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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., December 2, 1921, page 1

F.L. BELL PASSES TO THE BEYOND

F.L. Bell died at the Hood River hospital Monday following an extended illness caused by stomach trouble. Mr. Bell homesteaded a tract of land in the Locke Hill district some years ago and had made his home there until his illness this summer when he came to town. He was well known here. The funeral services were held in White Salmon Wednesday.
Deceased leaves a wife and two sons. One son came here a month or so ago to care for his father. The widow and another son live in Arizona on account of Mrs. Bell's health.

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Friend Lemon Bell was born June 26, 1847 near Freeland, Porey county, Indiana. Died Nov. 28, 1921. He came west in the Fall of 1872. Was married to Miss Alice Hunter, May 4, 1886. He is survived by his wife and two sons; Mrs. Alice Bell, of Bisbee, Ariz.; Wendell P. Bell of Bisbee, Ariz., and Virgil B. Bell of Diller, Nebraska.
Mr. Bell came to White Salmon in the fall of 1905 which has been his home until his death. During his life Mr. Bell was engaged in various enterprises in the Palouse country, principally the lumber business. Was county commissioner of Latah county, Idaho for one term.
While working in a store at Palouse, Wash., he made up of the first official mail that left Palouse post office and distributed the first mail that came in.
Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church Wednesday with burial at the I.O.O.F Cemetery.

The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., December 9, 1921, page 5
"White Salmon and District News"
(From the Enterprise)

F.L. Bell, of this section, recently died of stomach trouble on the Cottage hospital at Hood River. Mr. Bell homesteaded a tract of land in the Locke Hill district some years ago and had made his home there until his illness last summer, when he came to town. He was well known here. The funeral services were held in White Salmon on Wednesday. Deceased leaves a wife and two sons. One son came here a month or so ago tp care for his father. The widow and other son live in Arizona on account of Mrs. Bell's health.