Biographical Details
Date of Birth: 1821
Birth Location: Lawrence County, IL, USA
Major Study: Law
Graduation Year(s): 1846
Degree(s) Earned: Bachelor of Laws
Date of Death: September 15, 1867
Death Location: New Orleans, LA, USA
Victor Buchanan Bell
Life Experience
Victor Buchanan Bell was the eldest of eight children born to Brigadier General Hiram Bell, who served Illinois from 1824 to 1860 as clerk and judge. He obtained his law degree from IU. He was a prominent lawyer in Illinois, including Mt. Carmel and Chicago, and for two years a member of the Illinois State Legislature.
Marriage and Family
Bell trained his younger brother, Robert, as a law partner. Robert would go on to be a well-known judge, financier, poet, and called by Abraham Lincoln “one of my most valued friends.”
References
- Wylie
- Findagrave.com
- Wikipedia
- archive.org/stream/semicentennialhi00univ/
- McDonough, J. M. (1883) Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois (Philadelphia: McDonough & Co.)
- Illinois State Historical Library (1909) Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1908 (Springfield, IL; Illinois State Journal Co.)
- Neely, Mark E. (1991) The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties (Oxford University Press)
- Wilson, Douglas L., et al. (1998) Herndon’s Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln (University of Illinois Press)