What made you want to look up death knell? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Somervell County, Texas. Somervell County (/ËsÊmÉrvÉl/ SUM-er-vell) is a county on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 8,490. Its county seat is Glen Rose. The county is named for Alexander Somervell, Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas.
The population was 3,111 in 1970 and 3,809 by 1980, when Friona was the largest town in Parmer County. In 1990 the population was 3,688 and in 2000 it was 3,854. Lana Payne Barnett, and Elizabeth Brooks Buhrkuhl, eds., Presenting the Texas Panhandle (Canyon, Texas: Lan-Bea, 1979).