Reed-Read Lineage (Capt. John Reed of Norwalk)

Alfred Lee (add. La Manda Park, Cal.), s. of Geo. and Hannah A. 646 HISTORY AND GENEALOGY (Keeler) Scofield, b. Apr. 15, 1851 ; m. first, Jan. 20, 1873, Salome E. Merrill, who d. Mar. 17, 1887; m. second, May 18, 1888, Cornelia A. Williams. issue: by wife Salome;. -f-1447. Annie E., b. Mar. 8, 1874; m. John L. Stevenson. -t-1448. Harry Lewis, b. Sept. 16, 1877; "i- ^^^s. Elizabeth Crouch. 1449. Mabel S., b. Nov. 21, 1881 ; unm. 833. SCOFIELD. George E. (add. Stamford, Conn., 21 Bedford Street), s. of James B. and Betsey (Raymond) Scofield, b. Feb. 4, 183 1 ; m. first. May 19, 1858, Lydia E. Ferris; m. second, June 15, 1869, Emma E. Rose. ISSUE BY FIRST MARRIAGE. *I450. Arthur F., b. May 20, 1859; m. Lilly Isl. Simmons. ISSUE BY SECOND MARKIAGE. **i45i. Julia Rose. b. Mar. 5. 1871 ; m. Chas. P. Haller, M. D. 1452. James Bell, b. Apr. 12, 1875, d. Mar. 30, 1876. *Add. 201 West io6th Street, New York. **Add. 461 State Street, Bridgeport, Conn. 836. HASLA3I. Mary A. (add. New Canaan, Conn.), dau. of James Bell and Mary (Holmes) Scofield, b. June 14, 1841 ; m. Oct. 4, 1865; Thos. Haslam. ISSUE. 1453. Eewis S., b. Aug. 29, 1866; unm.; add. St. Louis, Mo. + 1454 *i455 1456 1457 1458 Alice Mitchell, b. July 7, 1869; m. Lewis H. Funnell. Agnes Brooks, b. Dec. 31, 1870; m. F. L. Day, M. D. Mary Holmes, b. Sept. 23, 1873 ; unm. Elizabeth Marguerite, b. Feb. 11, 1877; unm. Emily Bell, b. Feb. ii, 1880; unm. *No issue ; add. 468 State Street, Bridgeport, Conn. 838. FIXNEY. Elizabeth H. (add. Stamford, Conn., 17 Bedford Street), dau. of James Bell and Alary (Holmes) Scofield, b. Jan. 14, 1855; m. A. J. Finney. Issue — 1459, Lillian Holmes, b. Dec. 22, 18S8, unm; 1460, James Allen, b. July 17, 1896, unm. 839. BELL. James Madison", s. of Thaddeus and Eleanor (Youmans) Bell, b. Feb. 25, 1833, d. Jan. 18, 1901 ; m. Sept. 14, 1858, Susan Frye. REED-READ LINEAGE 647 ISSUE. 1461. John Fyre, b. Oct. 4, 1859, d. 1874. + 1462, Harry James, b. Aug. 19, 1861 ; m. Alice Gary. 1463. Grace Lilian, b. Dec. 14, 1863 ; m. 1889, Dwight Golder ; she d. 1894. 1464. Mary Gertrude, b. Nov. 30, 1869; m. 1890, Wm. Lyman; she d. 1891. 1465. Hattie Florence, b. Apr. i, 1872, d. 1876. 1466. Enoch Frye, b. May 26, 1874; m. Sept. 11, 1901, Anna Elizabeth Bowman. *I467. Sidney Eugene, b. Feb. 13, 1879. James Aladison Bell, born in Xew York city, was educated at New York University and after being graduated studied for the ministry at the Andover Theological Seminary. For nearly half a century he had pastoral charge in Massachusetts, and repeatedly declined offers of professorships in leading educational institutions, preferring to remain actively at work in the ministry. He was a ripe scholar and especially well versed in the Hebrew and Greek languages. In 1898 New York L'niversity conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity on him, he being then one of the four surviving members of the class of '54. In early life he was prominent in anti-slavery work in ]\Iassachusetts and at one time a candidate for the State Legislature. He was always an earnest Republican. ^•'Sidney Eugene Bell completed his education at the Leominster High School from which he was graduated in 1899. In 1898 he won a gold medal as first prize in a prize-speaking contest and also one for general excellence in study, deportment and military drill. He was captain of the school cadet company and president of his class. 1899 he entered the employ of the Geo. W. Wheelwright Paper Co. at North Leominster, Mass., as shipping clerk and filled the position until Nov., 1901, when he left to take up the duties of bookkeeper of the Leominster National bank, which is his present occupation (1908). He is a notary public, a life member of the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars and has been for four years an auditor for the town of Leominster, Mass. 841. BELL. Aloxzo (add. of widow, Westfield, N. J., 2028 15th Street), s. of Thaddeus and Eleanor (Youmans) Bell, b. Aug. 25, 1836, d. May 10, 1906 ; m. Nov. 2, 1868. Mary Virginia Lemon of Washington, D. C. ISSUE. + 1468. Charles Thaddeus, b. Jan. 20, 1871 ; m. Esther H. Brock. 1469. Mary Frances, b. Apr. 5, 1873, d. July 3, 1874. 1470. Eleanor Louise, b. Dec. 2, 1874. 4-1471. Alonzo Chandler, b. Feb. 16, 1877; m. Emily M. Cox. 648 HISTORY AND GENEALOGY 1472. Thaddeus Randolph, b. Dec. 25, 1879. 1473. Alice Lemon, b. Aug. 21, 1882. Alonzo Bell was born in New York city and received his education in the private schools there. He studied law for about three years in the office of J. H. Sledwell of Yonkers, N. Y. Subsequently became associ- ate editor of the Yonkers Examiner and of the Semi-Weekly Clarion. He was a life long Republican and a union soldier in the War of the Rebellion. In 1875, appointed by Sec. Chandler chief clerk of the depart- ment of the interior ; 1876 commissioned by President Grant to convey to Philadelphia the original Declaration of Independence on the occasion of the Centennial Exhibition; 1877 nominated by President Hayes and confirmed by the Senate of the United States as Assistant Secretary of the Interior and as acting Secretary frequently represented the department at the Cabinet meetings. During his six years of service in this position he enjoyed the confidence of Presidents Hayes, Garfield and Arthur and of Secretaries Schurz, Kirkwood and Teller. In 1883 he resigned his office to enter into the practice of patent law ; 1884 appointed by President Arthur as a commissioner to examine certain completed sections of the Nothern Pacific R. R. ; 1895 elected to the Legislature of N. Y., to repre- sent the 29th district. Subsequently was the first Republican candidate for President of the Bronx, when the charter of Greater New York was passed; 1896 made assistant to the Board of Taxes and Assessments of New York City, which office he held till his death May 10, 1906. 842. SAKGEXT. Julia (add. Washington, D. C, N. E., 623 Maryland Avenue), dau. of Thaddeus and Eleanor (Youmans) Bell, b. May, 1838; m. Leonard Sargent. issuE — 1474, Leonard ; 1475, Thaddeus ; 1476, Hattie. 843. BEAL. Eleanor L. (add. Newburg, N. Y.), dau. of Thaddeus and Eleanor (Youmans) Bell, b. Oct. 17, 1840; m. W. R. Beal. ISSUE. 1477. William Dudley, b. Jan. 23, 1865, d. 1865. 1478. Reynolds, b. Oct. 12, 1866; unm. ; add. 357 W. 57th Street, New York Citv. + 1479. Alice Reynolds, b. Mar. 21, 1868 ; m. C. E. Acker. 1480. Thaddeus Reynolds, b. June 28, 1870; add. Newburg, N. Y. ; unm. 1481. Mary Reynolds, b. Aug. 11, 1873 ; add. Newburg, N. Y. ; unm. 1482. Albert Reynolds, b. Sept. 3, 1875 ; add. Newburg, N. Y. ; unm. 1483. Gififord Reynolds, b. Jan. 24, 1879; m. Maud C. Ramsdell ; add. Studio Building, W. 67th Street, New York city. REED-READ LINEAGE 649 844. BELL. EzEKiEL Y., s. of Thaddeus and Eleanor (Youmans) Bell, b. July 31, 1843 '' "i- twice. Issue— 1484, Lulu; 1485, Hattie; i486, Percy; all dead. 845. SHARP. Emily E. (add. Newton, :Mass., 23 Waverly Avenue), dau. of Thad- deus and Eleanor (Youmans) Bell, b. June, 1847; "i- Supply T. Sharp, who. d. . Issue— 1487, Jas. C. ; 1488, Walter; 1489, Eleanor. 846. BELL. Edmund R. (add. Brooklyn, X. Y., 808H Nostrand Avenue), s. of Thaddeus and Eleanor (Youmans) Bell, b. Jan. 25, 1850; m. Annie Pugs- ley. ISSUE. 1490. Amy E., b. Aug. 8, 1877 ; m. Feb. 25, 1903, Winfield, T. BHss, Brooklyn. X. Y. ; no issue. 1491. Eleanor, b. June 20, 1882; m. Sept. 19, 1904, Standhope C. Remrick ; no issue. 1492. Benjamin Harrison, b. Nov. 19, 1888; unm. 848. MINOi:. Charlotte E., dau. of Alonzo and Fanny Raymond (Bell) St. John, b. Sept. 8, 1849, <J- J^"- 21, 1901 ; m. June. 1867, Stephen D. Minor, b. 1817, d. 1896, s. of James and Sally (Reynolds) Minor. ISSUE. 1493. \Vm.. b. Apr. i, 1868, d. Sept. 10, 1868. 1494 1495 1496 _I497 + 1498 1499 1500 1 501 1502 Stephen Herbert, b. Mar. 6, 1869; unm., 1904. ?vlinnie Elizabeth, b. ^lar. 6, 1869; unm., 1904. Fannie Bell, b. Feb. 7, 1871, d. Mar. 26, 1908. Alice Gertrude, b. Apr. 18, 1873, d. Sept. 21, 1874. Julia, b. Sept. 24, 1875; m. Wm. Chas. Hull. Lulu Adeline, b. Oct. 31, 1877, d. Aug. 17, 1880. Katy ^lay, b. Aug. 27, 1882. d. Apr. 8, 1902. Geo. Alonzo. b. July 15, 1885; unm., 1904. James Harvey, b. Dec. 5, 1887; unm., 1904. Add. of unmarried issue, Stamford and Rowayton, Conn. 849. WEED. Fraxklix (add. South Norwalk, Conn., 104 West Street), s. of Henry L. and Maria Antoinette (Bell) Weed, b. Dec. 24, 1848; m. May 31, 1874, Sarah F. Wood. ISSUE. -I-1502. Mortimer L., b. May i, 1875; m. Jane Hamelton. 650 HISTORY AND GENEALOGY 1503. Frederick, b. Sept. 7, 1877, d. Apr. 8, 1885. 1504. Arietta, b. Nov. 30, 1883 ; m. Wm. A. Crockett, June 24, 1907. 1505. Marion Gladis, b. Apr. 12, 1895. 831. BELL. Harry (add. Stamford, Conn.), s. of Andrew Jackson and Maria Louise (Miller) Bell, b. Feb. 15. 1850; m. Olive E. Barber. ISSUE. -I-1506. Gertrude, b. Mar. 2, 1880; m. Charles Davenport Lockwood. -j-1507. Andrew Jackson, b. Sept. 18, 1881 ; m. Elsie B. Phillips. 1508. Arthur William, b. June 4, 1885; unm. 852. HECKER. Georgianna (add. 376 Yose Avenue, South Orange, N. J.), dau. of Andrew Jackson and Maria Louise (Miller) Bell, b. Aug. 14, 1852; m. Jan. 16, 1872, John Valentine Hecker of New York city. ISSUE. 1509 John Valentine, b. Jan. 30, 1873, cl. Apr. 7, 1873. -I-1510. John, b. Apr. 18, 1874; m. Isabel Nelson Brooks. 151 1. Frederick Charles, b. Nov. 6, 1876; unm. 1512. Geo. Edward, b. Apr. 17, 1878; unm. 1513. Louise Bell. b. May 10, 1880; m. June .5, 1907, Alexander Hamilton Falls. -I-1514. Genevieve, b. Nov. 19, 1883; m. Chas. Taber Stout. 854. BELL. Edward Morgax, s. of Andrew Jackson and Maria Louise (^^liller) Bell, b. Feb. 16, 1856; m. Feb. 13, 1878, Jessie Polhananus; he d. Sept., 1895. ISSUE. 4-1515. Jessie Hecker, b. Jan. 30, 1879; m. Dr. Chas. H. Borden. 1516. Edward, b. Sept. 7, 1881, d. Sept. 6, 1897. 1517. Florence, b. Nov. 7, 1884; add. New Rochelle. 855. GRISWOLD-VmCENT.