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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:30, 23 April 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:johnbell.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bell&#039;s wholesale and retail store with the ill-fated town clock.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:johnbell.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bell&#039;s wholesale and retail store with the ill-fated town clock.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BELL, John. (Yorkshire, England, May 25, 1818--Dubuque, IA, July 29, 1896). John Bell was one of six children born to John and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ann Woodward </del>Bell from Dyke Heads, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England. The family came to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">U.S. </del>late in 1832, and settled in Sharon Township, Ohio. John Bell arrived in Dubuque in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1834</del>. (1)  He spent his first winter [[MINING]]. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, but returned to Dubuque in 1837 and operated a [[ZINC]] smelter.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BELL, John. (Yorkshire, England, May 25, 1818--Dubuque, IA, July 29, 1896). John Bell was one of six children born to John and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mary Coates </ins>Bell from Dyke Heads, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England. The family came to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">United States </ins>late in 1832, and settled in Sharon Township, Ohio. John Bell arrived in Dubuque in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1833</ins>. (1)  He spent his first winter [[MINING]]. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, but returned to Dubuque in 1837 and operated a [[ZINC]] smelter.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd [[STREETS]]. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], as one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd [[STREETS]]. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], as one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:BELLHOME.png|left|thumb|250px|563 West 11th.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:BELLHOME.png|left|thumb|250px|563 West 11th.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of John Bell's sisters, Ann Bell, married [[WALLIS, James|James WALLIS]] in 1843. In 1862 John Bell was looking for a partner in his dry goods business<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, so </del>James, Ann, and their two children, Sarah Jane and John William "Will," moved to Dubuque to invest in John Bell's business. (2) In 1861 Mr. Bell with John Wallis <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entered </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mercantile business and bought out </del>Coates Bros. General Store at Second and Main. This company became [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]]. In 1864 this firm grew with the addition of [[RIDER, John Vincent|John Vincent RIDER]] and the purchase of the stock of Wood, Luke &amp; Company whose place of business was in the old town clock building. The firm was known as Bell, Rider, Wallis Company.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of John Bell's sisters, Ann Bell, married [[WALLIS, James|James WALLIS]] in 1843. In 1862 John Bell was looking for a partner in his dry goods business<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </ins>James, Ann, and their two children, Sarah Jane and John William "Will," moved to Dubuque <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from Rockdale, Wisconsin where James was managing a flour mill </ins>to invest in John Bell's business. (2) In 1861 Mr. Bell with John Wallis <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bought </ins>the Coates Bros. General Store at Second and Main. This company became [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]]. In 1864 this firm grew with the addition of [[RIDER, John Vincent|John Vincent RIDER]] and the purchase of the stock of Wood, Luke &amp; Company whose place of business was in the old town clock building. The firm was known as Bell, Rider, Wallis Company.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In late 1864, Iowa was forced to draft soldiers during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. This led Bell to hire Florence Healey. This proved controversial. Men declared they would not trade in the store as long as a woman worked behind the counter. They also stated that no respectable woman would shop in the store. Healey received the complete support of her brother who was serving in the Union army and Bell replied he did not care if these citizens frequented his store or not. Tempers gradually cooled, but Healey later told the story to famed feminist, [[LAWTHER, Anna|Anna  LAWTHER]] who repeated the story as a example of a woman who broke barriers to women&#039;s employment. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In late 1864, Iowa was forced to draft soldiers during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. This led Bell to hire Florence Healey. This proved controversial. Men declared they would not trade in the store as long as a woman worked behind the counter. They also stated that no respectable woman would shop in the store. Healey received the complete support of her brother who was serving in the Union army and Bell replied he did not care if these citizens frequented his store or not. Tempers gradually cooled, but Healey later told the story to famed feminist, [[LAWTHER, Anna|Anna  LAWTHER]] who repeated the story as a example of a woman who broke barriers to women&#039;s employment. (3)</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:21, 18 January 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:BELLHOME.png|left|thumb|250px|563 West 11th.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:BELLHOME.png|left|thumb|250px|563 West 11th.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of John Bell's sisters, Ann Bell, married [[WALLIS, James|James WALLIS]] in 1843. In 1862 John Bell was looking for a partner in his dry goods business, so James, Ann, and their two children, Sarah Jane and John William "Will," moved to Dubuque to invest in John Bell's business. (2) In 1861 Mr. Bell with John Wallis entered the mercantile business and bought out Coates Bros. General Store at Second and Main. This company became [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]]. In 1864 this firm <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was enlarged </del>with the addition of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mr. </del>[[RIDER, John Vincent|John Vincent RIDER]] and the purchase of the stock of Wood, Luke &amp; Company whose place of business was in the old town clock building. The firm was known as Bell, Rider, Wallis Company.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of John Bell's sisters, Ann Bell, married [[WALLIS, James|James WALLIS]] in 1843. In 1862 John Bell was looking for a partner in his dry goods business, so James, Ann, and their two children, Sarah Jane and John William "Will," moved to Dubuque to invest in John Bell's business. (2) In 1861 Mr. Bell with John Wallis entered the mercantile business and bought out Coates Bros. General Store at Second and Main. This company became [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]]. In 1864 this firm <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">grew </ins>with the addition of [[RIDER, John Vincent|John Vincent RIDER]] and the purchase of the stock of Wood, Luke &amp; Company whose place of business was in the old town clock building. The firm was known as Bell, Rider, Wallis Company.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In late 1864, Iowa was forced to draft soldiers during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. This led Bell to hire Florence Healey. This proved controversial. Men declared they would not trade in the store as long as a woman worked behind the counter. They also stated that no respectable woman would shop in the store. Healey received the complete support of her brother who was serving in the Union army and Bell replied he did not care if these citizens frequented his store or not. Tempers gradually cooled, but Healey later told the story to famed feminist, [[LAWTHER, Anna|Anna  LAWTHER]] who repeated the story as a example of a woman who broke barriers to women&#039;s employment. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In late 1864, Iowa was forced to draft soldiers during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. This led Bell to hire Florence Healey. This proved controversial. Men declared they would not trade in the store as long as a woman worked behind the counter. They also stated that no respectable woman would shop in the store. Healey received the complete support of her brother who was serving in the Union army and Bell replied he did not care if these citizens frequented his store or not. Tempers gradually cooled, but Healey later told the story to famed feminist, [[LAWTHER, Anna|Anna  LAWTHER]] who repeated the story as a example of a woman who broke barriers to women&#039;s employment. (3)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A few years later the firm closed out of its retail department and entered on an extensive scale into the wholesale trade. Bell took a very active part until 1886 when he disposed of his interest to his partners and entered the real estate and banking businesses. He became a director of the [[SECOND NATIONAL BANK]] and president of the [[GERMAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>- a position he held one year. His wholesale and retail dry goods business, known as [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]], owned the building into which the city's first [[TOWN CLOCK]] collapsed on May 25, 1872.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A few years later the firm closed out of its retail department and entered on an extensive scale into the wholesale trade. Bell took a very active part until 1886 when he disposed of his interest to his partners and entered the real estate and banking businesses. He became a director of the [[SECOND NATIONAL BANK]] and president of the [[GERMAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]] - a position he held one year. His wholesale and retail dry goods business, known as [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]], owned the building into which the city's first [[TOWN CLOCK]] collapsed on May 25, 1872.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>---</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>---</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:30, 22 March 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BELL, John. (Yorkshire, England, May 25, 1818--Dubuque, IA, July 29, 1896). John Bell was one of six children born to John and Ann Woodward Bell from Dyke Heads, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England. The family came to the U.S. late in 1832, and settled in Sharon Township, Ohio. John Bell arrived in Dubuque in 1834. (1)  He spent his first winter [[MINING]]. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, but returned to Dubuque in 1837 and operated a [[ZINC]] smelter.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BELL, John. (Yorkshire, England, May 25, 1818--Dubuque, IA, July 29, 1896). John Bell was one of six children born to John and Ann Woodward Bell from Dyke Heads, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England. The family came to the U.S. late in 1832, and settled in Sharon Township, Ohio. John Bell arrived in Dubuque in 1834. (1)  He spent his first winter [[MINING]]. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, but returned to Dubuque in 1837 and operated a [[ZINC]] smelter.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Streets</del>. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and was </del>one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[STREETS]]</ins>. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as </ins>one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:BELLHOME.png|left|thumb|250px|563 West 11th.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:BELLHOME.png|left|thumb|250px|563 West 11th.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of John Bell&#039;s sisters, Ann Bell, married [[WALLIS, James|James WALLIS]] in 1843. In 1862 John Bell was looking for a partner in his dry goods business, so James, Ann, and their two children, Sarah Jane and John William &quot;Will,&quot; moved to Dubuque to invest in John Bell&#039;s business. (2) In 1861 Mr. Bell with John Wallis entered the mercantile business and bought out Coates Bros. General Store at Second and Main. This company became [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]]. In 1864 this firm was enlarged with the addition of Mr. [[RIDER, John Vincent|John Vincent RIDER]] and the purchase of the stock of Wood, Luke &amp; Company whose place of business was in the old town clock building. The firm was known as Bell, Rider, Wallis Company.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of John Bell&#039;s sisters, Ann Bell, married [[WALLIS, James|James WALLIS]] in 1843. In 1862 John Bell was looking for a partner in his dry goods business, so James, Ann, and their two children, Sarah Jane and John William &quot;Will,&quot; moved to Dubuque to invest in John Bell&#039;s business. (2) In 1861 Mr. Bell with John Wallis entered the mercantile business and bought out Coates Bros. General Store at Second and Main. This company became [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]]. In 1864 this firm was enlarged with the addition of Mr. [[RIDER, John Vincent|John Vincent RIDER]] and the purchase of the stock of Wood, Luke &amp; Company whose place of business was in the old town clock building. The firm was known as Bell, Rider, Wallis Company.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In late 1864, Iowa was forced to draft soldiers during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. This led Bell to hire Florence Healey <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to work in his store</del>. This proved controversial. Men declared they would not trade in the store as long as a woman worked behind the counter. They also stated that no respectable woman would shop in the store. Healey received the complete support of her brother who was serving in the Union army and Bell replied he did not care if these citizens frequented his store or not. Tempers gradually cooled, but Healey later told the story to famed feminist, [[LAWTHER, Anna|Anna  LAWTHER]] who repeated the story as a example of a woman who broke barriers to women's employment. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In late 1864, Iowa was forced to draft soldiers during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. This led Bell to hire Florence Healey. This proved controversial. Men declared they would not trade in the store as long as a woman worked behind the counter. They also stated that no respectable woman would shop in the store. Healey received the complete support of her brother who was serving in the Union army and Bell replied he did not care if these citizens frequented his store or not. Tempers gradually cooled, but Healey later told the story to famed feminist, [[LAWTHER, Anna|Anna  LAWTHER]] who repeated the story as a example of a woman who broke barriers to women's employment. (3)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A few years later the firm closed out of its retail department and entered on an extensive scale into the wholesale trade. Bell took a very active part until 1886 when he disposed of his interest to his partners and entered the real estate and banking businesses. He became a director of the [[SECOND NATIONAL BANK]] and president of the [[GERMAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]  - a position he held one year. His wholesale and retail dry goods business, known as [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]], owned the building into which the city&#039;s first [[TOWN CLOCK]] collapsed on May 25, 1872.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A few years later the firm closed out of its retail department and entered on an extensive scale into the wholesale trade. Bell took a very active part until 1886 when he disposed of his interest to his partners and entered the real estate and banking businesses. He became a director of the [[SECOND NATIONAL BANK]] and president of the [[GERMAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK]]  - a position he held one year. His wholesale and retail dry goods business, known as [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]], owned the building into which the city&#039;s first [[TOWN CLOCK]] collapsed on May 25, 1872.  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:24, 7 November 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Family History: http</del>://<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wc.rootsweb</del>.ancestry.com/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cgi</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bin</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=grndslammr&amp;id=I08510</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ancestry.com--https</ins>://<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">www</ins>.ancestry.com/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">family</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">tree</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">person/tree/4414925/person/-1496592510/facts</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:jbell.jpg|left|thumb|150px|John Bell. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:jbell.jpg|left|thumb|150px|John Bell. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:johnbell.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bell&#039;s wholesale and retail store with the ill-fated town clock.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:johnbell.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bell&#039;s wholesale and retail store with the ill-fated town clock.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BELL, John. (Yorkshire, England, May 25, 1818--Dubuque, IA, July <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">31</del>, 1896). John Bell was one of six children born to John and Ann Woodward Bell from Dyke Heads, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England. The family came to the U.S. late in 1832, and settled in Sharon Township, Ohio. John Bell arrived in Dubuque in 1834. (1)  He spent his first winter [[MINING]]. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, but returned to Dubuque in 1837 and operated a [[ZINC]] smelter.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BELL, John. (Yorkshire, England, May 25, 1818--Dubuque, IA, July <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">29</ins>, 1896). John Bell was one of six children born to John and Ann Woodward Bell from Dyke Heads, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England. The family came to the U.S. late in 1832, and settled in Sharon Township, Ohio. John Bell arrived in Dubuque in 1834. (1)  He spent his first winter [[MINING]]. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, but returned to Dubuque in 1837 and operated a [[ZINC]] smelter.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd Streets. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], and was one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd Streets. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], and was one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l28">Line 28:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 28:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Business Leader]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Business Leader]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category: Ancestry]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:20, 8 June 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Family History: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=grndslammr&amp;id=I08510</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Family History: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=grndslammr&amp;id=I08510</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">P1000312</del>.jpg|left|thumb|150px|John Bell. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jbell</ins>.jpg|left|thumb|150px|John Bell. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:johnbell.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bell&#039;s wholesale and retail store with the ill-fated town clock.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:johnbell.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bell&#039;s wholesale and retail store with the ill-fated town clock.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:11, 2 March 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:johnbell.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bell&#039;s wholesale and retail store with the ill-fated town clock.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:johnbell.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bell&#039;s wholesale and retail store with the ill-fated town clock.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BELL, John. (Yorkshire, England, May 25 1818--Dubuque, IA, July 31, 1896). John Bell was one of six children born to John and Ann Woodward Bell from Dyke Heads, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England. The family came to the U.S. late in 1832, and settled in Sharon Township, Ohio. John Bell arrived in Dubuque in 1834. (1)  He spent his first winter [[MINING]]. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, but returned to Dubuque in 1837 and operated a [[ZINC]] smelter.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BELL, John. (Yorkshire, England, May 25<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>1818--Dubuque, IA, July 31, 1896). John Bell was one of six children born to John and Ann Woodward Bell from Dyke Heads, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England. The family came to the U.S. late in 1832, and settled in Sharon Township, Ohio. John Bell arrived in Dubuque in 1834. (1)  He spent his first winter [[MINING]]. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, but returned to Dubuque in 1837 and operated a [[ZINC]] smelter.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd Streets. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], and was one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd Streets. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], and was one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:11, 2 March 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:johnbell.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bell&#039;s wholesale and retail store with the ill-fated town clock.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:johnbell.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bell&#039;s wholesale and retail store with the ill-fated town clock.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BELL, John. (Yorkshire, England, 1818-Dubuque, IA, July <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">29</del>, 1896). John Bell was one of six children born to John and Ann Woodward Bell from Dyke Heads, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England. The family came to the U.S. late in 1832, and settled in Sharon Township, Ohio. John Bell arrived in Dubuque in 1834. (1)  He spent his first winter [[MINING]]. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, but returned to Dubuque in 1837 and operated a [[ZINC]] smelter.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BELL, John. (Yorkshire, England, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">May 25 </ins>1818<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-</ins>-Dubuque, IA, July <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">31</ins>, 1896). John Bell was one of six children born to John and Ann Woodward Bell from Dyke Heads, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England. The family came to the U.S. late in 1832, and settled in Sharon Township, Ohio. John Bell arrived in Dubuque in 1834. (1)  He spent his first winter [[MINING]]. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, but returned to Dubuque in 1837 and operated a [[ZINC]] smelter.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd Streets. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], and was one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd Streets. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], and was one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:18, 24 October 2016</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd Streets. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], and was one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd Streets. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], and was one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:BELLHOME.png|left|thumb|250px|563 West 11th.]]One of John Bell's sisters, Ann Bell, married [[WALLIS, James|James WALLIS]] in 1843. In 1862 John Bell was looking for a partner in his dry goods business, so James, Ann, and their two children, Sarah Jane and John William "Will," moved to Dubuque to invest in John Bell's business. (2) In 1861 Mr. Bell with John Wallis entered the mercantile business and bought out Coates Bros. General Store at Second and Main. This company became [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]]. In 1864 this firm was enlarged with the addition of Mr. [[RIDER, John Vincent|John Vincent RIDER]] and the purchase of the stock of Wood, Luke &amp; Company whose place of business was in the old town clock building. The firm was known as Bell, Rider, Wallis Company.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:BELLHOME.png|left|thumb|250px|563 West 11th.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of John Bell's sisters, Ann Bell, married [[WALLIS, James|James WALLIS]] in 1843. In 1862 John Bell was looking for a partner in his dry goods business, so James, Ann, and their two children, Sarah Jane and John William "Will," moved to Dubuque to invest in John Bell's business. (2) In 1861 Mr. Bell with John Wallis entered the mercantile business and bought out Coates Bros. General Store at Second and Main. This company became [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]]. In 1864 this firm was enlarged with the addition of Mr. [[RIDER, John Vincent|John Vincent RIDER]] and the purchase of the stock of Wood, Luke &amp; Company whose place of business was in the old town clock building. The firm was known as Bell, Rider, Wallis Company.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In late 1864, Iowa was forced to draft soldiers during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. This led Bell to hire Florence Healey to work in his store. This proved controversial. Men declared they would not trade in the store as long as a woman worked behind the counter. They also stated that no respectable woman would shop in the store. Healey received the complete support of her brother who was serving in the Union army and Bell replied he did not care if these citizens frequented his store or not. Tempers gradually cooled, but Healey later told the story to famed feminist, [[LAWTHER, Anna|Anna  LAWTHER]] who repeated the story as a example of a woman who broke barriers to women&#039;s employment. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In late 1864, Iowa was forced to draft soldiers during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. This led Bell to hire Florence Healey to work in his store. This proved controversial. Men declared they would not trade in the store as long as a woman worked behind the counter. They also stated that no respectable woman would shop in the store. Healey received the complete support of her brother who was serving in the Union army and Bell replied he did not care if these citizens frequented his store or not. Tempers gradually cooled, but Healey later told the story to famed feminist, [[LAWTHER, Anna|Anna  LAWTHER]] who repeated the story as a example of a woman who broke barriers to women&#039;s employment. (3)</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=BELL,_John&diff=133489&oldid=prev 2016-10-24T01:18:35Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:18, 24 October 2016</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd Streets. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], and was one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the early 1840s, Bell entered the mercantile business with Pratt &amp; Mason on Main between 2nd and 3rd Streets. He eventually sold out to Coates &amp; Wilde and became interested in the [[DUBUQUE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]] and [[CENTRAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY]], and was one of the leading men in these corporations.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of John Bell's sisters, Ann Bell, married [[WALLIS, James|James WALLIS]] in 1843. In 1862 John Bell was looking for a partner in his dry goods business, so James, Ann, and their two children, Sarah Jane and John William "Will," moved to Dubuque to invest in John Bell's business. (2) In 1861 Mr. Bell with John Wallis entered the mercantile business and bought out Coates Bros. General Store at Second and Main. This company became [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]]. In 1864 this firm was enlarged with the addition of Mr. [[RIDER, John Vincent|John Vincent RIDER]] and the purchase of the stock of Wood, Luke &amp; Company whose place of business was in the old town clock building. The firm was known as Bell, Rider, Wallis Company.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:BELLHOME.png|left|thumb|250px|563 West 11th.]]</ins>One of John Bell's sisters, Ann Bell, married [[WALLIS, James|James WALLIS]] in 1843. In 1862 John Bell was looking for a partner in his dry goods business, so James, Ann, and their two children, Sarah Jane and John William "Will," moved to Dubuque to invest in John Bell's business. (2) In 1861 Mr. Bell with John Wallis entered the mercantile business and bought out Coates Bros. General Store at Second and Main. This company became [[JOHN BELL AND COMPANY]]. In 1864 this firm was enlarged with the addition of Mr. [[RIDER, John Vincent|John Vincent RIDER]] and the purchase of the stock of Wood, Luke &amp; Company whose place of business was in the old town clock building. The firm was known as Bell, Rider, Wallis Company.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In late 1864, Iowa was forced to draft soldiers during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. This led Bell to hire Florence Healey to work in his store. This proved controversial. Men declared they would not trade in the store as long as a woman worked behind the counter. They also stated that no respectable woman would shop in the store. Healey received the complete support of her brother who was serving in the Union army and Bell replied he did not care if these citizens frequented his store or not. Tempers gradually cooled, but Healey later told the story to famed feminist, [[LAWTHER, Anna|Anna  LAWTHER]] who repeated the story as a example of a woman who broke barriers to women&#039;s employment. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In late 1864, Iowa was forced to draft soldiers during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. This led Bell to hire Florence Healey to work in his store. This proved controversial. Men declared they would not trade in the store as long as a woman worked behind the counter. They also stated that no respectable woman would shop in the store. Healey received the complete support of her brother who was serving in the Union army and Bell replied he did not care if these citizens frequented his store or not. Tempers gradually cooled, but Healey later told the story to famed feminist, [[LAWTHER, Anna|Anna  LAWTHER]] who repeated the story as a example of a woman who broke barriers to women&#039;s employment. (3)</div></td></tr> </table>

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