New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 1, Part 85

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

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Mr. Marquart was born at LaGrange, Fayette County, Texas, in 1886, son of William Marquart, a native of France who came direct to LaGrange from his native country in 1879, remaining there until his retirement from active business life, and who now makes his home at Houston. His mother, before her marriage, Miss Minnie Zingelman, is a native of Germany, who came to Texas with her parents when a small girl. Mr. Marquart was educated in the public schools of Fayette County, later attending Blinn College at Brenham, Texas, of which he is now one of the trustees, and still later he attended the College of Pharmacy at Galveston. He took his pharmacy degree in 1906.

Mr. Marquart was married at Rosenberg, Texas, the twenty-fourth of January, 1917, to Miss Lydia Finck, a native of Fayette County, and daughter of H. H. Finck, one of the pioneers there. They have one child, William Carl, Jr., and make their home at 502 Merrill Avenue.

ILLETT ALSWORTH, for a number of years associated with various commercial and industrial enterprises at Houston, has recently become connected with the South- ern Pacific Railroad. Until taking his present posi- tion he was associated with the Globe Box Company as Secretary and Treasurer.

Willett Alsworth is a native Houstonian, his birth

occurring in this city on the seventeenth of Decem- ber, 1881. His father, C. W. Alsworth, for many years a wholesale hardware and implement dealer of this city, is now retired from active business life, and makes his home here. Mr. Alsworth was edu- cated in the public schools of his native city, grad- uating from the High School here. The next two years he was with his father in the hardware busi- ness, after which he spent eight years in the ac- counting department of a railroad office. He then went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he engaged in the manufacture of paper bags, with the Ames Bag and Machine Company, for a time. He returned to Texas, going to Bay View, where he spent three years in the orange nursery business, with fifteen thousand Satsuma orange trees in his nursery. Re- turning to Houston he spent one year in the lumber business, after which he went to Mercedes as man- ager of a lumber yard there. In 1918 he returned to Houston and became associated with the Globe Box Factory, at which time it was owned by John H. Kirby.

Mr. Alsworth was married at Galveston in 1912 to Miss Edna Derrick, daughter of John P. and Mary C. Derrick, her father a land owner and boat builder of Galveston. Mr. and Mrs. Alsworth have four children: Willett, Junior, Calvin Derrick, Charles Calhoun, and Mary Irene. Mr. Alsworth is regarded by his associates as well equipped for his present position, and has the esteem of all who know him.

J. GREEN, for upward of a quarter of a century a resident of Houston, has attained a commendable reputation in the commun- ity for his activity in grain circles, and has been an influential factor in commercial affairs. Mr. Green came to Houston in 1899, and until 1921 engaged in the grain business as a car lot dealer, in that year organizing the D. J. Green Grain Com- any, of which he has since been the owner and oper- ator. The D. J. Green Grain Company does a gen- eral grain business, buying and selling wholesale only, and in car load lots. Mr. Green buys and sells all kinds of grain, cotton seed products and rice products, his territory including all of South Texas. Mr. Green has his offices in the First National Bank Building, and since establishing this business has built up an extensive clientele, doing a large volume of business annually. Mr. Green is sole owner of the business.

D. J. Green was born at Giddings, Texas, the twenty-eighth of October, 1877, son of A. B. and Mary S. Green, his father a county official at Gid- dings for a quarter of a century, serving as County Clerk, Postmaster, and in other official positions. Mr. Green was educated in the public schools of Giddings, and after graduating from the high school there came to Houston, in 1899. He was then con- nected with George J. Millenges, and later with H. D. Taylor and Son, in the grocery business until 1907, when he became Vice-President of the McAshan Grain Company, holding this position until 1921. He then established the grain business which he now heads, and has been active in this line since that time.

Mr. Green makes his home at 2908 Albany Street, and is a member of the Travellers Protective Asso- ciation, the United Commercial Travellers and the Young Men's Christian Association.

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W N. LONG, who is well known through his"Shady Side" on Montrose Boulevard, one of Hous- associations with the oil industry in the ton's finest residence sections. Mr. Long is a mem- ber of the Houston Club. Lone Star State during the past two de- cades, has since coming to Houston been Throughout his residence at Houston Mr. Long has been greatly interested in civic development, and in seeing Houston take its place as one of the lead- ing cities of the Southwest. He is highly regarded by his fellow citizens, the oil fraternity in particular finding in him a man of highest integrity and re- sponsibility who has the highest ideals and stand- ards for the development of the industry. one of a group of oil men who takes a large part in commercial circles here. Mr. Long is vice president of the Galena Signal Oil Company, one of the strong and capably directed oil companies of Texas. The headquarters of the company are at Houston, where offices are maintained in the Second National Bank Building. Mr. Long is a man of executive ability and wide experience in various departments in the oil business and his duties as vice president of this company have a wide scope, taking him in the field as well as inside the office. He has been active in the oil industry in South Texas and has kept in touch with all developments in this territory and is well acquainted with all questions involving oil production here. Mr. Long came to Houston the first of March, 1917, as secretary of the company, later being made treasurer, and in July, 1922, vice president, the office he has since held. Prior to this he was associated with the Gulf Company and the Texas Company where he became familiar with various phases of the oil industry.

Mr. Long was born at Jackson, in Jackson Coun- ty, Ohio, on the eighteenth day of July, 1874, the son of A. W. and Electa (Kight) Long. His father, whose death occurred in Jackson in 1910, was for many years a business man of that city and took an active part in commercial and civic affairs. His mother before her marriage Miss Electa Kight, was a native of Ohio. Mr. Long began his education in the schools of his native city, graduating from the Jackson High School in 1893. Following his gradu- ating he began his business career with the Chap- man Coal Company, of Jackson, remaining with that firm for the ensuing seven years, until 1900, and during which time he had charge of the work outside the mines. In 1900 he went to West Vir- ginia where he was also in the coal business with the Winifred Coal Company, a Philadelphia concern. Then followed a period with the Kanawha and Hocking Coal and Coke Company at Mammoth, West Virginia, with which firm he remained until 1903, at which time he came to Texas, going to Port Arthur, where he was in charge of the com- missionary and pay rolls of the Gulf Refining Com- pany a position he held until July 1909. In May, 1910, Mr. Long went with The Texas Company, in charge of the Port Arthur office, at the refinery, holding this position until February 1917, at which time he resigned, coming to Houston the first of March, and assuming the secretaryship of the Petroleum Refining Company, which later was re- organized as the Galena Signal Oil Company of Texas, with which corporation he is still associated, as vice president.

Mr. Long was married at Port Arthur, the twenty- first of January, 1906, to Miss Margaretta Louise Arnold, a native of Pennsylvania, and the daughter of H. Y. Arnold, the first man sent by the Mellons to Port Arthur to take charge of the Gulf Refining Company of which he became manager, and Marga- retta G. Logan. Mr. and Mrs. Long have made their home in Houston since Mr. Long's business brought him to this city in 1917, and are popular members of their representative social set. They reside in

P. PERKINS, veteran in the oil industry in the Lone Star State, and who for the past several years has maintained his head- quarters at Houston, is considered an ex- pert in handling all matters pertaining to oil devel- opment, especially from an office standpoint. Mr. Perkins is Secretary and Treasurer of the Higgins Oil and Fuel Company, a company with which he has been associated during his almost a quarter of a century of service in the oil industry, and one of the oldest companies operating in Texas. In 1902 he went to Beaumont when this field first sprang into the limelight and went to work for the Higgins Oil & Fuel Co., in the clerical department. From this position he advanced rapidly, serving in various de- partments, until he was made Secretary and Treas- urer, in 1915, a position wherein he has displayed executive ability and a real knowledge of the prin- ciples of the oil industry and the development of the oil resources of the State. In 1917 Mr. Perkins came to Houston, at which time the general offices of the Higgins Oil and Fuel Company were moved to this city, and is located in the Scanlan Building.

Mr. Perkins was born at Chappell Hill, Washing- ton County, Texas, the twenty-ninth of March, 1883. His father, D. P. Perkins, a native of Mississippi, came to Texas in the early fifties and was for many years a druggist at Chappell Hill. His mother, whose maiden name was Mattie Sallis, was also a native of Mississippi. Mr. Perkins attended the schools near his home, and after finishing his work there went to Texas A. and M. College for the engi- neering course. After finishing there he went to Beaumont and has since engaged in the oil industry. While his entire business career has been spent in this line Mr. Perkins is a business man with a keen insight into business in general, and is con- versant with the trend of modern business.

Mr. Perkins was married at Beaumont, Texas, the twelfth of December, 1907, to Miss Emma Schley, a native of Chappell Hill, and daughter of the late Milton Schley, a native of Alabama. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins make their home in Houston, where they have an attractive residence at 4204 Montrose Boule- vard. Mr. Perkins is a Mason, Blue Lodge, at Beau- mont, Thirty-Second Degree Scottish Rite, and a member of Arabia Temple Shrine. He is a member of the Houston Country Club and takes an active interest in civic and social activities in his city. Mr. Perkins has made friends since coming to Hous- ton, and is also personally acquainted with most of the old-timers in the oil business, especially those who have concentrated their operations to the Coast- al fields. Mr. Perkins is a man of determination and discrimination, and this, with his integrity and reputation for square dealing has marked his entire career.

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AUL F. PRITCHARD is well known in the business and rice milling circles of Hous- ton and South Texas, where, for almost a score of years, he has been secretary, treas- urer and manager, and now vice-president of the Pritchard Rice Milling Company, of Houston. Mr. Pritchard is also the organizer of the Pritchard Rice Milling Company, which is the largest rice mill in Texas, and he is one of the oldest men in the rice industry in the State from a standpoint of service. The plant of the Pritchard Rice Milling Company covers an area of ten acres on the ship channel, and have their own railroad trackage into their plant. This mill has a daily capacity of three thousand barrels and their warehouses have a ca- pacity of eighty thousand bags. The Pritchard Rice Milling Company are shippers of bulk rice only, and ship their products to all points in the United States and to all foreign countries. This company has the only rice mill in Houston located on the ship channel, which is at the Bayou and Meadow Street in the Fifth Ward. Seventy-five people are employed by the Pritchard Rice Milling Company. John H. Kirby is president, P. F. Prichard, vice- president and manager, and K. C. Fortenberry is secretary and treasurer of the company.

Mr. Pritchard was born in Savannah, Georgia, April 12th, 1875. His father, W. R. Pritchard was engaged in the rice business during the whole of his life, as was also the four generations before him, operating their rice plants in the Carolinas and Georgia. His mother was Miss Mary Conley, a member of a well-known Georgia family. Mr. Pritchard was educated in the public and high schools of Savannah, Georgia.

Having been born in the rice business, Mr. Prit- chard has also lived continuously in an atmosphere of this industry, and knows rice and every phase of the rice business as few people know it. His father was a Carolina rice planter when that sec- tion was considered the center of the American rice industry, and he has never left it. Mr. Pritchard began his business career in a rice mill at Savannah, Georgia, in 1892, and remained with this mill until 1898, when he went with the Lake Charles Rice Mill- ing Company at Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he remained for one year, and during these early years he gained a knowledge of the rice business that proved of untold value in the years that fol- lowed. His next position was at Crowley, Louisiana, with the American Rice Mill, as general sales mana- ger, where he remained for one year. He then went with the Star Rice Milling Company as sales mana- ger for one year, after which he went to Eagle Lake, Texas, and organized the Eagle Lake Rice Milling Company. He was general manager of this company until 1907, when he came to Houston and organized the company whose affairs he now man- ages. It is a debatable question as to whether Paul F. Pritchard is a product of the rice industry, or whether the rice industry is a product of Paul F. Pritchard. Both, it seems, are true. The develop- ment of the rice industry on the Gulf Coast is large- ly due to Mr. Pritchard's efforts as an executive, as he was among the first to see the possibilities of this region, when the industry was in its in- fancy, and soon thereafter he organized and es- tablished the Pritchard Rice Milling Company, which is considered one of the most modern mills in the world.

Mr. Pritchard was married at Savannah, Georgia, in 1899, to Miss Virginia White, a daughter of Steele McAlister White, a well-known cotton man of Savannah. Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard reside at 2704 Hamilton Street. Mr. Pritchard is a member of both York and Scottish Rite bodies of the Ma- sonic fraternity, and a Shriner of Arabia Temple, being a life member of this Order. He is chairman of the Houston District of the Southern Tariff As- sociation, and is president of the Rice Millers As- sociation, of which organization he has for many years been an enthusiastic member, serving on many important committees, and is one of the organizers of the Associated Rice Millers of America. Mr. Pritchard knows the value of co-operative effort, and is a consistent and constant worker for the good of the organization which he now heads.

HARLES F. PARKER, pioneer merchant of Houston, and leader in every movement di- rected toward civic development, has for several years past been actively engaged in hotel operation. The Milby Hotel, which Mr. Par- ker opened in 1911, is operated by the Charles F. Parker Hotel Company, a partnership composed of Mr. Parker and Charles H. Milby, Mr. Parker acting as manager. The Milby Hotel located at the corner of Texas and Travis Streets, occupies a mod- ern fireproof brick structure, of six floors, each one hundred feet square, has one hundred and sixty rooms, each with ceiling fan and steam heat, to as- sure the comfort of the guests the year round. Of these rooms, one hundred and forty have baths. The Milby Hotel is operated on the European plan and furnishes accommodations from a dollar and a half per day up.

Mr. Parker has been identified with the hotel busi- ness at Houston since 1911, prior to that having been for nine years in the mercantile business as a part- ner in the Parker and Archer Dry Goods Company, following which he was engaged in the mercantile business for himself. Mr. Parker operates, in addi- tion to the Milby Hotel, a smaller hostelry, the Balti- more Hotel, with twenty-eight rooms, twenty-four of which have baths.

Mr. Parker was born in Maine, in 1858, son of C. F. Parker, a native of that state, and who came to Texas in the pioneer days, farming in Harris County for many years. Mr. Parker spent his boy- hood in this county, and while growing up with the community, prospered as it prospered. His educa- tion was acquired in the Houston public schools, and it was in this city that he made his entrance into business, as clerk for J. T. Mason, one of the early merchants of this city.

Mr. Parker was twice married, his second mar- riage occurring at Houston, the sixth of May, 1917, when he was married to Mrs. Mae Cunningham No- land of New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. and Mrs. Par- ker make their home at 5105 Main Boulevard, and are popular members of their representative social set. Mr. Parker has on child, by his first marriage, a daughter, Mary, wife of Fred E. Gieseke, of Hous- ton. Mr. Parker has taken an active part in com- munity and civic affairs, giving freely of his time and means for the development of his city. He is one of the big figures in Houston business life of today, the accomplishments of his career of many years representing the results of energy, right meth- ods and ambition.

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E C. KINCADE, one of the best known oil engineers and practical pipe line men of South Texas, has for nineteen years been associaed with the Gulf Pipe Line Company in different capacities. Mr. Kincade came to Hous- ton in 1916 from Beaumont and is third vice presi- dent of the Gulf Pipe Line Company, in charge of pipe lines and superintendent of same in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. There are 3,000 lineal miles of pipe line in the above district and from 1,700 to 3,500 men are employed in this department. Mr. Kincade came with the Gulf in 1906 and this time to 1916 was located in Beaumont. He came with the company as erecting engineer and continued in this position until 1918 when he was made chief engineer and later superintendent of pipe line. In January, 1924, he was promoted to third vice president.

Mr. Kincade was born in Columbia, Tennessee, September 24th, 1884. His father, W. R. Kincade, was a native of England and after coming to Amer- ica he located in Tennessee, where he was engaged in farming and stock raising; he died when Mr. E. C. Kincade was quite young. His mother was Miss Anna Truesdale (deceased) a member of a well known Tennessee family. Mr. Kincade's education was obtained in the public and high schools of Col- umbia, Tennessee, graduating from the latter in 1903. After finishing high school, he entered the machine shops at Columbia where he remained for one year and then took night courses in engineer- ing at Vanderbilt University. In the latter part of 1903 he entered actively into machine shop work and designing and from that time to 1906 he was em- ployed in various places in the South, and during that year he came to Beaumont and with the Gulf Company.

Mr. Kincade was married in Beaumont, June 16th, 1906, to Miss Lillian Thweatte, a native of Alabama, where her father was a large plantation owner near Montgomery. Mr. Kincade is a member of the A. F. and A. M., being a Knight Templar and a Shriner of Arabia Temple. He is also a member of the B. P. O. E., Knights of Pythias, Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Houston Club. He believes that Houston will soon become the oil center of the Southwest, as it is the gateway to Mexico and South America as well as the Southwest oil states. Mr. Kincade is popular in oil circles and makes friends with his men on ac- count of his genial disposition and fairness in every way with them. Today, he is considered by the oil fraternity as one of the best oil engineers and pipe line men in the business, not only in Texas, but in entire country.

W ALTER B. RENN has since coming to Hous- ton in 1903, been identified with the busi- ness and financial affairs of the city. Mr. Renn, with office at 524 First National Bank Building is engaged as an oil operator and investor. When he came to Houston about twenty years ago, he saw the possibilities of a great city, and his faith in Houston has not waned, but has year by year grown stronger.

Mr. Renn was born at Roanoke, Illinois, February 4th, 1879. His father, William Alexander Renn; is now living in Houston, where he has practically retired from active business. His mother was Miss Mary Catherine Betz, a member of a well known Illinois family. His early education was obtained in

the public and high schools of Illinois, and Kan- sas, after which he entered the University of Kan- sas and remained a student of this institution for two years. He then went to Harvard university where he remained from 1899 to 1903 and graduated with the degree of A. B.

Mr. Renn was married in Houston in April, 1909, to Miss Hortense Alice Lorenzen. They have four children, Philip, Robert, Walter Betz Renn, Jr., and Mary Catherine. Mr. Renn is a member of the York and Scottish Rite bodies of the Masonic fra- ternity, and is a Shriner of Arabia Temple. He is also past president of the Harvard Club of Hous- ton and is a member of the Harvard Club of New York City. He believes this city is destined to become soon the leading city of the Southwest, and that the ship channel is a chief factor contributing to this accomplishment.

TUART A. GIRAUD since his entrance in the business world at Houston, has been connected closely with the petroleum indus- try. Mr. Giraud is assistant to Mr. H. C. Wiess, vice-president of the Humble Oil and Refin- ing Company, in charge of the refining and manu- facturing end of this large company. Mr. Giraud has been with the Humble Company since 1916, when he began as auditor, since which time he has held many positions of importance, and is considered one of the most valuable men in the Humble organiza- tion. He was made assistant to Mr. Wiess in 1922 and has since held that position, taking an active part in the management of the refining and manu- facturing department of the Humble Company. He is also interested in the Marine Bank and Trust Company of Houston, and a vice-president of that institution.

Stuart A. Giraud was born at Houston, the twen- ty-eighth of March, 1887, the son of R. A. Giraud, a native of New Orleans, who came to Houston half a century ago, and was a prominent banker of this city for many years, and a sketch of whose life ap- pears elsewhere in this volume. As a boy Mr. Gi- raud attended the public schools of Houston, and later was a student at different preparatory schools. In 1904 he made his entrance in the business world with the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, in the auditing and accounting department. He spent around four years with that company, then went with the Rio Bravo Oil Company, with which he remained for several years. He then went with the Gulf Company at Beaumont, Texas, and spent several years with that large company, as auditor. He then began in the brokerage business, in which he engaged for a short time, after which he was a certified public accountant at Beaumont and Houston, giving up that work to come with the Humble Oil and Refin- ing Company. With the exception of four years at Beaumont, Mr. Giraud has spent his entire life at Houston.

Mr. Giraud was married at Houston, the eigh- teenth of March, 1911, to Miss Earle Anderson, a na- tive of the Lone Star State, and the daughter of Andrew Anderson, a prominent East Texas lumber- man. Mr. and Mrs. Giraud reside at 4207 Yoakum Boulevard. In his civic life Mr. Giraud follows the splendid example set by his father, R. A. Giraud, and has for more than a decade been actively iden- tified with all concerted movements for the devel- opment of this city.

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US C. STREET, retired capitalist, and one of the large land owners of Harris County, has been a resident of Houston for almost half a century, taking an active part in the building of the city and the development of the agricultural resources of Harris County. Mr. Street came to Houston in 1876, and in 1882 organized the Texas Cotton Seed Association, remaining with this organization as general manager until 1896. He then went in business for himself, manufac- turing cotton seed oil, and operating as G. C. Street & Company, continuing active in this business until 1913. Aside from his activities in these commercial enterprises that had important bearing on the pros- perity of the city, Mr. Street also held a number of positions indicative of the high esteem in which he was held by his fellow citizens and the position he maintained in the world of business. He was a member of the city council, under H. Baldwin Rice, and for two years was chairman of the finance committee. Mr. Street was for a time a leader in financial activities at Houston, serving as the second president of the National Bank of Com- merce.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 1, Part 85

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