Bell, John (2)

a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Accomac County, Va., in 1792 or 1793. He experienced conversion in his twenty-first year; soon was promoted to class-leader, exhorter, and local preacher; and in 1827 entered the travelling ministry. For two years previous to his decease he held a superannuated relation. He died Aug. 14, 1859. Mr. Bell did valiant work for the Church. He was humble, guileless, patient, courteous, and generous. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1860, p. 56.