William Nathaniel Bell originally from Edwardsville, Illinois

Edwardsville, Illinois

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 and later a resident of Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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, was a member of the Denny Party

Denny Party

The Denny Party is a group of white pioneers credited with founding Seattle, Washington because they settled at Alki Point on November 13, 1851.A wagon party headed by Arthur A. Denny left Cherry Grove, Illinois on April 10, 1851...

, the first group of white settlers in what is now Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

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. He lived in Seattle from 1851 to 1856 and then again from 1870 till his death.

His first wife, Sarah Ann Peter (daughter of Keziah Peter http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:8_x_yICHfnQJ:www.wapioneers.org/Pioneer%2520Presences/2003/PIONEEROCT03.pdf+Bell,+William+Nathaniel+keziah+peter&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5), died of tuberculosis in June 1856. With her, he had five children:

• Laura Keziah 1842-1887 (married surname: Coffman https://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications_detail.aspx?p=1#plugin)
• Olive Julia 1846 - ???? (married surname: Stearns https://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications_detail.aspx?p=1#plugin) and Stewart http://www.belltownmessenger.com/082005/082005-megan.html)
• Mary Virginia 1847-1931 (married 1872 http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2792 George W. Hall
  George W. Hall
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• Alvina Lavina 1851-1857 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/seattle_history/alki_party.html,
• Austin Americus 1854- 1889 http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/imlsmohai&CISOPTR=597&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP=&CISOMODE=grid .

His second wife, Lucy Gamble, was the younger sister of Sarah Ann. http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/imlsmohai&CISOPTR=701&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP=&CISOMODE=grid

His family is remembered in the name Belltown

Belltown, Seattle, Washington

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—a neighborhood immediately north of Downtown—and in several Seattle streets: Bell Street, Virginia and Olive Streets and Olive Way (named for his daughters), and Stewart Street, named for Olive's husband Joseph H. Stewart.