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| 2. |  Gregory C Bell, DDS was born 7 Nov 1930, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Curtis E. Bell and Essa F Manuel); died Living. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 71
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
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Biography from http://gold56.org/bio.htm
Gregory C. Bell was born November 7, 1930 on a 36 acre truck farm 10 miles south of Terre Haute, Indiana. Third from the youngest of nine children, he spent the first 12 years of his life living in a chicken house after the house built by his father was destroyed by fire. With no fire insurance and no money, the family was forced to make do with what was available.
He attended elementary school at Pimento School in Pimento, Indiana, and , only the second of his family to do so, he graduated from Garfield High School in Terre Haute in 1948.
He participated in Track & Field while at Garfield and culminated his high school athletic career with a second place finish in the long jump at the State Track and Field Championship Meet.
Not having prepared for a college career, he worked at such odd jobs as presented themselves to him until his induction in the Armed Forces of the United States in 1950. It was during this time period that he discovered that he had not lost his athletic ability and, indeed, it had improved. He won the European Armed Forces championship in the long jump and that proved the impetus for his later interest in resuming participation in the sport.
After discharge from the Army, he obtained a job at a local plant and soon began working out on the same high school track that had seen the beginning of his athletic career. As he contined to improve, he attracted the attention of a local physician who was determined that the raw talent he had observed should not be wasted and was instrumental in enrolling Greg at Indiana University in the Fall of 1954.
After trying and discarding several suggestions as to what course he should pursue, Greg was convinced that he should try his hand at Dentistry. He found this to his liking and received his doctorate in dental surgery in 1961. Along the way he managed to go through his three varsity years of competition in Track & Field without a loss in his specialty, the long jump. A listing of his major athletic honors is on another page.
After graduation from the Indiana University School of Dentistry, Greg spent the following year as a clinical instructor in the Crown and Bridge department of Howard University in Washington, D.C.. In 1962 he returned to his hometown of Terre Haute, Indiana and began his private practice of dentistry. In 1969 he accepted a position of staff dentist at the Logansport State Hospital and for the next 25 years he conducted a part time evening practice in his profession as well as his primary staff duties. He is still actively pursuing his career of dentistry as the Director of Dental Services, Logansport State Hospital.
Greg has 3 children, a daughter, Valinda who is a nurse with two sons, a son, Gregory Kent, an engineering technician for Rolls Royce in Indianapolis, s daughter, Shari, managing attorney in contract law for HUD. Gregory Kent has a son and a daughter, Shari has two sons.
On December 26, 1990 Greg was married to Mary Lawrie who also has four children, son, Chuck, daughter Becky, twin daughters, Kelly and Shelly and five grandchildren. Mary is taking a well deserved hiatus from work as Greg's dental assistant to pursue her many and varied interests including cooking, herbs, gardening and antiques.
One of Greg´s avocations is presenting programs in which he delights audiences with his remarkable delivery of the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar. He specializes in recitations from memory the dialect pieces which are inimical to Dunbar. His presentations are from 30 to 45 minutes and there is a comparative sampling of Dunbar´s more contemporary style of poetry which are equally captivating. Greg´s delivery of Dunbar´s poetry will transport the listener to the times places and moods of a lowly people of which Dunbar writes. He also includes a sampling of his own poetry when delivering motivational presentations. He has presented to all the elementary schools in the area, addresses poetry classes at Logansport High School on a yearly basis and has delivered commencement address to two other area high schools.
Dr. Bell's hobbies include ameteur radio, computers, poetry, landscaping, and woodworking.
Major Athletic Honors
These are the major athletic honors for Greg Bell during his undergraduate years at Indiana University.
Long Jump
National A.A.U. Champion - Outdoor 1955 to 1959, Indoor 1958
NCAA Champion - 1956 and 1957
Penn Relays Champion - 1956, 1957, 1958
USA vs USSR Champion and Team Captain - 1959
Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Champion - 1956, 1957, 1958
Ohio Relays Champion - 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958
Ranked 1st in in the world, Long Jump - 1956, 1957, 1958
NCAA All American - 1956, 1957, 1958
National A.A.U. All American - 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958
Other Honors
Balfour Award for most outstanding athlete in Track and Field at Indiana University - 1956, 1957, 1958
Penn Relays 100 yard dash champion - 1957
Most outstanding athlete, Penn Relays - 1957
Held Penn Relays record in long jump for 24 years
Only 3 time consecutive long Jump champion, Penn Relays
Held I. U. Long Jump record for 35 years - 26' 7"
Held NCAA record for 7 years - 26' 7"
Big Ten Medal for Athletic and Scholastic Achievements - 1958
Captain of USA Vs USSR team - 1959
Member of Citizen's Savings Hall of Fame
Charter member of Indiana Track & Field Hall of Fame
Charter member of I. U. Athletic Hall of Fame
Elected to Big Ten All Century Track and Field team
Inducted into National Track & Field Hall of Fame - 1988
Inducted into Penn Relays Wall of Fame - 1995
Gregory married Clara E. Stewart 19 Nov 1953, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Clara (daughter of James Ruffin Stewart and Mattie Ewing Edwards) was born 9 Feb 1934, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 3 Mar 1996, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 4. | Curtis E. Bell was born 17 Nov 1872, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Franklin Nelson Bell and Paulina J Russell); died 15 Nov 1955, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Negro
- Reference Number: 374
- Residence: 1880, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1900, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1910, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age in 1910: 37Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- Residence: 1920, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 47Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- other: 16 Nov 1955, Vigo, Indiana, USA
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Died:
Age: 83
Curtis married Essa F Manuel. Essa (daughter of Robert Manuel and Ella Robertson) was born 7 Jun 1896, Indiana, USA; died 8 Oct 1976, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 5. | Essa F Manuel was born 7 Jun 1896, Indiana, USA (daughter of Robert Manuel and Ella Robertson); died 8 Oct 1976, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 4459
- Residence: 1900, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 3; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
- Residence: 1910, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Step Daughter; Relation to Head of House: Stepdaughter
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Children:
- Allison C Bell was born 1925, Indiana, USA.
- Billie J Bell was born 1926, Indiana, USA.
- Stuart K Bell was born 1928, Indiana, USA.
- Jo Ellen Bell was born 28 Aug 1935, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 23 Sep 2012, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- G.M. Bell
- 2. Gregory C Bell, DDS was born 7 Nov 1930, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died Living.
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| 6. | James Ruffin Stewart was born 5 May 1906, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of William Rufus Stewart and Lucy Ennes Russell); died Jan 1971, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 66
- Social Security Number: 314-01-3566
- Residence: 1935, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 34Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
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Died:
Age at Death: 64
James married Mattie Ewing Edwards 14 Aug 1929, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Mattie (daughter of Samuel Edwards and Samantha Caroline Maxwell) was born 11 Mar 1911, Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA; died 20 Mar 1968, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. | Mattie Ewing Edwards was born 11 Mar 1911, Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Samuel Edwards and Samantha Caroline Maxwell); died 20 Mar 1968, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Name: Mattie E Edwards
- Name: Mattie Euen Edwards
- Name: Mattie Stewart
- Reference Number: 67
- Birth: Abt 1911, North Carolina, USA
- Birth: 11 Mar 1911, Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
- Birth: 1912, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1920, Grayson, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1935, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 29Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Death: 1968
Children:
- S.M. Stewart
- Richard Leroy Stewart was born 18 Aug 1930, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 15 May 2008, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
- William R. Stewart was born 21 May 1932, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 16 Feb 2004, Chevy Chase, Montgomery, Maryland, USA; was buried 27 Feb 2004.
- 3. Clara E. Stewart was born 9 Feb 1934, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 3 Mar 1996, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- James Samuel Stewart was born 27 Sep 1937; died 11 Mar 1954, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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| 8. | Franklin Nelson Bell was born 14 Feb 1846, North Carolina, USA (son of Henry J Bell and Helen Mariah Clark); died 24 Aug 1948, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Negro
- Reference Number: 2354
- Residence: 1850, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1860, Wabash, Clark, Illinois, USA
- Residence: 1870, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1880, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1890, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1910, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1920, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1920, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; StreetAddress: Trist Street; Age: 68; Occupation: Butcher; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: No; CanWrite: No; EnumerationDistrict: 122; HomeMortgaged: Mortgaged; HomeOwnership: Own; IsEmployed: Wage or Salary; RelationToHead: Head; MaritalStatus: Married
- Residence: 1930, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 14 Feb 1948, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Newspaper article describing Frank Nelson Bell as being Terre Haute's oldest citizen "to reach the 102 milestone" on Saturday, Feb 14, 1948
Franklin married Paulina J Russell 14 Nov 1867, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Paulina (daughter of Eli Russell and Mary Polly Harris) was born Abt 1846, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; died Apr 1883, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 8 Apr 1883, Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 9. | Paulina J Russell was born Abt 1846, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA (daughter of Eli Russell and Mary Polly Harris); died Apr 1883, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 8 Apr 1883, Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 1282
- Residence: 4 Oct 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1880, Linton, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Children:
- Ada C Bell was born Abt 1868, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 23 Jun 1926, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
- Elijah Bell was born 24 Dec 1869, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 7 Apr 1940, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA.
- Eli H Bell was born 24 Dec 1869, Indiana, USA.
- 4. Curtis E. Bell was born 17 Nov 1872, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 15 Nov 1955, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Amos Bell was born Abt 1872, Indiana, USA.
- Harry Bell was born Abt 1875, Indiana, USA.
- Lettie Bell was born 7 Feb 1878, Indiana, USA; died 9 Sep 1972, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA.
- Henry O. Bell was born Abt 1879, Indiana, USA.
- Mary Alice Bell was born Abt 1876, Indiana, USA; died Feb 1969, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
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| 10. | Robert Manuel was born 1864, Indiana, USA (son of Hardy A. Manuel and Jennette Bass); died 6 Aug 1905, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Colored
- Reference Number: 2962
- Residence: 1880, Union City, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1900, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
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Died:
Age: 43 Yr
Robert married Ella Robertson 3 Sep 1895, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Ella was born Abt 1877, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 11. | Ella Robertson was born Abt 1877, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Birth: Indiana, USA
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 4458
- Residence: 1900, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 23; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Residence: 1910, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 33; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Children:
- 5. Essa F Manuel was born 7 Jun 1896, Indiana, USA; died 8 Oct 1976, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Catherine Manuel was born Abt 1898, Indiana, USA.
- Ester Jane Manuel was born Abt 1900, Indiana, USA.
- Rex N Manuel was born Abt 1902, Indiana, USA.
- George K Manuel was born Abt 1904, Indiana, USA.
- Theodore V Manuel was born Abt 1906, Indiana, USA.
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| 12. |  William Rufus Stewart was born 22 Feb 1880, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Ruffin Stewart and Martha Ann Manuel); died 16 Mar 1964, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 90
- Residence: 1880, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 3m; Marital status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
- Residence: 1880, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 3m; Marital status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
- Residence: 1900, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1910, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1920, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1930, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
William married Lucy Ennes Russell 8 Aug 1899, Clay, Indiana, USA. Lucy (daughter of James Horatius Russell, I and Eliza Jane Harrison) was born 7 Nov 1884, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 17 Jan 1938, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 13. |  Lucy Ennes Russell was born 7 Nov 1884, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of James Horatius Russell, I and Eliza Jane Harrison); died 17 Jan 1938, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Colored
- Reference Number: 91
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Died:
Age: 53
Children:
- Nina Z. Stewart was born 24 Feb 1902, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 3 May 1978, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- 6. James Ruffin Stewart was born 5 May 1906, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died Jan 1971, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- William Walter Stewart was born 9 Jun 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 7 Jul 1995, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Howard Leytle Stewart was born 22 Apr 1912, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 6 Apr 1992, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Stanley Murphy Stewart was born 28 Jul 1915, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 21 Nov 1990, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Doyle Everett Stewart was born 6 Sep 1919, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 26 Jun 1945, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Ernestine Stewart was born 21 Apr 1923, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 6 Mar 2006, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
- Lucy E. Stewart was born 25 Jan 1925, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 24 May 1998, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA.
- Norman Stewart was born 1927, Indiana, USA.
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| 14. | Samuel Edwards was born May 1867, Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA (son of Henry Edwards and Eliza McMillan); died Abt 1934, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 1152
- Residence: 1880, Gap Civil, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1900, Sparta Town, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1910, Gap Civil, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1920, Grayson, Virginia, USA
Samuel married Samantha Caroline Maxwell Abt 1891. Samantha (daughter of Tincey Maxwell) was born Feb 1875, Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA; died Abt 1956, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 15. | Samantha Caroline Maxwell was born Feb 1875, Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Tincey Maxwell); died Abt 1956, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 1153
- Residence: 1900, Sparta Town, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1910, Gap Civil, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1920, Grayson, Virginia, USA
Children:
- Walter Samuel Edwards was born 22 Dec 1908, Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA; died 9 Dec 1985, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 9 Dec 1985, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- 7. Mattie Ewing Edwards was born 11 Mar 1911, Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA; died 20 Mar 1968, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- James Garfield Edwards was born 9 Jun 1915, Galax, Carroll, Virginia, USA; died Abt 1992, Covina, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried Abt 1992, California, USA.
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