(E) GEORGE II. - son of George I and Jeanette McKnight Bell. George was a successful Sea Captain and ship-builder. He worked with the rest of his family at their shipbuild- ing site on the upper Mill River. Dougald Henry describes the location as being “about two miles upriver from the Bridge.” He also owned a 50 acre property which bordered on the Glynde Road. Later, this was known as the “Ferrish” property. It is now part of the property owned by Mrs. Lorraine Caseley.

GEORGE (1821 - Oct. 19,1897) m. 1 Margaret Squarebriggs (1824/1825-Jan. 30, 1851) m. 2 Christine (Christy) Munn (1832—Oct. 28, 1908)

daughter of George and Elizabeth (Campbell) Munn. George and Christy lived on the home farm on Campbellton Road, but later purchased another farm close to his parents’ property. The second property on the Campbellton Road was registered from the Commissioner of Public Lands on May], 1894. George transferred the holding to his son, David, and his wife,

Barbara, on the same date, May 1, 1894.

George was also the foreman for the building of the bridges at Clifton and Stanley. As a Sea Captain, he helped with the salvaging of wrecked ships. One of his most famous jobs was the

dismantling of the Marco Polo. He placed the carving of an elephant on top of his barn on the Campbellton Rd. This was later in possession of Herbert and Maud MacEwen. Another carv-

ing, a man, owned by his son, David, was purchased by the Montague Museum, it is understood to have been destroyed in a fire.

There were fifteen children in George and Christy (Munn) Bell’s family.

Ross, son ofH.S. and Maud MacEwen. sitting on the Marco Polo elephant 0n the H. S. and Maud MucEwen property.

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CHILDREN OF GEORGE II and CHRISTY MUNN BELL

1. Harry (1851-1916) In. MacInnis — He was a Sea Captain - drowned at a wharf in Charlottetown. Buried in Cavendish Cemetery.

2. John MacKnight m. Hudson - went to California Amelia m. John Johnston. She and her husband lived in Ohio. He was a merchant

in Clifton and later in Kensington before leaving the Island.

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