Jeff Davis-Screven-Wilkes County GaArchives Biographies.....Dell, Sidney Douglas 1885 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
p. 962-963

   SIDNEY DOUGLAS DELL. Broad-minded, talented, and progressive, Sidney Douglas
Dell, a young and leading attorney of Hazlehurst, has acquired distinction in
legal circles, both at the bar and the bench, his advancement along professional
paths having been swift, while each step has been creditable to him both as a
man and as a lawyer. A native of Georgia, he was born, August 18, 1885, in
Sylvania, Screven county.

   His father, John C. Dell, was for many years a prominent attorney of Screven
county, and a citizen of influence. A stalwart supporter of the principles and
policies of the Democratic party, he contributed largely towards the advancement
of its cause, representing his district in the state legislature; serving as
chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Screven county, and, in 1896,
being delegate at large to the convention that first nominated William J. Bryan
for the presidency. He married Fannie Sharpe, of Screven county, and to them
seven children were born, as follows: Jesse, private secretary to the quarter
master general at Washington, District of Columbia; E. P., who is reading law at
Hazlehurst with his brother Sidney; Nellie P., wife of Dr. W. B. Mell, formerly
of Effingham county, but now residing in Sylvania; Mary, who conducts a
circulating library at Sylvania, Georgia; Sidney Douglas; and two that have
passed to the higher life.

   After a thorough preliminary course of study in his native town, Sidney D.
Dell was sent to Washington, District of Columbia, and was there graduated from
the academic department of the Georgetown University. While in that department,
he spent his evenings in reading law, and subsequently entered the law
department of that institution, from which he was graduated in 1908. The years
previous to that date, Mr. Dell had, in addition to keeping up with his academic
and legal studies, served as stenographer for the Southern Railway Company's
treasurer, a position which he retained until November, 1908, when, on account
of the illness and death of his mother, he was called home. Remaining to settle
up the family estate, Mr. Dell concluded to locate permanently in Georgia. On
January 24, 1909, he continued his studies at Mercer University, in Macon, where
he was graduated on June 2, 1909, and on the same day was admitted to the
Georgia bar, and likewise to practice in the United States circuit court before
Hon. Emory Speer. On June 15, of the same year, Mr. Dell was admitted to
practice in the appellate court of Georgia, and he has, in addition to all this,
license to practice in the courts of the District of Columbia.

   On June 7, 1909, Mr. Dell began to practice of his profession at Hazlehurst,
and about a month later was appointed trustee in bankruptcy by the referee of
bankruptcy of the eastern division of the southern district of Georgia in the
celebrated Gilmore case, which, on account of the many intricate legal points
involved, was one of great importance. In January, 1910, Mr. Dell became
associated with Judge H. A. King, becoming junior member of the firm of King &
Dell, which was recently dissolved. In November, 19—, Mr. Dell was made judge of
the city court of Hazlehurst, and has the honor and distinction of being one of
the youngest judges on the bench. Especially well informed in regard to the law
of bankruptcy and insolvency, Mr. Dell is prepared to handle bankruptcy cases in
both Baxley and McRae.

   Mr. Dell married, June 30, 1909, Miss Sadie Norman, daughter of Rev. Robert
R. and Mary Norman, of Wilkes county, Georgia. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dell are valued
members of the Methodist church. Fraternally, Mr. Dell is a member and the
secretary of his lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons; and belongs
to the Knights of Pythias.


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From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

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

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