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This bell was on the First Baptist Church of Morrison when the church was by the school. When the church moved to the present location in the 80's the bell was moved also. The bell has been up in its present location in the last 6 months. One of the senior men said he would sure like to hear it ring before he passed, He remembered it from when he was a boy. When the bell was mounted in its new location, he rang it for the first time and would ring it each Sunday. He passed away in February 2015. The bell is still rung each Sunday, it has a great sound.
This bell is from the American Bell Foundry of Northville Michigan. The original cost of the bell was likely $60.50 according to the company catalog listed below. The American Bell Foundry was originated in 1899. The company made bells of all sizes for churches, schools, farms and factories. The most popular being the dinner bell. Northville was an industrial mecca for church and school furniture, butter churns, etc...... The bells were made in Northville before the American Bell Foundry was started in 1899. The bells probably started in 1895 as part of the Globe Furniture Company's foundry operation. In 1896 the bells were being made under the name of the Am Bell Foundry. In April of 1899 the Globe was destroyed by fire and the AM Bell Foundry was organized. The new company manufactured bells and did general foundry and machine business. The company purchased the foundry buildings together with the old patterns. The bells were sold to Sears, Montgomery Ward and American Seating Co. By 1902 the company (30 employees) could not keep up with the demand with orders coming in from around the world. The company was sold in 1920 to J.B. Foote Foundry of Ohio and in 1924 it became the Bell Furnace & Manufacturing Co. The bell making probably ended in 1924.
Old catalog of American Bell co http://www.americanbell.org/files/ABFCat1903.pdf