Goodloe Harper Bell (April 7, 1832 – January 17, 1899), born to David and Lucy Bell, was the first teacher at the first

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. This first school was located on the first floor of the old '' Review and Herald'' building in Battle Creek, Michigan. Bell and his family lived on the second floor. An original portrait of G. H. Bell resides at the Andrews University Museum. It was donated by Dr. Lavan C. and Junette Mapes. Some of his early students include Edson and Willie White, sons of

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Ellen G. White Ellen Gould White (née Harmon; November 26, 1827 – July 16, 1915) was an American woman author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Along with other Adventist leaders such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, she wa ...

. Ellen White was a great supporter and influence to G. H. Bell. Others included in the roster of his early students are two notable brothers, William K. Kellogg and

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Genealogical information

Bell was the eldest of ten children born to David and Lucy Bell née Blodgett. Bell's sister Florilla and her husband Charles Miller are the great-grandparents of Burt Reynolds.

Textbooks by Bell

* Bell's Language Series - Circa. 1896 ** Book 1/Primary Language Lessons ** Book 2/Elementary Grammar ** Book 3/Complete Grammar ** Book 4/Rhetoric, Higher English ** Book 5/Studies in English Lit * Bible Lessons for the Sabbath School vol. 1 to 8 - Circa. 1887 * Progressive Bible Lessons for Children - Circa. 1872

References

* Allan Lindsay, "Goodloe Harper Bell, pioneer Seventh-day Adventist Christian educator" (1982). Andrews University, EdD thesis
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Pioneer Stories by The Connecticut Valley Adventist Church

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Genealogical information

Textbooks by Bell

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