The Bells
- John Bell (1765–1836), Governor of New Hampshire 1828-1829. Brother of Samuel Bell.
- Samuel Bell (1770–1850), New Hampshire State Representative 1804-1807, New Hampshire State Senator, New Hampshire Executive Councilman 1809-1811, Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court 1816-1819, Governor of New Hampshire 1819-1823, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire 1823-1835. Brother of John Bell.
- James Bell (1805–1857), New Hampshire State Representative 1846-1850, candidate for Governor of New Hampshire 1854 1855, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire 1855-1857. Son of Samuel Bell.
- Charles H. Bell (1823–1893), New Hampshire State Representative 1858-1860, New Hampshire State Senator 1863-1864, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire 1879, Governor of New Hampshire 1881-1883, President of the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention 1889. Son of John Bell.
- Samuel Newell Bell (1829–1889), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1871-1873 1875-1877. Grandson of Samuel Bell.
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Famous quotes containing the word bells:
“The bells they sound on Bredon,
And still the steeples hum.
“Come all to church, good people,—”
Oh, noisy bells, be dumb;
I hear you, I will come.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)
“O he did whistle and she did sing,
And all the bells on earth did ring
For joy our Saviour Christ was born
On Christmas Day in the morning.”
—Unknown. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank. . .
Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938)