Hub E. Bell
The Democratic candidate for Prosecuting Attorney was born in Franklin Township, Richland County, June 30th., 1857, where his parents still reside, is of German extraction and having been raised upon a farm still possesses many of the frugal and industrious traits of his ancestors. When a young man he attended the North Western Ohio Normal College, at Ada, Ohio, for several terms; receiving a moderate but well learned education by teaching school in this county during the winter season and attending College during the summer and fall for a number of years. In 1879 he commenced the study of law under the tuition of Thos. Y. McCray, of Mansfield, and in June, 1881, at Columbus, Ohio, was admitted to the practice of law in the several courts of this State, and by diligent study and close application he has identified himself with the Richland County bar, as well as the politics of his native county, as one of the rising young attorneys, striving for an honorable place in the profession. He is an ardent and enthusiastic Democrat, and at the recent nominations on the 2d. of May was complimented by the Democrats of this county with the nomination for prosecuting attorney over a worthy and estimable competitor by a majority of eight hundred votes, which well vouchsafes for the esteem in which he is held by those who well know him.
From MANSFIELD HERALD: 02 July 1885, Vol. 35, No. 33
