Bell, Attilla Robert LAST: Bell FIRST: Attilla MID: Robert GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE:  BORN: 26 Sep 1879 DIED: 10 Oct 1933 BURIED: 14 Oct 1933 (Hart-Riggs Cemetery) OCCUPATION:  Farm laborer BIRTH PLACE:  Polk Co., Oregon DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon NOTES:  Name of father John J. Bell Maiden name of mother Elizabeth J. Ford [parents buried at Hart-Riggs] 1900 OR CENSUS - Till R. Bell, age 21, single, occupation farm laborer, b. Sep 1878 in Oregon, is enumerated with Elizabeth, widowed, mother of 11 children 5 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Feb 1842 in Illinois, along with Clara, age 22, single, b. Jan 1878 in Oregon, Otho, age 19, single, b. Aug 1880 in Oregon, and Dale, age 16, b. Sep 1883 in Oregon. MARRIAGE - Till Bell to Clara C. Gropp 28 Oct 1907 in Multnomah Co., Oregon 1930 OR CENSUS - Attile R. Bell, age 51, occupation longshoreman, b. Oregon, is enumerated with his wife, Clara C., age 42, b. Wisconsin, along with Mary Jones, identified as sister-in-law [of Attile], age 55, widow, b. Wisconsin. OBITUARY:  A. R. Bell, 54, of Portland, a former resident of Dallas, was fatally injured Tuesday as the result of an attack by Jack Reece, 49, a longshoreman.  Reece, according to newspaper accounts, attacked Bell without warning after Bell had been given a job from which Reece had been fired.  Bell was knocked down, his head striking the pavement, causing a skull fracture.  Mr. Bell is a brother of Mrs. Walter Bird of Dallas, and of the late Mrs. Marshall Nealley, who passed away here a few weeks ago.  His widow resides in Portland.  A brother D. D. Bell resides in Las Vegas, N.M. and another brother O. J. Bell in Dallas.  The family were pioneer Bridgeport residents.  Mr. Bell left Dallas 17 years ago. The body is being brought to Dallas today by Henkle & Thomas, and the funeral will be held Saturday at 2:00 at the chapel with burial in the Riggs cemetery.  Manslaughter charges have been filed against Reece. Itemizer Observer 12 Oct 1933, 1:5 INSCRIPTION:  A. R. Bell For more marker photographs and pictures showcasing the restoration work at Hart-Riggs Cemetery, please see: http://polkcemeterysavers.org/Home_Page.php SOURCES:  OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1933) #2710 1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Bridgeport, ED 174, sheet 1B) Oregon Marriages, 1906-1920 (Ancestry.com) 1930 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co., Portland, ED 380, sheet 4B) IO 12 Oct 1933, 1:5 CONTACTS:  ROW: