Bell, Thomas Cowan : 1832-1919

Thomas Cowan Bell

Born in Bellbrook, Greene County, Ohio, May 14, 1832.  A.B. [Bachelor of Arts], Miami University, 1857; M.A. [Master of Arts], Miami University, 1862.  Captain, major and lieutenant-colonel, Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, U. S Army,. 1861-1863.  County Superintendent, public schools, Minnesota, 1872-1877.  Publisher, Journal, Worthington, Minnesota, 1878-1885.  President Philamath College, 1885-1886.  Principal La Creole Academy, Dallas, Oregon, 1887-1892.  President, Central Oregon State Normal School, 1892-1896.  Retired.  Died February 3, 1919.  Buried in cemetery at Oakland, California.
~ The Sigma Chi Directory, 1929, Page XII

Alpha Chapter
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Established June 28, 1855

1857

Bell, Thomas Cowan, Bachelor of Arts,  Master of Arts, Educator, Oakland, California.  Died February 3, 1919
~ The Sigma Chi Directory, 1929, Page 1

One of the seven founders of Sigma Chi, along with: James Parks Caldwell, Daniel William Cooper, Isaac M. Jordan, William Lewis Lockwood, Benjamin Piatt Runkle and Franklin Howard Scobey.
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