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Horace Jay Bell was born in 1846, the son of John Beatty Bell and his wife the former Eliza A. Coggeshall. His great grandfathers, Eleazur Bell and John Beatty were pioneer settlers of Erie County, Ohio. John Beatty was also an abolitionist and one time Mayor of Sandusky, Ohio.In 1864 Horace Jay Bell enlisted in Co. B, 145th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. According to the book The Coggeshalls in America, in the summer of 1864, Horace died from typhoid fever, which he contracted while serving in the Army during the Civil War. He was only 18 years of age. He was buried in Lot 32 of Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky, Ohio.
Rest in Peace Horace Jay Bell.
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