1920-Warrum-Utah Since Statehood v4

Utah Since Statehood, Historical and Biographical V4

By Noble Warrum (New York: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1920)

Page 137

Part of entry on Eli J. Bell

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On the 22d of December, 1898, Mr. Bell was married to Miss Elizabeth J. Bywater, a daughter of Henry G. and Sarah (James) Bywater, the former a native of Wales and the latter of Brighton, England. Her father was a brother of George G. Bywater, of Salt Lake City. He came to Utah in 1883, settling at Salt Lake City, where he passed away in December, 1888, having for nearly two years survived his wife, who died in February, 1887. The grandfather of Mrs. Eli J. Bell was George Henry Bywater, a native of Wales, born in 1803. He came to America in 1864. He married Elinor Gwilyms, who was born in 1808. They started across the plains in 1865 and en route George H. Bywater died. His wife and family continued the journey, becoming residents of Utah at a very early period in the colonization of the state. His son, Henry G. Bywater, was born in Wales, December 26, 1834, came to Utah in September, 1883, and died December 16, 1886. He had become a convert to the Mormon faith in the east and was president of the Brooklyn branch of New York for seventeen years. His wife, who was born in New Brighton, England, passed away in Salt Lake City on the 16th of February, 1885. She was president of the Relief Society.

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