See also
1 Virginia BELL1 ( - ) [6100].
2 Edwin Wildridge BELL2,3,4,5 (1904-1967) [6098]. Born 18 Mar 1904, ND.4,5,6 Died Sep 1967.6
4 Angus Wildridge BELL4,5,7,8 (1876-1935) [3290]. Born 17 Sep 1876, Notawasaga Township, Simcoe County, Ontario.3,5,7,8 Marr Agnes FLAHRETY 12 May 1903, Jamestown, ND.3 Died 16 Jan 1935, ND.2,3,9 Buried Medora Cemetery, Medora, ND.3,9
From the online Farm and Ranch Guide - ND Cowboy Hall of Fame inductees announced for 2012.
The ballots have been cast and the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame (NDCHF) Trustees have identified seven individuals, one rank horse and a ranch renowned for their expansion of the beef market across the European countryside to be inducted in to the Hall of Honorees.
Ceremonies for the inductees selected for the Hall of Honorees will be in Medora, N.D., on June 22-23. Activities for the latest inductees begin with a special reception to Honor the Honorees at the NDCHF – Center of Western Heritage and Cultures on Friday, June 22.
Pre-1940s Ranching
Angus Bell – Bell was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1876. His parents moved to Jamestown, ND, when he was young. At age 15, he went out west to Medora and got a job breaking horses at the Eaton Brothers Dude Ranch. Bell later filed on a homestead west of Medora and developed his own ranch. He won the heart of a Jamestown girl and persuaded her that setting up housekeeping on the ranch out west was her destiny. They had one son, Edwin.
Highly respected and well known as a rancher, Bell not only ranched for more than 30 years, but he also traded horses and ran a livery stable in Medora. Tom Mix depended on Bell to train and board his horses. Lucky and/or skilled in poker, Bell won the Rough Rider Hotel in a card game and became its proprietor for years. Bell died in the dead of winter of 1935 and is buried in the Medora Cemetery.
8 Thomas Wildridge BELL7,8,10,11,12 (1856-1941) [31]. Born 15 Mar 1856, Singhampton, Ontario, Canada.10 Marr Elizabeth Jane BATES 16 Dec 1875, Feversham, Ontario.7 Died 15 Jan 1941, Oberon, Benson, ND.8,11 Buried Hillsdale Cemetery, Oberon, ND.11
Thomas was a section foreman for the railroad and when he retired he bought the Oberon Hotel in Oberon, ND.
9 Elizabeth Jane BATES7,8,10,11,12,13 (1859-1929) [2809]. Born 20 Mar 1859, Flesherton, Ontario, Canada.7,8,13 Died 8 Nov 1929, Oberon, Benson, ND.8,13 Buried Hillsdale Cemetery, Oberon, ND.11
5 Agnes FLAHRETY3,4,5 (c. 1876- ) [12618]. Born c. 1876, PA.4
| 1 | "Information provided by Virginia Bell". |
| 2 | "Information provided by Virginia Bell Young". |
| 3 | "Echoing Trails, Billings County History, published by the Billings Historical Society, 1979". |
| 4 | "1910 ND, Billings, Twp 140 census". |
| 5 | "1920 ND, Billings, Medora census". |
| 6 | "Social Security Death Index". |
| 7 | "Information provided by Greg Mander". |
| 8 | "Information provided by Shannon Sloat". |
| 9 | "From the online Farm and Ranch Guide". |
| 10 | "Information provided by Cynthia Segorski". |
| 11 | "Obituary of Thomas W. Bell in the County Farmers Press (Minnewaukan, ND) of January 24, 1941". |
| 12 | "1920 ND, Benson, Oberon census". |
| 13 | "Obituary of Elizabeth Bell in the County Farmers Press (Minnewaukan, ND) of Movember 15, 1929.". |