| From the clipping posted on FindAGrave.com, with no date or
newspaper name given. It appears to be from Baltimore a few days after
the death (May 3) |
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| May 6?, 1898 |
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Douglas Bell |
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Mr. Douglas Bell, cashier of tyhe Baltimore Steam Packet
Company, died last Monday night at his home, 224 North Gilmor
street. The direct cause of his death was heart trouble,
superinduced by a attack of grip. |
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He was born in Norfolk, and comes from a distinguished
Southern family, his father being the late Alexander Bell. Mr. Bell
served in the Confederate army during the late war and held the rank
of sergeant-major. At the battle of Manassas he received a gunshot
wound in his left leg and carried the bullet for nine years before
it was removed. |
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He was in the employ of the Old Bay Line for about
twenty years and made many friends. He was a member of Eureka
Council, Royal Arcabnum, and Excelsior Conclave of Heptasophs. He
was also a member of the vestry of Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal
Church. |
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A widow, two daughters and one son survive him. The
funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. It was
delayed on account of the illness of his son, Mr. Douglas Bell, a
lawyer in Buffalo, N. Y. |
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