Hugh Bell (settler)

Hugh Bell
Born 1797
County Monaghan, Ireland
Died 10 August 1872
Nationality Irish
Spouse Elizabeth Wiggins

Hugh Bell was an Irish emigrant to Upper Canada. He was married to Elizabeth Wiggins also of Ireland.[1] They had a daughter Sarah Ann Bell.[2][3] In 1834 he built a tavern in what was then known as "the Corners" on the north side of Richmond Road on the site of what is today the Bells Corners Public School. When the first post office opened in the area it had to adopt a more formal name and it was named Bell's Corners after Hugh Bell.[4] Bell played an active roll in local politics and served as councillor, assessor, and tax collector. He often hosted Nepean Township Council meetings in the 1830s and 1840s. He remained in business there until 1863.[5]

Hugh Bell died on 10 August 1872 at age 74 and is buried in the Bells Corners Union Cemetery.[6]

References

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  2. ^ "Reilly's Hotel, Richmond, Ontario, Canada". Bytown or Bust - History and Genealogy in the Ottawa area: Goulbourn Township. http://www.bytown.net/reillyhotel.htm. Retrieved 24 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "The Elopement of Sarah Bell and the History of the Rielly House". The McElroy Family of Richmond, Ontario, Canada. http://www.mcelroy.ca/history/mcelroy/riellyHouse.shtml. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
  4. ^ "Patchwork Communities of Historical Nepean". Rediscover Ottawa: Exploring the Capital's local history. http://rediscoverottawa.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/patchwork-communities-of-historical-nepean/. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
  5. ^ Larry D. Cotton (2007). Whiskey and Wickedness. Lanark, ON: Larry D. Cotton Associates. pp. 124. ISBN 9780978487508. 
  6. ^ "Pictures of the Bells Corners Union Cemetery". Ancestry.com. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~snaylor/OntarioGraveMarkers/BellCAng/BELLCANG.HTM. Retrieved 29 August 2011.