Bell, Thornton Fletcher;  Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Date: 1999-2000




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Bell, Thornton Fletcher, district judge, Caddo parish, was born at Shreveport, La., Oct. 10, 1878;
son of Judge Thomas Fletcher and Mary (Buckelew) Bell, the former of whom was a native of
Lancaster county, Va., and the latter of the state of Alabama.  The father and mother arc
elsewhere referred to in this work.  Thornton Fletcher Bell, youngest of 3 children born to his
parents, passed his boyhood in the city of his birth, and in the course of his education attended
both private and public schools in the city of Shreveport.  After graduating from the high school
in the latter city he entered Tulane university, at New Orleans, and graduated with the degree of
A. B., in the class of 1899.  Following this he entered the law school of Tulane university and
obtained the degree of LL. B. from that institution, graduating with the class of 1901.  Shortly
following the completion of his legal education the young attorney began the practice of his
profession at the city of Shreveport, and soon enjoyed a most flattering and substantial clientele. 
Upon the death of his father, Nov. 14, 1912, he was appointed district judge to fill an unexpired
term of the latter, and in Feb., 1913, he was regularly elected to succeed himself in that position,
of which he is incumbent at this time.

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,
Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 43-44.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published
in 1914, by Century Historical Association.