Chatham County GaArchives Biographies.....Bell, Charles Grandy 1858 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   CHARLES GRANDY BELL. Ranking high among Savannah's active, energetic and
progressive citizens, Charles Grandy Bell, of the firm of Butler, Stevens &
Company, now of Butler, Stevens & Bell, cotton factors and commission merchants,
is widely known as a man of honor and integrity, and as one whose word and
ability can always be relied upon in matters of business. A native of Florida,
he was born, in 1858, in Madison county, near Greenville, coming from Virginian
ancestry.

   His father, Charles Grandy Bell, was born and reared in Virginia, being
descended from the Norfolk family of that name. Locating in Florida in the
forties, he was there a resident until his death, which occurred just prior to
the outbreak of the Civil war, in which two of his uncles served, being soldiers
in the Confederate army. He married Nancy Walker, who was born in Florida, where
her parents settled on leaving South Carolina, their native state.

   Brought up in Jefferson county, Florida, Charles Grandy Bell acquired his
preliminary education in the schools of that county, after which he completed a
course pf study at Eastman's Business College, in Poughkeepsie, New York, being
there graduated with the class of 1879. Following his graduation, he spent a
year and a half in New York City, being employed in one of the largest dry goods
establishments of that place, that of Lord & Taylor. Coming from there to
Savannah, Georgia, in 1881, Mr. Bell has since made this city his home. In 1883
he became associated with the cotton industry of the South, in the year 1886
entering the employ of Butler & Stevens as bookkeeper and cashier. Displaying
marked business acumen and judgment in that capacity, he was made a partner in
the firm in 1891, whose members, Robert M. Butler, Henry D. Stevens, and Charles
G. Bell, are of the highest standing in the commercial and financial world. This
firm, which deals in cotton productions, is one of the largest and wealthiest
firms of cotton factors and dealers in the South, its business being extensive
and lucrative.

   Prominently identified with many of the leading business organizations of the
city, Mr. Bell is vice-president of the Savannah Bank and Trust Company, and is
one of the oldest members of the Sinking Fund Commission of Savannah, of which
he was for a number of years the secretary. For two terms, ending in 1910, he
was president of the Savannah Cotton Exchange, to which he still belongs. He is
a member of the board of trustees of the Independent Presbyterian church, and is
president of the Young Men's Christian Association. Socially he is a member of
the Oglethorpe Club.

   Mr. Bell married, in Savannah, Miss Kate Maxey, who was born in Jacksonville,
Florida, but came with her parents to Savannah in 1881. Four children have
blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Bell, namely: Anna, Kate, Charles Grandy,
third, and Suzanne.



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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913


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