New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 35

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1262

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Mr. Greenblatt is a member of the B. P. O. E., and takes an active interest in civic affairs.

LIFFORD E. DRESCHER, musician and teacher and owner of the Drescher Studio of Music at 1416 Alabama Avenue, while one of the youngest of Houston's prominent musicians, has established a wide reputation as a teacher and director since coming to this city in August, 1919. Mr. Drescher is a teacher of the saxa- phone, flute, violin and banjo and has over one hun- dred pupils studying these various instruments. He also has a large orchestra which is available for special occasions.

Mr. Drescher was born at Spencer, Indiana, in 1889 and is a son of Francis E. and Stella (Martin) Drescher. His father has been engaged in business at Spencer for a number of years, controlling a large furniture and undertaking establishment there.

After receiving his literary education in the pub- lic schools and the high school at Spencer, Mr. Drescher entered the Metropolitan School of Music at Indianapolis, Indiana, where he studied for three years. He studied the flute under P. L. Montani and the violin under Walter Coffey and Albert Chevrot, the latter a first prize graduate of the Conservatory of Music at Paris, France.

Enlisting in the United States army in June, 1918, in the air service, Mr. Drescher was assigned for training at Camp Dick, Dallas, and shortly after was transferred to the band, becoming a member of the famous Camp Dick musical organization which at- tained wide prominence during the war. He was in service for nine months and received his discharge at Camp Dick in February, 1919. In August of that year he came to Houston where he has been actively engaged in teaching since.

Among the notable achievements of Mr. Drescher was the organization of the Houston Saxaphone Club, an organization composed of over sixty mem- bers and constituting the largest saxaphone club in the South. This is one of the best musical organ- izations in the city and under the directorship of Mr. Drescher has achieved a wide reputation and met with wonderful receptions on every public ap- pearance.

Mr. Drescher is intensely interested in develop .. ment of the musical life of Houston and is ever ready to lend his aid to any movement in this direc- tion. He is unmarried and is very popular in mu- sical and social circles of the city. He is a member of the Musician's Union.

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K C. BARKLEY was born in Hill County, Texas, his birthplace being the little town of Itasca, and his birthday being Septem- ber 27th, that was in the year 1880. When he was a small child his family removed to Cherokee, in San Saba County, Texas, where he received the rudiments of an academic education at the West Texas Normal and Business College, of which F. M. Behrns was the head.

With this equipment young Barkley began to make his own way, and he has been doing that ever since. When 16 years of age he began teaching school, alternating his employment in the summer months with the occupation of cowboy. He continued to double time, teaching in the winters and working on the ranches in the summers, until he reached the age of 22. All during these years he saved his earn- ings, he saved them because he had an objective. That objective was a law degree from a university. His opportunity came in 1902, when he entered the University of Texas, graduating from the law de- partment in June, 1904.

In the early part of 1905 he moved to Houston, and is now one of the most prominent members of the bar of that city. While he is now but 43 years of age, he has taken high rank in his profession. Among the many large and important cases in which he has participated with distinction may be mention- ed the Red River boundary litigation between the States of Oklahoma and Texas, which went to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Probably no member of the Houston bar has had a more varied legal experience than Mr. Barkley. He is a tireless worker, which, added to a natural- ly keen intellect, has made his opinions regarding complicated legal questions much sought after, his rugged honesty has added to the respect that is paid to them by the other members of his profes- sion. In a large measure his success has been due to the fact that he always appreciated the value of work, and no man has received more handsome dividends from this same hard work than has Mr. Barkley. But work, like most taskmasters that are able to pay rewards, never pays a dividend until a dividend is due. By this rule it may be safely said that the dividends of hard work are now due to K. C. Barkley, because he is receiving today divi- dends in the shape of a splendid law practice, the respect of his fellow men, and the rewards of suc- cess. All this may be traced back to the deter- mined work began when he was a 16-year-old boy, which effort has never decreased.

Twenty years ago the young law student came to Houston. With the passing of those twenty years has passed the youngster who was inexperienced, and his place has been taken by a man whose in- tellect has ripened until today he is able to success- fully unravel the legal knots that tie themselves around the affairs of men.

His father's name is J. N. Barkley. He now lives in Denver, Colorado. His mother's maiden name was Laura McCorkle; she has been dead many years.

Mr. Barkley was married at Houston, in 1909, to Miss Nellie Bryant. They have three children- Ruth, Frances and Keitt, Junior. Mr. Barkley was a Sigma Nu Phi, at the University of Texas, is a member of the University Club and the Houston Club, and fraternally is a Mason, 32nd degree, Scot-

tish Rite, and is a member of Arabia Temple Shrine at Houston. He is active in religious and educa- tional life at Houston, and is a member of the Bap- tist Church.

RS. K. C. BARKLEY is well known in the social and club circles of Houston and throughout the state, and is past president of the Treble Clef Club, one of the oldest and best known musical organizations in the city. The Treble Clef Club was organized in 1894, and has for its object the development, education and promotion of the Art of Music, and is supported, both morally and financially by the best people of Houston. Many of the great artists have been brought to Houston to appear in concert under the auspices of this club, and owing to the large seating capacity of the City Auditorium the prices of these concerts were much cheaper for the public, than in other cities. Mrs. Barkley was president of this club from 1922 to 1924, and during this period the club accomplished wonderful things, under the able guidance of its accomplished and hard-working president.

Mrs. Barkley was born in Tennessee, but has been a resident of Houston since her early girl- hood. Her literary education was obtained in the public and high school of Houston. For many years she has studied music under able teachers, and is still a student of music. Mrs. Barkley is an accom- plished vocalist, and according to the great artists, has a wonderful voice.

Mrs. Barkley was married in Houston to Keitt Carson Barkley, a prominent attorney of Houston. They have three children-Ruth, Frances Marion and Keitt Carson Barkley, Jr. She is a member of the Girls' Musical Club and of the Heights Woman's Clubs. Mrs. Barkley is a consistent mem- ber of the Christian Science Church and for many years has been a solo singer in this church. Mrs. Barkley has always been an active worker for the education and development of music in Houston, where she is very popular, not only in the music circles of the city, but with all who are fortunate enough to know her. She is active also in all mat- ters having to do with the civic improvement of Houston, and gives liberally of her time and accom- plishments to all public entertainments for the good of her city.

ILLIAM H. HOGUE is well known in the financial and manufacturing circles not only in Houston, where he is general man- ager of the Magnus Company, Inc., but in the entire state, and Louisiana, where for the past fifteen years he has had charge of this territory. The Magnus Company, Inc., are makers of railroad locomotive brass and bronze castings, car journal bearings, logging car bearings, and brass and bronze equipment of all kinds. The plant of the Magnus Company, Inc., located at 1415 Hardy Street, was established in Houston in 1908, although the head- quarters of this company remained in Chicago and New York City. The Houston plant was small at first, but the business grew rapidly from the begin- ning, and they now have substantial buildings with sixteen thousand square feet of floor space and thir- ty thousand square feet of ground on which the buildings are located, making the Magnus Company, Inc. the largest plant of its kind in the South. In

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addition to their manufacturing department, they have a complete laboratory and testing department, and have in their plant between six thousand and seven thousand patterns. They have their own railroad switch trackage into their plant, and employ sixty-five people, many of whom are very high class artisans.

Mr. Hogue was born in Columbus, Indiana, in 1877. His parents, Frank O. Hogue and Louise Hogue, were well known citizens of Columbus, where his father was for many years engaged in the drug busi- ness. His education was obtained in the public and high schools of Columbus, graduating from the lat- ter in 1897. After leaving school, Mr. Hogue began his business career with the Vandalia Railroad, where he remained for five years. He then spent one year in the office of the assistant general super- intendent of the Illinois Central Railroad, after which he went to St. Louis where he entered the em- ploy of the Commonwealth Trust Company and re- mained with this company for two years. He then became associated with the Magnus Company, Inc. in their St. Louis office, and remained there for two years. In 1909 he came to Houston as general manager of the Magnus Company, Inc. plant here.

Mr. Hogue was married in Houston in June, 1914, to Florence Marion Kent. The Hogue residence is at 5511 Jackson Street. Mr. Hogue is a member of the York Rite body of the A. F. and A. M. and is a member of Arabia Temple. He is associated with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is past president of the Rotary Club, and holds membership in the Houston Club. Mr. Hogue is a staunch and consistent member of the Episcopal Church. He is prominent in all activities that are projected for the civic betterment, advancement and progress of Houston, which he believes is destined to be the leading city of the Southwest.

OHN H. ROACH, a resident of Houston for a number of years, has been a factor in the insurance business here, his construc- tive policies building up one of the largest insurance agencies in the city. Mr. Roach is the owner of the insurance business conducted under the name of John H. Roach & Company, a business established in 1919, as Gantt, Roach and Means. In 1922 Mr. Roach bought out the interests of his as- sociates, changing the name to John H. Roach & Company, and has since operated the business alone. Mr. Roach represents six established insurance com- panies, writing fire, casualty, surety, bonding, tor- nado, and other forms of insurance. His business is exclusively local, and he annually writes a large volume of business on the books of the companies he represents. Mr. Roach has his offices in the Mason building.

John H. Roach was born at Kahoka, Missouri, the second of October, 1885, the son of James H. and Hattie (Martin) Roach. The father, James H. Roach, a native of Illinois, engaged in the mercantile busi- ness at Kahoka for a number of years, later enter- ing the real estate and insurance business, in which he was active until 1909, when he retired and moved to Houston. Mrs. Roach is a native of Kahoka. John H. Roach attended the public schools of Keokuk, Iowa, and, after leaving school, went with his father in the real estate and insurance business, re- ceiving his early business training under him. Later

he engaged in the construction and engineering busi- ness for a year and a half. In 1908 he came to Texas, going to Matagorda County, where he was secretary to John E. Pierce, one of the biggest cattlemen of Texas. Later he went with the Bless- ing State Bank, of which Mr. Pierce is the largest stockholder. He was associated with Mr. Pierce until 1914, during these years handling insurance on the side. In 1914 Mr. Roach entered the insur- ance business in Matagorda County, giving his time exclusively to this work, and in 1916, went to New Orleans, where he spent one year with an insurance firm of that city. In 1917 he came to Houston, and was connected with various insurance firms here until 1919, when he went in business for himself.

Mr. Roach was married at Austin, Texas, the eighth of December, 1915, to Miss Maude S. Clark, a native of Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Roach reside in Houston, at 1407 Nebraska Avenue, and have five children, Hattie Maud, John H., Jr., Mary Stella, Charles Elmore and Leone Roach. Mr. Roach is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Fourth De- gree, the Knights of Columbus Luncheon Club, and the Salesmanship Club.

ERBERT BARTELL has for more than a quarter of a century been identified with the business interests of Houston, where prior to the establishment of the Bartell Warehouse Company, Inc., he was for many years engaged in the real estate business in the city. Mr. Bartell is president and general manager of the Bartell Warehouse Company, Inc., and is en- gaged in moving and handling and storage of all kinds, but pays special attention to the moving and storage of household goods. They have four large trucks and five two-horse wagons in use in their work, and employ from twenty to thirty people at all times. Their commodious storage warehouse is located at Williams and Sterrett Streets. This business, located at 1105 Franklin Avenue, was established under the name of Scanlan and Bartell in 1897, and was incorporated and changed to the present name in 1917. Other officers of the Bar- tell Warehouse Company, Inc., are S. H. Green, vice-president, (inactive) and I. J. Howth, secre- tary and treasurer.

Mr. Bartell was born in Denver, Colorado, August 21st, 1880. His father, A. H. Bartell, also a native of Colorado, came to Texas and to Houston in 1893 and resided here until his death. His mother was Miss Mary Branscomb, a native of Iowa. The pub- lic schools af Denver and Houston supplied the foun- dation for Mr. Bartell's education, and a course in a Houston business college provided him with his early business training.

Mr. Bartell began his business career in 1897 when seventeen years of age, in the real estate bus- iness with P. E. Scanlan, where he met with success and became well known as a practical real estate dealer. Later with Mr. Scanlan he engaged in the present business, and this partnership continued until 1915. The business was conducted independ- ently for a period of two years, and then incorpo- rated under the name of the Bartell Warehouse Company, Inc. Mr. Bartell has always been active in the business, social and general community life of Houston, and is interested in all agencies having to do with the progress and advancement of this city.

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EWIS R. BRYAN, senior member of the law firm of Bryan, Dyess and Colgin, of Houston, through his activities and success in the handling of noteworthy cases in the courts of the country, is one of the best known attorneys in Texas. Mr. Bryan was admitted to the bar in 1880 and immediately began the prac- tice of his profession. The law firm of Bryan, Dyess and Colgin, located on the eighth floor of the Second National Bank Building, is engaged in a general civil practice and are considered among the leading law firms of the state. Mr. Bryan has been identified with many cases of interest and value to the profession.

A native Texan, Mr. Bryan was born in Brazoria County in 1858. His ancestors, both paternal and maternal, were among the very early settlers of the Lone Star State. His father, Moses Austin Bryan, came to Texas from Missouri in 1831. He was a nephew of Stephen F. Austin and was with General Sam Houston at San Jacinto and acted as interpreter for General Houston when the Mexican General Santa Anna was brought before him. His grandfather, Moses Austin, obtained permission from Mexico to colonize Texas with Anglo-Saxons in 1820. After his death, this work was carried on by Stephens F. Austin. His mother was Miss Cora Lewis. Her family came to Texas in 1831. Her father, Colonel Ira Randolph Lewis, was an attor- ney and was a member of the Consultation Commit- tee in 1835. Mr. Lewis, with T. J. Chambers, was selected to endeavor to raise volunteers to come to the aid of Texas.

Mr. Bryan's education was obtained in private schools, and later he attended Baylor University, graduating from that institution in 1877 with the B. S. degree. Mr. Bryan studied law under the law firm of Shepard and Garrett at Brenham, also under General John Sayles and Judge James E. Shepard. After his admission to the bar in April, 1880, he immediately took his place with ambitious beginners and able, seasoned advocates who already had made their mark. Mr. Bryan selected the town of La Grange in which to begin the practice of his pro- fession, where he remained for two years. He then returned to Brenham where he practiced law from 1882 to 1890. From 1890 to 1901 Mr. Bryan was engaged in his practice at Velasco and Angleton and in January of 1901 removed to Houston, where in addition to his profession he has been closely con- nected with the commercial interests of the city and is president of the Colonial Land and Loan Company.

Mr. Bryan was married in Brenham in 1891 to Miss Mattie Shepard, a native of Washington Coun- ty and a member of a prominent pioneer Texas family. Her father, Chauncy B. Shepard, came to Texas in 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan have three chil- dren, L. Randolph Bryan, Jr., who is assistant vice president of the Second National Bank; Mrs. Paul G. Bell, wife of Lieutenant Paul G. Bell, of the reg- ular army, and Miss Cora Louise Bryan, at home with her parents. At the Diamond Jubilee of Austin College, Sherman, Texas, the degree of L. L. D. was bestowed upon Mr. Bryan by the trustees of that institution.

The Bryan home is located at 802 Dennis Avenue. Mr. Bryan served as president of the State Bar Association in 1902-1903 and afterwards of the Har-

ris County Bar Association. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar Associa- tion and the Houston Bar Association.

His belief is in the Episcopal faith. Mr. Bryan's mature experience, wise counsel, sterling qualities of character, and high ideals have ever been an in- spiration to his friends. Genial, companionable, un- selfish, kind, his life has been delicately interwoven into the fabric of the good fellowship of Houston, where he is loved and respected by the entire citizenship.

D. DYESS, Attorney at Law, a member of the well known firm of Bryan, Dyess & Colgin, is one of the younger members of the legal fraternity of Houston and in com- ing to this city in 1917 added an element of strength and purpose to the upbuilding of legal forces of the city. Mr. Dyess brought with him an experience gained as prosecuting attorney of Bell County and at once took his place among the men whose activi- ties are advancing the city's importance. The firm of Bryan, Dyess & Colgin are attorneys for the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, Empire Gas and Fuel Company, Finnegan Estate, Farmers Life Insurance Company and many of the leading citizens and com- mercial interests of Houston, and is regarded as one of the leading law firms of the city.

A native Texan, Mr. Dyess was born at Holland, Bell County, October 23rd, 1885. His father, J. B. Dyess, was a well known merchant of Holland, Texas, and Mr. Dyess' grandfather came to Louis- iana after the Battle of New Orleans. His mother was Miss Lula Geneva Stone, a native of Missis- sippi. His early education was obtained in the pub- lic and high schools of Holland, Texas. He has the distinction of having entered Baylor Univer- sity at the age of sixteen years, and graduated from that institution in the class of 1906 with the Ph. B. degree; he graduated from Yale in 1908 with the A. B. degree, and from the University of Texas in 1910 with the degree of L. L. B. During the same year of his graduation from the law department of the University of Texas, Mr. Dyess established his home and office in Temple, Bell County, Texas, and began the practice of his profession alone, and con- tinued a general civil practice of law there until 1912, when he entered the office of prosecuting at- torney and served in this office until 1916, when he again entered private practice. He continued his pri- vate practice at Temple for one year when he came to Houston, becoming associated with the present firm which at that time was called Hutcheson & Bryan. In 1918 the firm name became Hutcheson, Bryan & Dyess and remained so until June, 1922, when Captain Hutcheson retired, and the firm took its present name.

Mr. Dyess was married in Houston on October 17, 1912, to Miss Nellie Rucker, a native of the Lone Star State and a daughter of W. G. Rucker, prominent in the real estate circles of Houston. They have one son-A. D. Dyess, Jr. Mr. Dyess is connected with many of the commercial interests of the city and is a director in the Houston Building and Loan Association, and also of Doullot & Wil- liams, Inc., contractors and engineers. Mr. Dyess holds membership in the State Bar Association, the County Bar Association, the Houston Country Club, the University Club, the Yale Alumni Association and several other organizations and fraternities.

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RANK H. HURLEY, pioneer business man of Southeast Texas, and for around two decades a factor in the insurance business at Houston, has attained the highest esteem of his associates, and is regarded as one of the most experienced insurance men here. Mr. Hurley is a member of the insurance firm of Raphael Broth- ers, Inc., a firm established at Houston by the late Raphael Brothers, in 1886. Later, Mr. Hurley came with the firm, and after the death of Mr. Raphael, in 1916, Mr. DeWitt A. Jones also joined the firm. Offices are in the Woolworth Building, the firm of Raphael Brothers representing six large insurance companies at Houston. This covers all forms of in- surance, including life. The business handled is largely local, both Mr. Hurley and Mr. Jones being real producers and writing a large volume of busi- ness annually on the books of the insurance com- panies represented.

Frank H. Hurley was born at Galveston, Texas, the ninth of May, 1871. His father, C. W. Hurley, came to Texas before the Civil War, running the blockade out of Galveston during Civil War days. He was one of the early mayors of Galveston, and his name figures prominently in the history of that city, where he took a leading part in shaping and directing civic development until his removal to Houston in 1884. Frank H. Hurley's mother was before her marriage Miss Sue Roselle, also a mem- ber of a prominent Texas family. Frank H. Hurley received his early education in the schools of Galves- ton, later attending the public schools of Mobile, Alabama, in which city the family spent several years, and graduating from the Houston High School. He then went with the William D. Cleve- land Wholesale Grocery Company, remaining with that firm for sixteen years in various capacities. He was for five years travelling salesman for the firm. He then went with the Galveston Wholesale Grocery Company, representing that firm on the road for three years, after which he came to Houston and be- came associated with the mercantile brokerage busi- ness for five years. This was followed by an inter- val spent at Beaumont as manager of the shipping department of the Hezig-Norvell Wholesale Gro- cery Company, and three years later, in 1908, Mr. Hurley returned to Houston, entering the insurance business, first with E. H. Dumble, and later with the firm of Raphael Brothers, with which he has since been associated.

Mr. Hurley was married at Houston, the twenty- sixth of April, 1894, to Miss Clara Hauptman, a na- tive of Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Hurley have three children, Sue Rozelle, Clara Pearl, and Frank H. Hurley, Jr., the family residing at 424 Emerson Avenue. Mr. Hurley supports the Methodist de- nomination in religious belief, and is active in civic and welfare work at Houston.

UDOLPH H. HAFNER, cotton merchant and exporter, has for a quarter of a cen- tury been engaged in the cotton business and shipped many bales of the fleecy staple to the merchants and mills of Europe. Mr. Hafner came to Houston in 1916, where he remained until 1918, and in 1920 returned to the South Texas Metropolis, where he has since resided. For fifteen years he was engaged in the cotton business in Liverpool, England, and came to America in 1915. Mr. Hafner's office is conveniently located at 1002

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 35

Author: Davis, Ellis A. Publication date: 1926 Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?] Number of Pages: 1262

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1262