Born in Illinois before his parents moved to Davis County, Iowa.
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"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDS-WG1X : 26 September 2017), W G Bell and Ida Wagner, 15 Feb 1893, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,451,551.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2W-8LT : 14 January 2022), William G. Bell in household of William G. Bell, Union Township, Davis, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9GM-V5N : accessed 22 May 2022), W G Bell, Arlington Township Moville city, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 148, sheet 1B, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,466.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML4J-FS9 : accessed 22 May 2022), William G Bell, O Neill Ward 2, Holt, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 140, sheet 3B, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 848; FHL microfilm 1,374,861.
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