HON. JOHN J. BELL, of the state library commission, was born in Chester, October 30, 1827 and is the son of Samuel Dana Bell and Mary Healey.
He was educated in the common schools of Exeter, Concord, and Manchester, at Concord and Manchester academies, and pursued his professional studies in the Dane Law school, at Harvard university. He was admitted to the bar of Hillsborough courts in April, 1848, and practiced his profession at Nashua, Milford, at Carmel, Me., and at Exeter, where he was judge of the municipal court. In 1876 he was a member of the constitutional convention. In 1882 he was chairman of the commission to examine into the condition of the insane poor in New Hampshire.
In 1883, 1885, 1887, and 1891 he was a member of the house of representatives. In 1885 he was appointed a member of the commission to determine the boundary line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and still retains the position; and upon the formation of the state library commission, in 1892, Judge Bell was made a member of the board. Judge Hell's business and financial interests are very extensive. He is president of the Exeter Mfg. Co., of the Suncook Valley R.R., and of the Exeter R.R. He is also a director in the Concord & Portsmouth R.R., in the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co., in the New Hampshire Life Insurance Co, and is president of the New Hampshire Historical society, of the New Hampshire library association, and of the New Hampshire state board of trade.
Judge Bell's active practice of his profession ceased with his retirement from the bench, in 1883, yet it will be seen that his retirement is not an idle one. Probably no man in New Hampshire has a more extensive or more ardent interest in the various enterprises that have tended to build up the state. As president of the state board of trade, an organization of which Judge Bell was one of the founders, he has been untiring in his efforts to increase the usefulness of the institution.
Source: New Hampshire men. A collection of biographical sketches, with portraits, of sons and residents of the state who have become known in commercial, professional, and political life; by Moses, George Higgins, 1869-1944, Publication date 1893; Publisher Concord, N.H., The New Hampshire publishing company.
Contributor: David M Morin (47707736)
He was educated in the common schools of Exeter, Concord, and Manchester, at Concord and Manchester academies, and pursued his professional studies in the Dane Law school, at Harvard university. He was admitted to the bar of Hillsborough courts in April, 1848, and practiced his profession at Nashua, Milford, at Carmel, Me., and at Exeter, where he was judge of the municipal court. In 1876 he was a member of the constitutional convention. In 1882 he was chairman of the commission to examine into the condition of the insane poor in New Hampshire.
In 1883, 1885, 1887, and 1891 he was a member of the house of representatives. In 1885 he was appointed a member of the commission to determine the boundary line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and still retains the position; and upon the formation of the state library commission, in 1892, Judge Bell was made a member of the board. Judge Hell's business and financial interests are very extensive. He is president of the Exeter Mfg. Co., of the Suncook Valley R.R., and of the Exeter R.R. He is also a director in the Concord & Portsmouth R.R., in the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co., in the New Hampshire Life Insurance Co, and is president of the New Hampshire Historical society, of the New Hampshire library association, and of the New Hampshire state board of trade.
Judge Bell's active practice of his profession ceased with his retirement from the bench, in 1883, yet it will be seen that his retirement is not an idle one. Probably no man in New Hampshire has a more extensive or more ardent interest in the various enterprises that have tended to build up the state. As president of the state board of trade, an organization of which Judge Bell was one of the founders, he has been untiring in his efforts to increase the usefulness of the institution.
Source: New Hampshire men. A collection of biographical sketches, with portraits, of sons and residents of the state who have become known in commercial, professional, and political life; by Moses, George Higgins, 1869-1944, Publication date 1893; Publisher Concord, N.H., The New Hampshire publishing company.
Contributor: David M Morin (47707736)
HON. JOHN J. BELL, of the state library commission, was born in Chester, October 30, 1827 and is the son of Samuel Dana Bell and Mary Healey.
He was educated in the common schools of Exeter, Concord, and Manchester, at Concord and Manchester academies, and pursued his professional studies in the Dane Law school, at Harvard university. He was admitted to the bar of Hillsborough courts in April, 1848, and practiced his profession at Nashua, Milford, at Carmel, Me., and at Exeter, where he was judge of the municipal court. In 1876 he was a member of the constitutional convention. In 1882 he was chairman of the commission to examine into the condition of the insane poor in New Hampshire.
In 1883, 1885, 1887, and 1891 he was a member of the house of representatives. In 1885 he was appointed a member of the commission to determine the boundary line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and still retains the position; and upon the formation of the state library commission, in 1892, Judge Bell was made a member of the board. Judge Hell's business and financial interests are very extensive. He is president of the Exeter Mfg. Co., of the Suncook Valley R.R., and of the Exeter R.R. He is also a director in the Concord & Portsmouth R.R., in the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co., in the New Hampshire Life Insurance Co, and is president of the New Hampshire Historical society, of the New Hampshire library association, and of the New Hampshire state board of trade.
Judge Bell's active practice of his profession ceased with his retirement from the bench, in 1883, yet it will be seen that his retirement is not an idle one. Probably no man in New Hampshire has a more extensive or more ardent interest in the various enterprises that have tended to build up the state. As president of the state board of trade, an organization of which Judge Bell was one of the founders, he has been untiring in his efforts to increase the usefulness of the institution.
Source: New Hampshire men. A collection of biographical sketches, with portraits, of sons and residents of the state who have become known in commercial, professional, and political life; by Moses, George Higgins, 1869-1944, Publication date 1893; Publisher Concord, N.H., The New Hampshire publishing company.
Contributor: David M Morin (47707736)
He was educated in the common schools of Exeter, Concord, and Manchester, at Concord and Manchester academies, and pursued his professional studies in the Dane Law school, at Harvard university. He was admitted to the bar of Hillsborough courts in April, 1848, and practiced his profession at Nashua, Milford, at Carmel, Me., and at Exeter, where he was judge of the municipal court. In 1876 he was a member of the constitutional convention. In 1882 he was chairman of the commission to examine into the condition of the insane poor in New Hampshire.
In 1883, 1885, 1887, and 1891 he was a member of the house of representatives. In 1885 he was appointed a member of the commission to determine the boundary line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and still retains the position; and upon the formation of the state library commission, in 1892, Judge Bell was made a member of the board. Judge Hell's business and financial interests are very extensive. He is president of the Exeter Mfg. Co., of the Suncook Valley R.R., and of the Exeter R.R. He is also a director in the Concord & Portsmouth R.R., in the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co., in the New Hampshire Life Insurance Co, and is president of the New Hampshire Historical society, of the New Hampshire library association, and of the New Hampshire state board of trade.
Judge Bell's active practice of his profession ceased with his retirement from the bench, in 1883, yet it will be seen that his retirement is not an idle one. Probably no man in New Hampshire has a more extensive or more ardent interest in the various enterprises that have tended to build up the state. As president of the state board of trade, an organization of which Judge Bell was one of the founders, he has been untiring in his efforts to increase the usefulness of the institution.
Source: New Hampshire men. A collection of biographical sketches, with portraits, of sons and residents of the state who have become known in commercial, professional, and political life; by Moses, George Higgins, 1869-1944, Publication date 1893; Publisher Concord, N.H., The New Hampshire publishing company.
Contributor: David M Morin (47707736)
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