Peter Hansborough Bell (May 11, 1810March 8, 1898) was an American military officer and politician who served as the third governor of Texas and represented the state for two terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Bell County in east central Texas is named after him.
Background
Bell was born in Culpeper County, Virginia on May 11, 1810. After the Texas Legislature learned this, they awarded the former governor an annual pension of US$150 and . in the Fishing Creek Township of Granville County NC, which would later be known as Bryan's Hill (located on Jefferson Davis Highway between Oxford and Creedmoor NC). Bell died in Littleton on March 8, 1898, at the age of 87. His body was reburied with honors in Austin, Texas, in 1929.
Bell County, Texas is named after him.