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Captain W A Bell Dies On Brazos Bottom Farm
Bryan mourns Capt Wm A Bell 54 after sudden heart failure on his Parker plantation. A respected farmer and Southern gentleman, he assisted a plowman, collapsed, and died en route to his home. He leaves no wife or children, an extended family, and will be buried at City Cemetery this afternoon.
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Hagle
Parker Plantation
Capt. Bell
Parker
Milton Parker
Bryan
J. E. Butcher
Seth Mooring
Dr. W. H. Olive
O. Chance
H. Astin
Brazos Bottom
M. Parker
Texas
Bell
John R. Davis
Iola
W. H
C. M. Bell
Sam L. Eaves
Burt Norwood
John Nabors
Bettie Bell
Buchanan-Moore Co
B. F. Hawkins
Hawkins