BELL, Henry C. and wife Marietta Van Slyke Bell
Seek information on Henry C. (Clay) Bell.He was born 1839 in New York.Married Marietta Van Slykein Napoleon, Jackson County, Michigan.About 1873 sold farm land and worked for the railroad.In 1880 census he was in Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana, working as a Master Mechanic for the railroad.About 1885, his widow showed up in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan with her daughter Neva.What happened to Henry?Did he get killed working for the railroad?We think he worked for the B&O railroad but all their early records were destroyed in a fire in 1904.Any help appreciated.