Bell, Edwin Death, 1907. Veteran editor and lawyer dies after illness of two days December 9 1907. Surviving are a brother, Henry Bell of Philadelphia, and two sisters, Miss Lutie Bell of Hagerstown and Miss Susan Bell of St. Joseph, Missouri.
He was born in the old Jonathan Hagar house on the public square in Hagerstown. Johathan Hagar was the founder of Hagerstown.
Mr. Bell was the eldest son of William Duffeld Bell, founder of the Hagerstown Torch Light, which was established before the close of the War of 1812. The paper later became the Herald and Torch Light.
