down on the Hump | |||
| 1923 Mar 25 | 04 | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | The Night Birds of April | |||
| 1923 Apr 1 |
02 04 |
Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | All Dressed Up in Feathers | |||
| 1923 Apr 8 |
01 03 |
Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Lovers of Outdoor Life Ready | |||
| 1923 Apr 8 |
02 04 |
Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | Rainbow Circles of the Air Line | |||
| 1923 Apr 15 | 15 | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | Ships Caught in a Whirlpool | |||
| 1923 Apr 28 | 02 | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | Songsters of the Altitudes | |||
| 1923 May 6 | 15 | Oakland Tribune | Air Mail | The Airplane and the Eagle | |||
| 1923 May 13 |
06 10 |
Oakland Tribune | Nature | The Sand Dunes of New Mexico | |||
| 1923 May 18 | 08 | Reno Evening Gazette | Mining | Colorado Men Meet at Golden | |||
| 1923 May 20 | 23 | Oakland Tribune | Nature | Lurking Death | |||
| 1923 Jun 3 |
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Oakland Tribune | Nature | Gila Monster | |||
| 1923 Jun 10 | 04 | Oakland Tribune | Nature | Merely Mr. Burro | |||
| 1923 Jun 17 | 14 | Oakland Tribune | Nature | Sangre de Cristo | |||
| 1923 Jun 24 |
02 15 |
Oakland Tribune | Nature | Fightin' the Rainbow (so faint as to be unreadable) | |||
| 1923 Jul 16 | 06 | Nevada State Journal | Air Mail | Pilot friend has baby girl | |||
| 1923 Aug 26 |
01 07 |
Nevada State Journal | Air Mail | Thundering Roar of Midnight Mail | |||
| 1923 Sep 30 |
01 05 |
Nevada State Journal | Nature | Gila Monsters | |||
| 1923 Oct 07 |
01 03 |
Nevada State Journal | Nature | The Lurking Death | |||
| 1923 Oct 14 |
01 04 |
Nevada State Journal | Nature | Cliff Dwellers | |||
| 1923 Oct 15 | 02 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Fishing Season in Neighboring Rivers | |||
| 1923 Oct 30 | 01 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Wily Carp | |||
| 1923 Nov 01 | 01 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Fishing Season Closed | |||
| 1923 Nov 04 |
01 03 |
Nevada State Journal | Mining | Fraction Jack | |||
| 1923 Nov 04 |
01 03 |
Nevada State Journal | Mining | Tale of Water Ousel Brings Forth Prose & Poetry | |||
| 1923 Dec 02 | 01 | Nevada State Journal | Air Mail | Can't Down Him | |||
| 1923 Dec 13 | 01 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Reno Carp Club Holds Meeting | |||
| 1923 Dec 22 | 05 | Nevada State Journal | Film | Movie Director is Busiest Man in Reno | |||
| 1924 Jan 8 | 05 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Carp Club meets after several weeks | |||
| 1924 Jan 18 | 05 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Carp Club President Gets Letter | |||
| 1924 Jan 31 | 05 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | New Member Initiation | |||
| 1924 Mar 30 |
01 03 |
Nevada State Journal | Misc | Criminal Trial | |||
| 1924 Apr 13 |
01 06 |
Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Trout fishing on the Anticipation | |||
| 1924 Apr 17 | 05 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Great Crowds Throng River | |||
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1924 Apr 22 1924 Apr 23 |
02 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Caught trout; correction | |||
| 1924 May 25 | 02 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | California Trout streams open | |||
| 1924 Aug 2 |
01 03 |
Nevada State Journal | Air Mail | Blanchfield killed in crash | |||
| 1926 Jan 10 | 1 | Nevada State Journal | Nature | Burro trains, rattlesnakes, and ancient dwellers. | |||
| 1926 Jan 24 |
01 03 |
Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Chased by the bulls | |||
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1926 Feb 14 1926 Feb 14 |
01 06 |
Nevada State Journal | Mining | Incidents in the life of a Prospector | |||
| 1926 Apr 10 | 01 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Ad for fishing article | |||
| 1926 Apr 11 |
01 03 |
Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Best fishing holes | |||
| 1926 May 7 | ? | Nevada State Journal | Nature | Story read to group | |||
| 1926 May 31 | 04 | Nevada State Journal | Military | Buddies All | |||
| 1926 Jul 08 | 06 | Reno Evening Gazette | Nature | Jack Bell on radio | |||
| 1926 Jul 09 | 08 | Reno Evening Gazette | Nature | Jack Bell on radio | |||
| 1926 Jul 08 | 08 | Nevada State Journal | Nature | Jack Bell on radio | |||
| 1926 Jul 08 | 08 | Oakland Tribune | Nature | Jack Bell on radio | |||
| 1926 Jul 09 | 03 | Nevada State Journal | Nature | Jack Bell on radio | |||
| 1926 Jul 09 | 05 | Nevada State Journal | Nature | Paragraph on coming talk | |||
| 1926 Aug 2 | 01 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Verdi threatened by fire again | |||
| 1926 Aug 6 | 03 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Named to State Police | |||
| 1926 Aug 22 | 02 | Nevada State Journal | Mining | Tribute to Ray Baker | |||
| 1926 Sep 7 | 06 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Verdi Stops All Speeders | |||
| 1926 Sep 19 | 02 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Season near close | |||
| 1926 Oct 10 | 01 | Nevada State Journal | Snakes | Jack Bell quoted on snakes | |||
| 1926 Oct 24 | 10 | Nevada State Journal | Nature | Get Acquainted with Nevada's Birds | |||
| 1926 Dec 01 | 10 | Nevada State Journal | Mining | God's Acre in the Desert | |||
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1927 Jan 02 1927 Jan 02 |
08 11 |
Nevada State Journal | Mining | Tribute to Wiggins | |||
| 1927 Feb 06 |
01 05 |
Nevada State Journal | Air Mail | Air Mail plane crash | |||
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1927 Mar 20 1927 Mar 20 |
01 04 |
Nevada State Journal | Nature | Mister Burro | |||
| 1927 Apr 9 | 06 | Reno Evening Gazette | Fishing | Only true fish stories | |||
| 1927 Jul 31 | Son Bradley is bringing out his own book of poetry, "The Painted Lady." | ||||||
| 1928 Jun 28 | Ex-wife Catharine wins position as Secretary of the State Minimum Wage Board; summarizes her past experience | ||||||
| 1929 May 13 | 10 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Fender Bender | |||
| 1929 Jun 13 | 06 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Democratic delegate | |||
| 1929 Sep 20 | 03 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Chinese Banquet | |||
| 1930 Apr 2 | Census for Jack and Lola | ||||||
| 1930 Aug 21 | 14 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | First listing married to Lola | |||
| 1930 Sep 9 | 10 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Has article in Sep 9 Liberty | |||
| 1931 Apr 16 | 06 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Lola back from LA | |||
| 1931 Oct 13 | 06 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Lola in San Francisco | |||
| 1932 Jan 12 | 02 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Lola in San Francisco | |||
| 1932 Dec 19 | Claire K. Vance dies in plane crash (not by Jack Bell) | ||||||
| 1933 Jan 27 | 01 | Nevada State Journal | Mining | Independence Mine Superintendent; gunfight | |||
| 1933 Feb 15 | 04 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Birthday | |||
| 1933 May 30 | 01 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Lola is divorce queen | |||
| 1934 Feb 15 | 04 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Birthday | |||
| 1934 Mar 20 | Jack Bell's first wife, Catherine Olivia Burnett Mercur Bell Van Deusen, dies in Denver CO | ||||||
| 1935 Jan 29 |
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Nevada State Journal | Personal | Lola moves back to Verdi | |||
| 1935 Feb 15 | 04 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Birthday | |||
| 1936 Feb 15 | 12 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Birthday | |||
| 1937 Feb 15 | 12 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Birthday | |||
| 1937 Apr 18 | 05 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Fender bender | |||
| 1937 Jul 14 | 09 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Deed given to wife | |||
| 1937 Jul 22 | 07 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Going to Mercer for sick sister | |||
| 1937 Sep 16 | 11 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Sister died; Jack in auto accident | |||
| 1938 Apr 7 | 02 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Lola had eye problem | |||
| 1938 Aug 28 | 02 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | John Chapman is visiting | |||
| 1939 | 12 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Jack Bell's phone number in Verdi was 7 | |||
| 1939 Feb 7 | 10 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Lola testifies in libel suit | |||
| 1940 Apr 3 | Census for John B.E. Bell | ||||||
| 1940 Aug 4 | 17 | Nevada State Journal | Fishing | Gets trout limit | |||
| 1941 Jun 11 | 02 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Lola goes to hospital | |||
| 1941 Jun 14 | 10 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Lola Bell sick | |||
| 1941 Jun 16 | 08 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Lola dies | |||
| 1941 Jun 16 | 08 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Obituary | |||
| 1941 Jun 16 | 13 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Lola Bell to be buried in NY | |||
| 1941 Jun 16 | 16 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Lola Bell's Obituary | |||
| 1942 May 25 | 8 | Reno Evening Gazette | Fishing | Caught 9 lb mackanaw | |||
| 1941 Jun 20 | 16 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Asks Probate for Lola Bell | |||
| 1948 Jun 16 | Son Bradley teaching leather carving he learned in VA hospitals. | ||||||
| 1951 Nov 06 | 02 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Loved but often cussed | |||
| 1952 Aug 9 | Jack Bell dies in Reno NV | ||||||
| 1952 Aug 12 | 02 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Obituary | |||
| 1952 Aug 13 | 02 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Obituary | |||
| 1952 Aug 13 | 15 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Jack Bell Funeral | |||
| 1952 Aug 13 | 04 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | An Old Timer - Another Jack Bell Obituary | |||
| 1952 Aug 21 | 12 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Legal notice of property; again 8/27 | |||
| 1952 Aug 30 | 15 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal |
Jack Bell ashes going to family plot in Mercer PA |
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| 1952 Sep 1 | 15 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Jack Bell Memorial plans | |||
| 1952 Nov 30 | 14 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | His eccentric will | |||
| 1952 Dec 1 | 11 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Fight over who administers his estate | |||
| 1952 Dec 31 | 11 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | Review of 1952 includes Jack's death | |||
| 1954 Jul 04 | 22 | Nevada State Journal | Personal | Legal settling of Jack Bell's Estate | |||
| 1955 Sep 23 | Jack Bell's son, Bradley Evans Bell (now Bradley T. Van Deusen), dies in San Antonio TX | ||||||
| 1955 Sep 27 | Death notice for Bradley Evans Bell (now Bradley T. Van Deusen) | ||||||
| 1955 Oct 5 | Will of Bradley Evans Bell (now Bradley T. Van Deusen) | ||||||
| 1960 Jan 19 | 11 | Reno Evening Gazette | Personal | He's still remembered for the birds | |||
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GRANDFATHER: JACK BELL: |
GRANDMOTHER: CATHERINE BURNETT: |
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FATHER: BRADLEY EVANS BELL (BRADLEY T. VAN DEUSEN): | |
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Copyright © 2012, Mary S. Van Deusen
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