Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 24767415
• Alt. Birth: Abt Sep 1853, Isle la Motte, Grand Isle County, Vermont
• Alt. Birth: 23 Sep 1871, Isle la Motte, Grand Isle County, Vermont
• 1900 Census: 18 Jun 1900, Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Ora Orlando was the son of Benjamin F and Susan (Farnsworth) Bell. He married Minerva M Hall. (1858-1935), she was the daughter of William and Joanna (Thomas) Hall.

Ora Bell's father was killed in the Civil war and he was more or less raised by his grandparents, Orlando and Samantha Bell. He worked his grandfather's farm for several years and was in the cattle business in Wyoming. 1886-1890 when he returned to Alburg and followed farming until 1901, when he sold the farm and removed to Alburg Village where he built the "Bell House", a hotel which he operated until about 1918 when it burned.

Ora O Bell served in numerous public offices; Selectman 1894-7, 1905-6, 1907-12; constable for four years; School Director 1897-1900; Grand Isle Co., Sheriff, 1904-1908.

Children:
Ethel Bessie 1879-1967 married Elmer E Lord
Hardy F 1882-1966 married Ethel Mary Trudeau

**Source: Alburg History Vol II, page 18. By Allen Stratton.

Soule/Bell/Wightman/LaDue Lots
Foot stones:

William A Soule
Ella A Soule

Elizabeth Wightman
William Wightman

Ora O Bell
Minerva M Bell

Phineas A LaDue
Joanna T LaDue

Birth:
From FindaGrave

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24767415

1900 Census:
ED 122, sheet 11B
Bell, Ora O       Head     W M Sept 1852  47 M 23        VT VT VT     Farmer
---, Minerva      Wife       W F  July 1858   41 M 23 2 2  VT VT NY
---, Harley         Son       W M Feb  1882  18 S              VT VT VT
Aredette, John  Boarder W M Oct  1875  24 S              Canada Canada Canada  1893 7 Al

Ora married Minerva Martha Hall on 4 Mar 1878 in Rouses Point, Clinton County, New York. Minerva (daughter of William E. Hall and Joanna E. Thomas) was born on 19 Jul 1858 in Isle la Motte, Grand Isle County, Vermont; died on 5 Apr 1935 in Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont; was buried after 5 Apr 1935 in Alburg Center Cemetery, Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 24551322

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24551322

Ethel married Elmer Ernest Lord in 1904. Elmer (son of William A. Lord and Mary Jane Goodspeed) was born in 1871 in Malone, Franklin County, New York; died in 1939; was buried after 1939 in Alburg Center Cemetery, Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 23084744

Notes:

From FindaGrave:Wife: Ethel Mary Trudeau

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23084744

Harley married Elizabeth Reynolds in 1906, and was divorced before 1924. Elizabeth was born in 1886 in Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont; died in 1971 in Morrisville, Lamoille County, Vermont; was buried after 1971 in Alburg Center Cemetery, Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harley married Ethel Mary Trudeau before 1928. Ethel was born in 1891 in Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont; died in 1981 in Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont; was buried after 1981 in Bush Cemetery, Alburg, Grand Isle County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]