L. Nelson Bell

Lemuel Nelson Bell was a medical missionary in China and the fatherinlaw of famous evangelist Billy Graham. Few people had more influence on Billy Graham than Bell.

Bell was born in Longdale, Virginia, the son of Ruth Lee and James Harvey Bell. Bell and his wife, Virginia Myers Bell, served as Presbyterian medical missionaries in China from 19161941 with the American Southern Presbyterian Mission. They lived on the compound of Love and Mercy Hospital in Qingjiangpu, Jiangsu Province, 300 miles north of Shanghai. They had five children Rosa, Ruth, Lemuel, Virginia, and Benjamin Clayton.

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