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A son of Francis Marian Kell and the former Sarah Lucinda Potter, Kell was born of [[Ireland|Irish]] descent in Clifton, Texas, a community founded by [[Norway|Norwegian]] settlers in the 1850s. His irregular formal education ended when, at the age of 18, he was hired to clerk in a store in Clifton. He soon relocated to [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]], Texas, where he was employed in the export of grain, but he returned to Clifton to engage for a number of years there in the milling business.<ref name=tshao>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fke07|author=J. W. Williams|title=Kell, Frank|publisher='The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=July 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>The Texas State Historical Association Handbook, bases its article on Frank Kell from these sources:  Jonnie R. Morgan, ''The History of Wichita ​Falls'' (Wichita Falls, 1931; reprinted, Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1971); S. G. Reed, ''A History of the Texas Railroads'' ([[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas: St. Clair, 1941; reprinted, [[New York City]]: Arno, 1981); J. N. Williams, "Frank Kell", ''Year Book'' 17 (1941) of the West Texas Historical Association.</ref> In 1885, Kell married Lula Kemp (1866–1957), the younger sister of Joseph Kemp.​

A son of Francis Marian Kell and the former Sarah Lucinda Potter, Kell was born of [[Ireland|Irish]] descent in Clifton, Texas, a community founded by [[Norway|Norwegian]] settlers in the 1850s. His irregular formal education ended when, at the age of 18, he was hired to clerk in a store in Clifton. He soon relocated to [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]], Texas, where he was employed in the export of grain, but he returned to Clifton to engage for a number of years there in the milling business.<ref name=tshao>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fke07|author=J. W. Williams|title=Kell, Frank|publisher='The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=July 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>The Texas State Historical Association Handbook, bases its article on Frank Kell from these sources:  Jonnie R. Morgan, ''The History of Wichita ​Falls'' (Wichita Falls, 1931; reprinted, Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1971); S. G. Reed, ''A History of the Texas Railroads'' ([[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas: St. Clair, 1941; reprinted, [[New York City]]: Arno, 1981); J. N. Williams, "Frank Kell", ''Year Book'' 17 (1941) of the West Texas Historical Association.</ref> In 1885, Kell married Lula Kemp (1866–1957), the younger sister of Joseph Kemp.​

==Entrepreneur==​

==Entrepreneur==

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In 1896, the brothers-in-law Kell and Kemp purchased control of the Wichita Valley Milling Company, and Frank and Lula Kell relocated from Clifton to Wichita Falls, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Joseph Kemp had already moved to Wichita Falls in 1883. Kell became the manager of the milling firm, renamed the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company. Despite a fire in 1900, Wichita Mill and Elevator Company managed to augment its daily capacity to a thousand barrels of grain. In 1905, Kell and W. O. Anderson purchased a mill in Vernon to the west of Wichita Falls in Wilbarger County.<ref name=tshao/>​

In 1896, the brothers-in-law Kell and Kemp purchased control of the Wichita Valley Milling Company, and Frank and Lula Kell relocated from Clifton to Wichita Falls, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Joseph Kemp had already moved to Wichita Falls in 1883. Kell became the manager of the milling firm, renamed the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company. Despite a fire in 1900, Wichita Mill and Elevator Company managed to augment its daily capacity to a thousand barrels of grain. In 1905, Kell and W. O. Anderson purchased a mill in Vernon to the west of Wichita Falls in Wilbarger County.<ref name=tshao/>​

 

Kell's Wichita Mill and Elevator Company increased its daily capacity to 3,500 barrels; by 1917, he had 2 million barrels of storage space. In 1918, Kell became the sole owner of the company. Thereafter, a hundred small-town grain elevators were constructed in the general region, and plants were added at [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Amarillo]], [[Oklahoma City]], and Perry, Oklahoma. In 1928, Kell sold the company to General Mills for cash and stock holdings in that corporation.<ref name=tshao/>​

Kell's Wichita Mill and Elevator Company increased its daily capacity to 3,500 barrels; by 1917, he had 2 million barrels of storage space. In 1918, Kell became the sole owner of the company. Thereafter, a hundred small-town grain elevators were constructed in the general region, and plants were added at [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Amarillo]], [[Oklahoma City]], and Perry, Oklahoma. In 1928, Kell sold the company to General Mills for cash and stock holdings in that corporation.<ref name=tshao/>​

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