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==Biography==
==Biography==
Bell was the son of Judge Thomas Fletcher Bell (1836-1912), a native of Lancaster County, [[Virginia]], and the former Mary Cornelia Buckelew (1843-1933), originally from [[Alabama]]. Thomas Bell had been a captain in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate Army]] during the [[American Civil War]] and the state adjutant general under [[Governor]]s Francis T. Nicholls and Murphy James Foster, Sr. The senior Bell was a former school superintendent for Caddo Parish public schools.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129355774|title=Judge T. F. Bell Dies; Funeral Service Today – District Jurist and Son of Shreveport Pioneer Succumbs Friday|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' (through Findagrave.com)|date=October 29, 1938|page=1 and 3|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref> He donated the live oaks at the courthouse square.
Bell was the son of Judge Thomas Fletcher Bell (1836-1912), a native of Lancaster County, [[Virginia]], and the former Mary Cornelia Buckelew (1843-1933), originally from [[Alabama]]. Thomas Bell had been a captain in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate Army]] during the [[American Civil War]] and the state adjutant general under [[Governor]]s Francis T. Nicholls and Murphy James Foster, Sr. The senior Bell was a former school superintendent for Caddo Parish public schools.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129355774|title=Judge T. F. Bell Dies; Funeral Service Today – District Jurist and Son of Shreveport Pioneer Succumbs Friday|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' (through Findagrave.com)|date=October 29, 1938|page=1 and 3|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref> He donated the live oaks at the courthouse square.
Thornton Bell attended the former Thatcher school and then public schools in Shreveport. One of his classmatews was Caddo Parish [[Sheriff]] Thomas Roland Hughes. Clifton Ellis Byrd (1859-1926), for whom C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport is named, was among Bell's teachers. Bell graduated in 1899 from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. Two years later, he received his law degree from the Tulane Law School. He practiced law in Shreveport until his father's death, at which time he was appointed to fill the senior Bell's unexpired term as district judge. In 1919, Bell resigned from the bench after nearly seven years of service to enter into a legal partnership with Clare Clyde Clark (1888-1976), a graduate of the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center and a prominent [[Southern Baptist]] layman in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Clark&GSfn=Clare&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=103376137&df=all&|title=Clare C. Clark, Prominent Local Attorney, Dies|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' (through Findagrave.com)|date=April 16, 1976|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref> Bell was elected to the Caddo Parish School Board the same year. Bell was the school board president when when elected in 1921 once again to the district judgeship, on which he served until his death.<ref name=bio/>
Thornton Bell attended the former Thatcher school and then public schools in Shreveport. One of his classmatews was Caddo Parish [[Sheriff]] Thomas Roland Hughes. Clifton Ellis Byrd (1859-1926), for whom C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport is named, was among Bell's teachers. Bell graduated in 1899 from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. Two years later, he received his law degree from the Tulane Law School. He practiced law in Shreveport until his father's death, at which time he was appointed to fill the senior Bell's unexpired term as district judge. In 1919, Bell resigned from the bench after nearly seven years of service to enter into a legal partnership with Clare Clyde Clark (1888-1976), a graduate of the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center and a prominent [[Southern Baptist]] layman in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Clark&GSfn=Clare&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=103376137&df=all&|title=Clare C. Clark, Prominent Local Attorney, Dies|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' (through Findagrave.com)|date=April 16, 1976|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref> Bell was elected to the Caddo Parish School Board the same year. Bell was the school board president when when elected in 1921 once again to the district judgeship, on which he served until his death.<ref name=bio/>