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Homespun, a 1790's
log, stone and brick house on 466 acres, was originally the home of
John Miller. In 1815, the property was left to his son, Godfrey, and
daughter, Rebecca. Upon her marriage in 1824, Homespun became the
residence of Rebecca Miller and her husband, John N. Bell. The home and
grounds remained in the Miller/Bell family until near the end of the
Civil War when John N. Bell, a prisoner of war, lost the farm to
creditors. Stewart Bell Sr., a grandson of John N. Bell, bought the
property and paid off the debt 75 years later.
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