Goodloe Harper Bell

Infobox Person
name = Goodloe Harper Bell


image_size = 200px
caption = Goodloe Harper Bell
birth_date = birth date|1832|4|7|mf=y
birth_place = Watertown, New York
death_date = death date and age|1899|1|17|1832|4|7|mf=y (age Age|1832|04|07|1899|01|17)
death_place = Battle Creek, Michigan
occupation = Teacher, Author and Founder of the Seventh-day Adventist school system
spouse =

Goodloe Harper Bell (April 7, 1832 – January 17, 1899) born to David and Lucy Bell, was the first teacher at the first Seventh-day Adventist school and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist school system. [ [http://www.andrews.edu/about/index.html About Andrews :: Andrews University ] ] This first school was located on the first floor of the old Review and Herald building in Battle Creek, Michigan. Professor Bell and his family lived on the second floor.

Some of his early students include Edson and Willie White, sons of James and Ellen G. White. Ellen White was a great supporter and influence to G. H. Bell. Others included in the roster of his early students are two notable brothers, William K. Kellogg and John Harvey Kellogg. [ [http://www.whiteestate.org/pathways/gbell.asp Ellen G. White Estate: Pathways of the Pioneers - Goodloe Bell ] ]

Genealogical Information

G. H. Bell was the eldest of ten children born to David and Lucy Bell née Blodgett.

Descendants of David and Lucy Bell
* Goodloe Harper Bell 1832–1899
* Helen M. Bell Abt. 1834–1887 m. Benjamin Frazier
** Carrie Frazier
* Ambrose David Bell 1837–1902 m. Laura Brewer
** Emer Adolphus Bell
** Byron L. Bell
** Lucy Anne Bell
** David Arthur Bell
* Emer A. Bell 1840–1862
* Chauncey S. Bell 1842–1925
* Darwin Garrett Bell 1845–1907
* Florilla Annette Bell 1847–1921
* Alice Emogene Bell 1849 - ? m. Bruce Jackson
** Ward Jackson
* Agnes Bell Abt. 1851 - Bef. 1860
* Inez Bell 1854 - Bef. 1887

Interesting Notes

Professor Bell's sister Florilla and her husband Charles Miller are the great-grandparents of Burt Reynolds.
An original portrait of G. H. Bell resides at the Andrews University Museum. It was donated by Dr. Lavan C. and Junette Mapes.

See also

* Seventh-day Adventist Church
* History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
* Andrews University

Web References

* [http://www.whiteestate.org/pathways/gbell.asp Pathways of the Pioneers biography] from the Ellen G. White Estate
* [http://www.connecticut-adventist.org/Bible_Study/PioneerStories/goodloe_harper_bell.htm] Pioneer Stories by The Connecticut Valley Adventist Church
* [http://www.andrews.edu/about/history.html] Andrews University History

Books by This Author

* Bell's Language Series - Circa. 1896
** Book 1/Primary Language Lessons
** Book 2/Elementary Grammar
** Book 3/Complete Grammar
** Book 4/Rhetoric, Higher English
** Book 5/Studies in English Lit
* Bible Lessons for the Sabbath School vol. 1 to 8 - Circa. 1887
* Progressive Bible Lessons for Children - Circa. 1872

References