New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 1, Part 60

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1416

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Battelstein was exclusively in the tailoring line. At that time, when his son, A. M., came in with him, they put in a men's ready-to-wear department, and in 1924 they added men's hats and men's fur- nishing goods. His sons are all experienced in this line, and they have added to the popularity of the establishment. Orders come to them from all por- tions of Texas and contiguous states.

Mr. Battelstein was born in Europe on October 10th. 1869. His education was obtained in the schools of Europe.

He was married at St. Louis, Missouri, to Miss Annie Dorish, a native of Europe also. They have five children-Mollie, now the wife of D. Brand of this city; Tillie, at home with parents; A. M., Harry I. and Ben D. Battelstein. Mr. Battelstein is a member of the A. F. and A. M., with member- ship in Holland Lodge No. 1, of Houston, and has attained to the 32nd degree in the Scottish Rite body of this order, and is also a member of Arabia Temple Shrine. He is a member of various civic organizations of Houston and gives liberally of his time and means to further any project for the progress and advancement of Houston. Mr. Bat- telstein is a highly respected merchant, esteemed alike by customer and competitor. He wisely builded his institution on a foundation that will endure.

M. MALONE has for more than a decade been identified with financial enterprises of commercial importance at Houston, giving his energies largely to affairs that have important bearing on the prosperity and develop- ment of the city. The Guardian Trust Cmopany, of which Mr. Malone was one of the organizers, and vice president, was established in February, 1917, incorporated under State banking laws with a capital stock of $200,000.00 and a surplus of $50,- 000.00. Since its organization the Guardian Trust Company has demonstrated its constructive service, measuring this service by a steady growth, and is now capitalized for $300,000.00, with a surplus and undivided profit of $450,000.00. While handling a commercial banking business the Guardian Trust Company gives especial attention to the manage- ment of estates, investments for estates and indi- viduals, and acting as trustee under corporate mort- gages, handling the largest volume of business of this class of any institution in the city. The real estate department of the Guardian Trust Company has proven itself foremost in civic development, and has put on the market for its clients such addi- tions as Mandell, Oak Court, Lancaster, Edgemont, Winlow Place, Palmer Place and Riverside Terrace, each of these several beautiful residence additions representing an investment running in to the hun- dreds of thousands of dollars.

The officers of the Guardian Trust Company are: James A. Baker, president; Edwin B. Parker, first vice president; C. M. Malone, vice president; F. A. Heitmann, vice president; Ennis Cargill, vice presi- dent; W. Browne Baker, vice president; I. F. Reed, vice president; L. B. Duquette, vice president, and Norman Sterling, treasurer. The directors are: M. D. Anderson, James A. Baker, James A. Baker, Jr .; R. E. Brooks, R. L. Blaffer, Ennis Cargill, W. T. Carter, Jr., J. M. Dorrance, E. L. Crain, M. M. Graves, F. A. Heitmann, James P. Houstoun, G. A. Kelley, Haskell Levy, S. P. Farish, C. M. Malone, Edwin B. Parker, W. A. Parish, John S. Radford,

W. M. Rice, H. C. Schuhmacher, R. A. Welch, Walter H. Walne, and E. A. Peden. The company has leased and will occupy space in the basement, main floor and mezzanine floor of the Niels Esperson Building.

Mr. Malone was born at San Angelo, Texas, the eleventh of August, 1885, son of William Malone, a native of San Marcos, Texas, and who resides in Houston. The Malone family came to Austin from Georgia in 1852. His mother, prior to her marriage Miss Julia McLeod, is a native of Houston. His great-grandfather, Archibald Wynns, an attorney, came to Houston in 1836, and his grandmother was born here. The old family homestead is now the Glen- wood Cemetery. After leaving school he went with a railroad, working in various departments, and at the time of his resignation in 1910 was serving as auditor of the Houston Belt and Terminal Rail- road. When Mr. Malone left this company, he went with the Bankers Trust Company, remaining with this institution as secretary until 1917 when he resigned to assist in the organization of the Guar- dian Trust Company. He has since been vice pres- ident of the latter institution.

HOMAS KEHOE, of the firm of Kehoe and Company, cotton merchants and exporters, has devoted his business life to the cotton industry and for almost two score of years has been an important figure in the commercial cir- cles of Houston. This company was organized in 1921 and since that time has been shipping approx- imately 25,000 bales of cotton annually, and six people are employed in the office of this firm. Asso- ciated with Mr. Kehoe in the cotton business are F. W. Michaux and C. F. Jewett, both well known in the cotton and financial circles of Houston. The cotton firm of Kehoe and Company have their of- fices conveniently located at 924 Cotton Exchange Building, Houston.

A native Texan, Mr. Kehoe was born in Houston September 12th, 1868. His father, John Kehoe, a native of Ireland, came to America and settled in Houston in 1857, where, prior to the Civil War, he was associated with various business concerns. At the beginning of the Civil War, he left Houston and served throughout this conflict, from 1861 to 1865, under General McGruder and after the close of the war returned to Houston and resided here until his death. His mother was Catherine (Collins) Kehoe, also of Ireland. She came to America and to Hous- ton in 1858, was married here and all children were born in this city. Mr. Kehoe's education was ob- tained in the public and private schools of Houston.

Mr. Kehoe started his business life as a messenger boy for the Western Union Telegraph Company and remained in this capacity for a period of six months and then entered the employ of Inman and Company, cotton merchants, as office boy, and remained in the employ of this company and worked himself up with them, and was with this firm under several reorgan- izations, until the firm became Nelms, Kehoe and Nelms. He was associated with that firm for sev- eral years and then organized the present company, which has been very successful and their business is growing each year.

Mr. Kehoe was married in Houston, November 26th, 1890, to Miss Susie M. Carson, a native of Louisiana and a member of a well known family

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of that state. They have seven children. Mr. and Mrs. Kehoe reside at 425 Hawthorne Avenue. Mr. Kehoe is a member of the Knights of Columbus and is a Master of the 4th degree of the Southern Dis- trict of Texas, and for six years was Grand Knight of Houston Council No. 803. He is also a member of the Houston Cotton Exchange and an honorary member of the Houston Turnverein. He is a con- sistent member of the Catholic Church. Mr. Kehoe is closely associated with the business interests of the city and is a director of the Public National Bank. He has always taken an active interest in all civic matters of the city, and gives of his time and means to any project having as its object the progress, development and advancement of his home city. Mr. Kehoe became an authority on cotton and has been selected to give instructions in the grading and stapling of cotton at the Texas A. & M. College.

IELS L. CASPERSON has for thirty-three years been engaged in the ice business in Houston and is probably the best known ice dealer and manufacturer in the city. Mr. Casperson is secretary and manager of the Crystal Ice and Fuel Company, and has had an important part in shaping the destinies of this company. Mr. Casperson came to Houston in 1890 and this com- pany was organized during the same year and is one of the oldest ice companies in Houston. They sell at both wholesale and retail, in car lots, and do a large business in the re-icing of cars, also sell coal. The Crystal Ice and Fuel Company has a daily capa- city of one hundred and fifteen tons, and is a modern plant in every respect with fine equipment and machinery. From twenty-five to thirty people are employed by this company and they do an immense business. Mr. Charles A. Zilker is president of the Crystal Ice and Fuel Company and all of the com- pany is owned by the immediate family. Mr. Cas- person is also president of the Texas Ice and Fuel Company, another of Houston's large ice plants.

Mr. Casperson was born in Denmark, October 11th, 1856. His father, John Casperson, was a farmer and large landowner in Denmark. His mother, Mrs. Anna Casperson, was a member of a prominent family in Denmark and is still active at the age of ninety-five years. His early education was obtained in the schools of Denmark and he came to America in 1876 and his later education was ob- tained in the school of practical experience.

Mr. Casperson has had a wide and varied business career, which he began in farming near Chi- cago where he remained for two years. He then went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he was for three years engaged in railroad work and then went to Indiana where he sold wagon spokes for a period of three years. After this he went to Illinois where he was for three years engaged in the lumber busi- ness and later returned to Indiana where he en- gaged in the plate glass business and remained in this line of endeavor for six years. In 1890 he came to Houston and engaged in the ice business and has remained here since that time.

Mr. Casperson was married in Louisville, Ken- tucky, in 1886 to Miss Annie Zilker, a daughter of Antone Zilker, a well known builder, contractor and cabinet maker. They have four children, Charles A. Casperson, thirty-six years of age; Andrew J., aged thirty years; Mrs. Annie D. Brown, thirty-four years

of age, and Mrs. Gertrude Beaman, aged twenty- four years. Mr. and Mrs. Casperson reside at 304 Avondale Street. In fraternal and social organiza- tions, Mr. Casperson is a member of the B. P. O. E., Woodmen of the World, Knights of Pythias, I. O. O. F., Turnverein and the Houston Saengerbund. Mr. Casperson has great faith in the future of Houston, and has always been active in all projects having to do with the progress and advancement of this city, which he believes will soon become the metropolis of the Southwest.

OBERT W. HENDERSON has been a prom- inent figure in the cotton business of Hous- ton since he established himself here in 1914, where he is the owner of the Hender- son Cotton Company, cotton merchants and export- When first entering business here, Mr. Hen- derson was President of the Collins Cotton Company, ers. a corporation which was organized about ten years ago, but in 1919 Mr. Henderson purchased the inter- ests of his associates, together with warehouses, re- conditioning plant and the good will of the former company. The buildings of the Henderson Cotton Company occupy a space two hundred feet by six hundred and twenty-five feet and have a storage capacity of from 800 to 1,000 bales of cotton. This firm handles about 12,000 bales cotton annually and employ thirty people.

A native Texan, Mr. Henderson was born at Mil- ford, Ellis County, November 8, 1888. His father, W. E. Henderson, came to Texas from Mississippi in the early 80's and settled at Milford, where he was an extensive planter and large land owner. His mother was Miss Frances Wilson, a member of a well known family of Mississippi. His education was obtained in the public and high schools of Cor- sicana, Texas, where soon after leaving high school, he began his business career in the cotton business, and has continued in this line of endeavor. Before engaging in the cotton industry for himself Mr. Henderson learned the details of the business and the intimate knowledge which he has of cotton, its cultivation, gathering and preparation for the mar- ket, has given him an advantage in carrying his business on successfully and has given the patrons of the Henderson Cotton Company much confidence in his ability. After leaving Corsicana, Mr. Hen- derson located in Galveston, where he remained for eighteen months and then came to Houston and or- ganized the Collins Cotton Company, of which he was President, and remained the executive head of this company untiy 1919 when he took over this company, and the name at that time was changed to the Henderson Cotton Company.

Mr. Henderson was married at Corsicana in 1916 to Miss Lois Jackson, a native of the Lone Star State, and a daughter of the late J. D. Jackson, a well known banker of Corsicana. They have one daughter, Lois Douglas Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson reside at No. 5 West 11th Place. Mr. Henderson is a member of the Houston Cotton Ex- change, and the River Oaks Country Club. Mr. Henderson has spent his entire business life in the cotton industry, which extends over a period of more than twenty years. He quickly identified himself with the building up of Houston after taking up his residence here and he has always taken a keen in- terest in the progress of the city, which he believes will soon become the Metropolis of the Southwest.

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G EORGE FRANCIS HOWARD has for the past several years been actively identified with banking affairs at Houston, prior to that having served as Secretary of State under Governor Hobby. Mr. Howard organized the San Jacinto Trust Company at Houston, the twelfth of April, 1920, and has since that time been Presi- dent of this institution. Capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars at the time of its incorporation, under State banking laws, the San Jacinto Trust Company has under the capable management of Mr. Howard tripled the original capital and raised its surplus fund from ten thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. The San Jacinto Trust Company does a general banking business, handling all classes of deposits and banking transactions, and in addi- tion acts in all trust capacities, as Executor, Admin- istrator and Trustee. The total resources of this institution are over three million dollars and it is recognized as one of the strong, capably managed banking houses of the city. In April, 1922, the bank moved from the fifth floor of the Union National Bank Building to their present location in the Hum- ble Building, since that time more than doubling the deposits handled, and have sold over four mil- lion dollars of mortgage loans on Houston city property. The bank has recently added a depart- ment to handle municipal bonds. The San Jacinto Trust Company also handles subdivisions, making a feature of home owning, building and placing homes on the markets. They have fifty-four em- ployees in the organization.

The officers of the San Jacinto Trust Company are: George F. Howard, President; R. W. Wier, Vice-President; Underwood Nazro, Vice-President; J. S. Pyeatt, Vice-President; Harry P. Radcliff, Vice-President; E. C. Barkley, Vice-President and Cashier; C. I. Thomason, Assistant Cashier; Harry Walker, Assistant Cashier; A. R. Dearborn, Manager Real Estate Department; R. E. Williams, Manager of the Bond Department, and Andrews, Streetman, Logue and Mobley, Counsel. The Directors are: B. F. Bonner, Lumberman; E. C. Barkley, George F. Howard, Benjamin Clayton, Anderson-Clayton Cot- ton Company; John G. Logue, Andrews, Streetman, Logue and Mobley, Attorneys; J. R. Neal, Vice-Pres- ident Cheek-Neal Coffee Company; J. S. Pyeatt, President Gulf Coast Lines; R. W. Wier, President Wier Long Leaf Lumber Company; Harry P. Rad- cliff, capitalist, and Underwood Nazro, Vice-Presi- dent Gulf Refining Company.

Mr. Howard was born at Palestine, Texas, the nineteenth of August, 1889, son of A. R. and Geor- gia Granger Howard. His father came to Texas from Philadelphia, in 1871, locating at Palestine, where for fifty-one years he has been with the In- ternational and Great Northern Railroad, of which he is now Treasurer. His mother is a native of Texas, having been born at Houston. Mr. Howard attended the public schools of Palestine, graduating from the high school there in 1907, then going to the Rensselaer Institute at Troy, New York, for a year. The two following years he was at the University of Texas, and from 1911 until 1917 practiced law with the firm of Townes, Vincent and Howard, at Houston. The next year he returned to the Uni- versity of Texas, where he took the L. L. B. degree in 1918, and at the same time serving as Secretary of State under Governor Hobby. Returning to Hous-

ton Mr. Howard organized the San Jacinto Trust Company. He is also Vice-President and Treasurer of the Gulf and Northern Railroad Company, a Di- rector of the Empire Electrical Supply Company, wholesale dealers in electrical supplies and one-half owner of the Gasow-Howard Motor Company, Ford and Lincoln dealers, Beaumont, and owner of the Bonner Motor Company, Ford dealers.

Mr. Howard was married at Houston, the fourth of November, 1914, to Miss Garland Bonner, daugh- ter of B. F. Bonner. Mr. and Mrs. Howard live at 2801 Main Street, and have one son, Frank Bonner Howard. They attend the Episcopal Church. Mr. Howard is a member of the Phi Delta Phi and Delta - Kappa Epsilon fraternities, the Houston Country Club and the University Club.

A. PAINE, with twenty years of experience in the sale of machinery, saw the possi- bilities of such a business in South Texas came to Houston in 1898 and his business has had a steady growth from the beginning. Mr. Paine is conducting his business under the firm name of H. A. Paine Company, with office at 502 Houston Land and Trust Company Building. H. A. Paine Company sells steam boilers, engines of all kinds, irrigation machinery, power plants, a complete line of dredging machinery, steam shovels, hoisting en- gines, etc. Since coming to Houston, Mr. Paine's business sagacity has been in demand for numerous other business enterprises, and in civic and municipal endeavor. Associated with Mr. Paine in his busi- ness is his son-H. A. Paine, Jr., and W. T. Alliger.

Mr. Paine was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1857. His father, Warren Paine, was before coming to Texas in 1871, engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Lansing, Michigan. His mother was Miss Harriett Ketchum.

His early education was obtained in the public and high schools of Bryan, Texas, later he attended the A. and M. College, and was one of the first one hundred students to attend college there one year. After leaving college, Mr. Paine began his business career in the collection department of the Singer Manufacturing Company, succeeding his father to this position, where he remained for three years. In 1881, he engaged in the machinery busi- ness at Waco, conducted along the same lines as his present Houston business. He was for six years a member of the firm of Paine, Chatham and Com- pany at Waco, and came to Houston in 1898 and entered his present business. Mr. Paine has been closely connected with the commercial interests of Houston for many years, and among these interests he is vice president and a director in the Houston National Bank.

Mr. Paine was married at Marlin, Texas, in 1880, to Miss Ella Sanders, a daughter of Henry Sanders, a well known cattle man and ranch owner of Falls County. They have four children: Mrs. W. L. Ed- mundson of Houston, Mrs. George Lopez of San An- tonio, H. A. Paine, Jr., associated with his father in business, and Otis W. Paine with the Houston National Bank. In fraternal and social organiza- tions, Mr. Paine is a member of the B. P. O. E. and the Rotarians. Mr. Paine has always been active in the business, social and general community life of Houston, and gives liberally of his time and means to all projects tending to the welfare and advance- ment of this city.

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OBERT D. GAMBILL, for more than a quarter of a century has been a resident of Houston, and besides being a factor in lum- ber circles and taking an active interest in industrial development, has taken pride in the de- velopment of Houston. Mr. Gambill is employed by the Jones Lumber Company, Incorporated, one of the large lumber enterprises of this section. He came to Houston in 1898, for Mr. Jesse H. Jones, at that time of Kentucky, to look after the Jones interests, for Mr. Jones' uncle, M. T. Jones, the founder of the M. T. Jones Lumber Company, and a veteran lumberman. He worked in various capaci- ties for the M. T. Jones Lumber Company, all over Texas, in the retail yards, for three years. He then went with the South Texas Lumber Company, a Jones interest, and held positions from manager of the retail yard to traveling auditor, until 1919, when he became secretary-treasurer and manager of the Jones Lumber Company. This company, for- merly the Jesse Jones Lumber Company, is one of the largest retail lumber yards in Houston, and is located in the 2800 block on McKinney Avenue. A force of eighty employees are in the Houston yard, and the volume of business handled annually is very large.

Robert D. Gambill was born in the southern part of Kentucky, the first day of September, 1872. He was educated in the public schools of his native state, and after leaving school and since coming to Texas has been with the Jones interests.

Mr. Gambill resides at 1819 McGowen Avenue, at Houston, and is a member of the Elks Club and the Lumbermen's Club. He is known throughout the Lone Start State as a veteran lumberman, who has taken an active part in the development of this in- dustry. As a citizen, he is interested in the highest development and welfare of his city, and takes an interest in all movements directed toward civic ad- vancement.

A. YOUNG, in charge of the Standardiza- tion work for the American Petroleum Institution, is well known in the business circles of Texas. In 1922 Mr. Young came to Houston to assume the management of the Hous- ton branch of the Lucey Manufacturing Corporation, with whom he was associated at the time of taking up his present work.

Mr. Young was born at Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1888, in which state his father was engaged in the lumber and grain business. He was educated in his native city, graduating from the high school there, after which he turned his attention to engi- neering construction. He was associated with the Lucey Manufacturing Corporation for fifteen years before taking up his present work.

Mr. Young is well known in mining and metallurg- ical circles and is a member of the American Insti- tute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, and the American Petroleum Institute. He is a member of the Houston Country Club, the Houston Club and the Elks. During the recent war he was, at the outbreak of hostilities, in Roumania in charge of the Lucey interests. He joined Herbert Hoover, and was elected Director in Holland of the Commis- sion for Relief in Belgium, serving from 1914 until 1916 and was awarded the medal of the Legion of Honor of France, and the Order of Leopold of Bel- gium in recognition of his service.

ERBERT H. OREM, secretary Houston-Gal- veston Typothetae, has devoted his entire life to the printing business and is now directing his efforts toward the better- ment of the printing industry in Texas. The Hous- ton-Galveston Typothetae was established in 1919 and has a membership of twenty-five in Houston and seven members in Galveston, and the purpose of this organization is to assist master printing houses in the advancement of the printing industry. This organization helps in all departments-indus- trial, engineering and the office end of the business. Mr. Orem has a better understanding of printing cost systems than any other man in Texas, and is a recognized authority on same, and he is a real en- gineer of the printing industry, and has perfected a credit system for the printers of Houston and Gal- veston, which is regarded as one of the best things in this line that has ever been perfected. The of- fice of the secretary of the Houston-Galvston Typo- thetae is at 417 Mason Building, Houston.

Mr. Orem was born in Henry County, Missouri, on March 27th, 1879. His father, Samuel B. Orem, a native of Pennsylvania, spent many years of his life in Missouri, where he retired from active busi- ness pursuits and came to Houston, where he re- mained until his death. His mother (now deceased) was Miss Eliza E. Darby, a member of a well known family of New York. His education was obtained in the public schools of his native state, where he learned the printer's trade as a boy, and afterward went to Kansas City and Springfield, Missouri, and worked at his trade as a printer, until he came to Houston. Mr. Orem was considered a very fast lino- type operator and Houston was paying a large scale of wages for piece work, and in 1901 Mr. Orem came here and went with the Houston Post as operator, where he remained for four months and then went with Miller and Bauerfrind, where he remained as a printer for six months, when he purchased an interest in the company and the business was con- ducted under the name of Miller and Orem, until 1908, when the business was incorporated and the name changed to Miller and Orem Typesetting Com- pany, Inc. and Mr. Orem was at the head of this company until 1917, when he joined the Y. M. C. A. service and was stationed at Camp Logan, Houston, for some time and then went to France, where he re- mained until after the close of the World War. When Mr. Orem returned to Houston, this branch of the United Typothetae of America was organized, and he was selected as secretary in 1919 and has continued in this position since that time, and not being able to give his time and attention longer to the Miller and Orem Typesetting Company, this company was dissolved in 1921.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 1, Part 60

Author: Davis, Ellis A. Publication date: 1926 Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?] Number of Pages: 1416

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1416