| 1. |  Daniel W Bell was born on 14 Feb 1832 in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; died on 11 Dec 1914 in Wyeth street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events:
- Ethnicity: American
- Race: Black
- Residence: 1900, 1329 Wyeth ave, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 68; Occupation: Laborer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; CityWard: 6th; EnumerationDistrict: 0057; HomeOwnership: Rent; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 2; OwnsFarm: H; YearsMarried: 29; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head
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President of the "Undergroun' " in the Sixties Dies at 82.
Daniel Bell, Who Helped Scores of Slaves to Freedom, Dies at Home in Wyeth Avenue
In a little old house in Wyeth avenue, just above Verbeke street yesterday afternoon. Daniel Bell, colored, "president" before and during the Civil War of the "Underground Railway" of Central Pennsylvania, started toward the land where race and color are unknown. Death found the aged colored man cheerful and happy. He was 82.
Daniel Bell was born February 14, 1832, in Carlisle, Cumberland county, where he lived until he was 39. Since then he has always lived in Harrisburg.
During the War of the Rebellion he was a recruiting officer for the government. But he was best known for the work he did in helping scores of escaped slaves from the Virginias to get into Canda. He was ahead of the"undergroun' " in this section of the State and was known to thousands of negroes throughout the neighboring slave States.
Mr. Bell was the last one of the family of Bells. His wife was born in Franklin county. She died about two and a half years ago. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Mrs. Emma Selvey, Miss Louisa Bell; nineteen grandchildren, and two great- grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held from his home on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. William H. Marshall will officiate. Burial will be made in the Lincoln Cemetery.
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Note: place of birth not verified.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217903815/daniel-bell : accessed 9 December 2021), memorial page for Daniel Bell (14 Feb 1832-11 Dec 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 217903815, citing Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Tom Arnold (contributor 48724938) .
DANIEL BELL DEAD; AGED 62 Funeral Services for Daniel Bell, aged 82, who died at his home, on Wyeth street, above Verbeke, on Friday afternoon will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock at his late residence, conducted by the Rev. W. H. Marshall. Burial will be made in the Lincoln cemetery. Mr. Bell was well known throughout the north during the Civil War as "president" of the "Underground Railway", an organization of the North which assisted Southern slaves to freedom.
Buried:
Lincoln Cemetery
Daniel married Sarah Jane Bell in 1871. Sarah was born in Feb 1839 in Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 May 1912 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Emma Catherine Bell
 was born on 9 Feb 1872 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Feb 1943 in Susquehanna, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 3. Louisa G Bell was born in Sep 1876 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 4. Unnis P. Bell was born about 1879 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Emma Catherine Bell 