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William Bell

Full Name: William Bell
Birth date: February 13, 1831
Death date: July 14, 1921

Terms of Service

  • House, 16th (1) (3) (4) (5) Legislature
    1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
    Democrat
(1) Wm. Bell, Lamar County, Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Bell lived in Lamar County from around 1842-1853, California from 1853-1856, then returned to Lamar County, married Sarah Lord Van Wey on 1/8/1861, and the family later moved to Honey Grove [Fannin County]. Handbook of Texas Online . BELL, WILLIAM (1831-1921)
HONEY GROVE, TX
(3) Honey Grove, Lamar County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Lamar County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.
(5) Honey Grove, Fannin County. Represented Lamar county. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

  • Census of 1880 - Wm. Bell, Precinct No. 2, Lamar County, age 49, born circa 1831 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Sarah L., daughters Mary C., Sarah L., and Harriet A., sons Wm. C. and Robt. R.
    Census of 1900 - Wm. Bell, Justice Precinct No. 5, Honey Grove, Fannin County, age 69, born February 1831 in Tennessee, wife Sarah L., daughter Hattie. FamilySearch . 1900 1880
  • Wm. Bell, birth date 2/13/1831 in Tennessee, death date 7/14/1921 in Paris, Lamar County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Death notice, "Lamar County Resident Dies at Age of 91 Years," 7/15/1921, p. 3. Honey Grove, Tex., July 14. Death of William Bell at the home of son-in-law F.D. Mallory, Paris, Texas; Bell "had resided most of his life in Fannin and Lamar counties." Galveston Daily News .
  • BELL, WILLIAM (1831-1921). Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Confederate States Army, Trans-Mississippi Department. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Death notice, "Death of Pioneer Paris Citizen Is Mourned in City," Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger, 7/14/1921, p. 4, crediting Cooke County Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, p. 257. "Lamar county—William Bell, of Henry Grove, Fannin County, was born in Ray County, Tennessee, February 13, 1831." Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
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