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deeply regretted by his numerous friends and acquaintances 

 throughout Canada, and by some also in the United States. 



In September, 1866, Mr. Bell was married in Belleville, 

 Ontario, to the beautiful Miss Ellen S. Dupont, a sister of 

 Major Dupont, of Victoria, B. C. Three sons and two 

 daughters were born to them. One of the daughters is mar- 

 ried to Colonel Pemberton, of Victoria, and the other resides 

 with her mother. Wentworth, the eldest son, is one of the 

 Canadian soldiers in South Africa ; the second, " Jack," a 

 noted Rugby and hockey player, formerly of the Canadian 

 Bank of Commerce, Winnipeg, is now on the staff of the 

 branch of that bank in Dawson, Y. T., and the third son is 

 employed in connection with the Southern Pacific Railway, in 

 the State of California. 



