James Hall BellPapers 1849-1908

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James Hall BellPapers 1849-1908

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Papers concern the lifeof Bell (1825-1892), attorney, Texas Supreme Court justice, and secretary ofstate of Texas, and the affairs of Edward Bingham Wright (1838-1914), Unionsoldier and Presbyterian minister, including correspondence, business papers,legal papers, and memoranda.

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Bell, James Hall, 1825-1892

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James Hall Bell, lawyer and justice, the son of Mary Eveline (McKenzie) and Josiah Hughes Bell, was born at Bell's Landing (now Columbia) on January 2, 1825. In 1837 he entered St. Joseph's College at Bardstown, Kentucky, but returned to Texas on the death of his father in 1838. He attended Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, from 1839 to 1842, when he returned to Texas and served under Alexander Somervell in repelling the Mexican invasions of 1842. Bell studied law with William H. ...