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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]], 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]], 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/>​

==Legacy==

==Legacy==

Bell died of an extended illness at the age of sixty. He was survived by his wife, the former Nannetta Pauline Schuler (1882–1968), a native of Keatchie in DeSoto Parish;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129346382|title=Nanette Pauline Schuler Bell|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]'' (through findagrave.com)|date=March 1, 1968|page=1C|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref> one daughter, Mary Evelyn Bell McGuire (1916–2011); one son, Thornton Foster Bell (died 1960); one brother, W. B. Bell, and a sister, Sallie Bell, all of Shreveport.<ref name=bio/>​

Bell died of an extended illness at the age of sixty. He was survived by his wife, the former Nannetta Pauline Schuler (1882–1968), a native of Keatchie in DeSoto Parish;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129346382|title=Nanette Pauline Schuler Bell|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]'' (through findagrave.com)|date=March 1, 1968|page=1C|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref> one daughter, Mary Evelyn Bell McGuire (1916–2011); one son, Thornton Foster Bell (died 1960); one brother, W. B. Bell, and a sister, Sallie Bell, all of Shreveport.<ref name=bio/>​

Bell's son-in-law, Edward Leo McGuire, Jr. (1914–1983), a native of Taunton, [[Massachusetts]], met Mary Evelyn Bell while McGuire was a second lieutenant in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during maneuvers in the Shreveport area. He became a decorated bomber pilot in [[World War II]]. McGuire was engaged in the roofing business. Like his father-in-law, McGuire served on the Caddo Parish School Board. From 1964 to 1970, he was one of the first three [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] members of the board, alongside the late Joel B. Brown and  [[Billy Guin]], who later served  briefly as the Shreveport public utilities commissioner. McGuire lost the 1970 race for [[mayor]] of Shreveport to [[Calhoun Allen|Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Jr.]], a Republican-turned-Democrat, who remained in the post until 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McGuire&GSfn=Edward&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=129524082&df=all&|title=Edward Leo McGuire, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|author=Shawn Bohannon|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref>​

Bell's son-in-law, Edward Leo McGuire Jr. (1914–1983), a native of Taunton, [[Massachusetts]], met Mary Evelyn Bell while McGuire was a second lieutenant in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during maneuvers in the Shreveport area. He became a decorated bomber pilot in [[World War II]]. McGuire was engaged in the roofing business. Like his father-in-law, McGuire served on the Caddo Parish School Board. From 1964 to 1970, he was one of the first three [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] members of the board, alongside the late Joel B. Brown and  [[Billy Guin]], who later served  briefly as the Shreveport public utilities commissioner. McGuire lost the 1970 race for [[mayor]] of Shreveport to [[Calhoun Allen|Littleberry Calhoun Allen Jr.]], a Republican-turned-Democrat, who remained in the post until 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McGuire&GSfn=Edward&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=129524082&df=all&|title=Edward Leo McGuire, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|author=Shawn Bohannon|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref>​

Services were held at the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, of which Bell was a member. Judge Bell and other family members are interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=bio/>​

Services were held at the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, of which Bell was a member. Judge Bell and other family members are interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=bio/>​