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Robert Valentine Bell

Full Name: Robert Valentine Bell
Birth date: August 2, 1846
Death date: March 20, 1927

Terms of Service

  • House, 20th (1) (2) (3) (4) Legislature
    1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
    Democrat
(1) GAINESVILLE, TX. County seat of Cooke County. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) R.V. Bell, Grayson County on first day of Regular Session. Committee appointments in 20th 1st Called Session, p. 17, list member as "Bell of Cooke." House Journal . 20th R.S.
20th 1st C.S.
(3) Robert V. Bell, Gainesville, Grayson County [sic]. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Robert T. Bell, Gainesville. Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

  • Census of 1880 - R.V. Bell, Gainesville, Cooke County, age 32, born circa 1848 in Tennessee, lawyer, single.
    Census of 1900 - Robt. V. Bell, Cooke County, age 54, born August 1846 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Callie.
    Census of 1910 - Robert V. Bell, Gainesville, Cooke County, age 63, born circa 1847 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Callie P.
    Census of 1920 - Robert V. Bell, Gainesville, Cooke County, age 73, born circa 1847 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Callie P. FamilySearch . 1880 1900
    • 1920 1910
  • Robert V. Bell, birth date 8/2/1847 in Tennessee; death date 3/20/1927 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas; Past County Judge, Cooke County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • R.V. Bell (1846-1927), burial in Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County. Find a Grave .
  • Biographical sketch, Robert Valentine Bell, p. 108. Born 8/2/1846 in Rhea County, Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
  • Obituary, "R.V. Bell, Pioneer Official of Cooke County, Is Dead," Denton Record-Chronicle, 3/22/1927, p. 6, crediting Denton Public Library. Death date Sunday, 3/20/1927. "Bell also served as flotorial representative of Cooke and Grayson Counties and as county judge of his home county." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
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