BELL, A. E.
A.E. BELL, of the firm of A. E. Bell & Sons, grocers of Weatherford, Texas, was born near Gallatin in Sumner County, Tennessee, February 12, 1839. At the age of six years he went with the family to Arkansas, and in 1859 came with them from that State to Texas, and upon their arrival here located at Mount Vernon.
In Mount Vernon young Bell secured a clerkship in the general store of R. E. Bell & Company, and was thus occupied when the war broke out. August 15, 1861, he entered the Confederate army, and remained on duty until near the close of the war, participating in numerous engagements, among which we mention the Atlanta campaign. Soon after his return home from the army Mr. Bell engaged in freighting from Waco to Millican, and while on one of these trips he hired his team to a circus, — Height's circus, — being employed at $8 per day and remaining with the company thirty days. The circus life, however, although having many attractions, chief of which was the salary, was not suited to him, and he returned with his brother from Shreveport to Black Springs, Palo Pinto county, where he spent one year. From there he came to Weatherford and clerked for Bell & Miller. Then he opened a small store and soon afterward took in as partner his brother R. E. In 1871 they established a business in Palo Pinto, A. E. having charge of it until 1874. Finally he sold out his mercantile interests and in 1877 invested in the cattle business in Callahan county, where he remained thus occupied until 1885, then turning his attention to merchandising in Weatherford. In February, 1892, he traded with the late D. C. Haynes for a stock of groceries, where he has since conducted business successfully.
Mr. Bell was married in Weatherford in October, 1869, to Miss Lue E. Leach, daughter of F. A. Leach, a pioneer of this city. Their children are Augustus E. and Frank M., in business with their father; Samuel L.; Maggie Lue, deceased; and Willie Kate, deceased. Mr. Bell is a member of the Presbyterian Church. (History of Texas, Together With a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1895
A.E. BELL, of the firm of A. E. Bell & Sons, grocers of Weatherford, Texas, was born near Gallatin in Sumner County, Tennessee, February 12, 1839. At the age of six years he went with the family to Arkansas, and in 1859 came with them from that State to Texas, and upon their arrival here located at Mount Vernon.
In Mount Vernon young Bell secured a clerkship in the general store of R. E. Bell & Company, and was thus occupied when the war broke out. August 15, 1861, he entered the Confederate army, and remained on duty until near the close of the war, participating in numerous engagements, among which we mention the Atlanta campaign. Soon after his return home from the army Mr. Bell engaged in freighting from Waco to Millican, and while on one of these trips he hired his team to a circus, — Height's circus, — being employed at $8 per day and remaining with the company thirty days. The circus life, however, although having many attractions, chief of which was the salary, was not suited to him, and he returned with his brother from Shreveport to Black Springs, Palo Pinto county, where he spent one year. From there he came to Weatherford and clerked for Bell & Miller. Then he opened a small store and soon afterward took in as partner his brother R. E. In 1871 they established a business in Palo Pinto, A. E. having charge of it until 1874. Finally he sold out his mercantile interests and in 1877 invested in the cattle business in Callahan county, where he remained thus occupied until 1885, then turning his attention to merchandising in Weatherford. In February, 1892, he traded with the late D. C. Haynes for a stock of groceries, where he has since conducted business successfully.
Mr. Bell was married in Weatherford in October, 1869, to Miss Lue E. Leach, daughter of F. A. Leach, a pioneer of this city. Their children are Augustus E. and Frank M., in business with their father; Samuel L.; Maggie Lue, deceased; and Willie Kate, deceased. Mr. Bell is a member of the Presbyterian Church. (History of Texas, Together With a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1895
BELL, A. E.
A.E. BELL, of the firm of A. E. Bell & Sons, grocers of Weatherford, Texas, was born near Gallatin in Sumner County, Tennessee, February 12, 1839. At the age of six years he went with the family to Arkansas, and in 1859 came with them from that State to Texas, and upon their arrival here located at Mount Vernon.
In Mount Vernon young Bell secured a clerkship in the general store of R. E. Bell & Company, and was thus occupied when the war broke out. August 15, 1861, he entered the Confederate army, and remained on duty until near the close of the war, participating in numerous engagements, among which we mention the Atlanta campaign. Soon after his return home from the army Mr. Bell engaged in freighting from Waco to Millican, and while on one of these trips he hired his team to a circus, — Height's circus, — being employed at $8 per day and remaining with the company thirty days. The circus life, however, although having many attractions, chief of which was the salary, was not suited to him, and he returned with his brother from Shreveport to Black Springs, Palo Pinto county, where he spent one year. From there he came to Weatherford and clerked for Bell & Miller. Then he opened a small store and soon afterward took in as partner his brother R. E. In 1871 they established a business in Palo Pinto, A. E. having charge of it until 1874. Finally he sold out his mercantile interests and in 1877 invested in the cattle business in Callahan county, where he remained thus occupied until 1885, then turning his attention to merchandising in Weatherford. In February, 1892, he traded with the late D. C. Haynes for a stock of groceries, where he has since conducted business successfully.
Mr. Bell was married in Weatherford in October, 1869, to Miss Lue E. Leach, daughter of F. A. Leach, a pioneer of this city. Their children are Augustus E. and Frank M., in business with their father; Samuel L.; Maggie Lue, deceased; and Willie Kate, deceased. Mr. Bell is a member of the Presbyterian Church. (History of Texas, Together With a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1895
A.E. BELL, of the firm of A. E. Bell & Sons, grocers of Weatherford, Texas, was born near Gallatin in Sumner County, Tennessee, February 12, 1839. At the age of six years he went with the family to Arkansas, and in 1859 came with them from that State to Texas, and upon their arrival here located at Mount Vernon.
In Mount Vernon young Bell secured a clerkship in the general store of R. E. Bell & Company, and was thus occupied when the war broke out. August 15, 1861, he entered the Confederate army, and remained on duty until near the close of the war, participating in numerous engagements, among which we mention the Atlanta campaign. Soon after his return home from the army Mr. Bell engaged in freighting from Waco to Millican, and while on one of these trips he hired his team to a circus, — Height's circus, — being employed at $8 per day and remaining with the company thirty days. The circus life, however, although having many attractions, chief of which was the salary, was not suited to him, and he returned with his brother from Shreveport to Black Springs, Palo Pinto county, where he spent one year. From there he came to Weatherford and clerked for Bell & Miller. Then he opened a small store and soon afterward took in as partner his brother R. E. In 1871 they established a business in Palo Pinto, A. E. having charge of it until 1874. Finally he sold out his mercantile interests and in 1877 invested in the cattle business in Callahan county, where he remained thus occupied until 1885, then turning his attention to merchandising in Weatherford. In February, 1892, he traded with the late D. C. Haynes for a stock of groceries, where he has since conducted business successfully.
Mr. Bell was married in Weatherford in October, 1869, to Miss Lue E. Leach, daughter of F. A. Leach, a pioneer of this city. Their children are Augustus E. and Frank M., in business with their father; Samuel L.; Maggie Lue, deceased; and Willie Kate, deceased. Mr. Bell is a member of the Presbyterian Church. (History of Texas, Together With a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1895
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