 He was married to Margaret Roome in 1865 and died in 1878 in England.Charles Bell was a friend of Andrew Geddes Bain and was a pall-bearer at his funeral in 1864.After his retirement in 1872 he returned to Scotland in 1873 with Helena and their 3 surviving children, where Helena Bell died on 10 September 1881 and he died on 7 April 1882.