Valentine Dell

Valentine Dell
Member of the Arkansas Senate
Personal details
Born(1829-11-08)November 8, 1829
Weinheim, Grand Duchy of Baden
DiedOctober 10, 1885(1885-10-10) (aged 55)
Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S.
Residence(s)Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S.
OccupationNewspaper editor
ProfessionJournalist

Valentine Dell (November 8, 1829 - October 10, 1885) was an educator, newspaper editor and publisher, politician, and U.S. marshal in Arkansas. He served terms in the Arkansas Senate[1] and helped establish Fort Smith's first free public school system. He immigrated to the United States from Germany. He eventually settled in Fort Smith.[2] He had several children including a son Valentine Dell Jr.

He published the New Era in Fort Smith.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas: From the Earliest Time to the Present, Including a Department Devoted to the Preservation of Sundry Personal, Business, Professional, and Private Records". 1889.
  2. ^ Allsopp, Fred William (May 13, 1922). "History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More". Parke-Harper Publishing – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Valentine Dell". Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission.
  4. ^ "1876 May 18: Voucher, to Valentine Dell, publisher of the Fort Smith Weekly New Era, for three publications of ad, attached; Stephen Wheeler, clerk; James A. Fagan, U.S. marshal". United States Western District Court of Arkansas Records, 1839-1892. May 18, 1876.


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