Bethell, Union
Submitted by Tamara Kincaide.
UNION BETHELL was a substantial businessman who operations extended
as far as Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, New Orleans and Liverpool. He
made his home here till death came in 1907.
His widow EVA PARRETT BETHELL coming home one Wednesday evening after
prayer service to find their home had been burglarized in June 1915. She
ran down the hill to a neighbor’s home and there she collapsed and died.
She was a kind and gentle woman. Their son UNION was senior vice
president and operating head of American Telephone and Telegraph from
1910 to 1919.
