[1] Pell was married to Sarah Gibbs Thompson, the daughter of Robert Means Thompson, a mining investor and operator founder of the International Nickel Company,[2] the forerunner of Vale Inco.
Pell was a history enthusiast and collector who restored the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga.
[3] He fathered two sons: Robert Thompson Pell (b.
[4] From 1944 to 1949 Pell served as president of the American Numismatic Society.
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