Thom's Irish Who's Who/Bell, Charles James

BELL, Charles James, Banker; b. at Dublin, Ireland, April 12th, 1858; son of David Charles Bell and Ellen Adine Hyland. Educ. at Wesley College, Dublin; m. April 23rd, 1887, Grace B. Hubbard, of Washington, D.C.; came to U.S., 1873; with Imperial Bank of Canada, at Toronto, 1875-80; General Manager Nat. Telephone Co., 1880-1, organising exchanges in north of Eng.; organised banking house of Bell & Co., Washington, D.C, 1881; President Am. Security & Trust Co. since 1893; Director Washington Ry. & Electric Co. and affiliated companies, Potomac Electric Power Co., Real Estate Title & Ins. Co., Austen Coal & Coke Company, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company, International Bell Telephone Company, Columbia Granite & Dredging Company; Trustee Carnegie Pub. Library, P.E. Cathedral Foundation, Methodist Univ., George Wash. Memorial Assn., Member Archæol. Inst, of America, Columbia Hist. Soc. Republican. Clubs: Metropolitan, Cosmos, Commercial, Chevy Chase. Res.: 1327 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, U.S.A. Office: American Security & Trust Co., Washington, D.C.