New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 62

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

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A native Texan, Dr. Jinkins was born at Norman- gee on March 10th, 1892. His father, J. F. Jinkins, was brought to Texas by his parents from Alabama when five years of age, and was reared and edu- cated in this state. J. F. Jinkins is engaged in farm- ing and is a large land owner, and lives in Norman- gee at present. His education was obtained in the public and high schools of Normangee, after which he attended Baylor University for one year and then became a student of the medical branch of the University of Texas and graduated from that insti- tution in the class of 1916 with the M. D. degree. After his graduation, he served for one year as an interne at the John Sealy Hospital at Galveston.

Dr. Jinkins was married at Galveston, in 1920, to Miss Kittie Fae Robison, a member of a pioneer Texas family, and well known in the educational cir- cles of the state, and is a graduate of the Univer- sity of Texas. They have one son, Julius L. Jinkins, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jinkins reside at 3121 Avenue P. Dr. Jinkins is a 32nd degree Mason, Roger Paise Blue Lodge No. 540, and a member of the Consis- tory and a Shriner of El Mina Temple of Galveston. He is a member of the college fraternity Phi Beta Phi, the B. P. O. E., the Rotary Club, the Galves- ton Chamber of Commerce and the Galveston Coun- try Club, the Artillery Club, the Galveston County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Dr. Jinkins is one of the most enthusiastic boosters of the Island City and believes that Galveston is just now entering on an era of great prosperity along all lines, and that it will become the medical center of the Southwest. During the period spent in Galveston as a student of the University of Texas and during the period in which he has practiced medicine here, he has made a host of friends, who predict a brilliant future for Dr. Jinkins, both as a surgeon and as an instructor along medical lines.

B. SCHOEPPL, president of C. B. Schoeppl & Company, one of the leading architectural firms of Houston, has made a special study Spanish architecture and is one of the lead- ing exponents of this style of architecture in the state. The firm of C. B. Schoeppl specializes in residence and university work and since its es- tablishment in 1922 has designed some of the finest and most attractive homes in Houston, and also many public buildings here. Their practice, how- ever, is by no means local, and commissions are accepted from every part of the country. Offices are in the Humble Building, and other officers of the company, in addition to Mr. Schoeppl, are: T. F. Hogan, vice president and C. G. Hayne, sec- retary. Mr. Hogan resides in San Antonio, and directs the work of the firm in that section. As an authority on Spanish architecture Mr. Schoeppl

receives many commissions calling for this particu- lar style of architecture from throughout the United States and has designed many buildings in Florida, the climate and environment there being especially compatible with this distinctive architecture. Mr. Schoeppl has also given special study to Spanish furnishings, and a unique feature of his work has been the adoption of Texas flowers and materials as a motif.

C. B. Schoeppl was born at Comfort, Texas, the twelfth of April, 1898, son of J. K. Schoeppl and Elisia (Kroeger) Schoeppl. J. K. Shoeppl is a na- tive of Austria-Hungary, and was formerly a colonel of the Austrian Hussars. Mrs. Schoeppl is a na- tive of Germany. Mr. Schoeppl is a graduate of the San Antonio High School, and obtained his pro- fessional training at the Beaux Arts, Paris, and the Royal Academy, taking architectural work at both these famous institutions. During the World War he served as director of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, later coming to Houston, where he establish- ed the architectural firm of C. B. Schoeppl & Com- pany. Mr. Schoeppl belongs to the Methodist Church and the R. I. A. (Royal Academy).

W. KITTRELL, during his period of res- idence at Houston, extending over three decades, has attained a commendable repu- tation in the community for his activities in manufacturing circles. Mr. Kittrell is president and manager of the Texas Artificial Limb Com- pany, Incorporated, which he established in Febru- ary, 1911, incorporating the business in October of the same year. The Texas Artificial Limb Com- pany is the only manufacturing company in this part of the state devoted to the manufacturing of artificial limbs. They are equipped to make any kind of limbs, manufacturing all types to fit the cripple, and giving individual attention to each or- der. Their work is of exceptional character and embodies all the latest developments of this busi- ness, many special devices being used, and every effort being devoted to turning out a product that in so far as possible will replace the lost limb. The Texas Artificial Limb Company is located at 523 Preston Avenue, where they have a modern factory with five thousand square feet of floor space, and employ a force of experienced workers in this line. Mr. Kittrell is president of the company, N. G. Kittrell, Jr., vice president and Mrs. C. W. Girard, secretary and treasurer.

Mr. Kittrell was born in Leon County, Texas, at Centerville, the sixth of October, 1882, son of N. G. Kittrell, senior, a native of Alabama, who was brought by his parents to Texas when an infant of one year. He was formerly district judge of the Seventh and Sixty-seventh District Courts and for many years has been a prominent attorney at Houston. His mother, prior to her marriage, Miss Louise Keyes, was a native of Alabama. Mr. Kit- trell was educated in the public schools of Houston and after finishing school began work with the Wells-Fargo Express Company. He was with this company for nine years, resigning to establish his present business.

Mr. Kittrell makes his home at 3416 Milam Street. He is a member of the Rotary Club and a past director of this organization, a member of the Sales- manship Club and the Houston Chamber of Com- merce.

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R. EDWARD C. FERGUSON has for around a decade and a half been actively identified with medical affairs at Beaumont, and as a physician has taken an influential part in shaping the health program of the city. Dr. Ferguson came here in 1910, shortly after taking his degree and has engaged in general practice of medicine and surgery since that time, building up a very large practice. Dr. Ferguson is the local surgeon for the Gulf Coast Railroad Lines. He has his offices over the Service Drug Store and has at his command the hospital, clinical, analytical and mechanical facilities of the modern practitioner.

Dr. Ferguson was born at Kansas City, Missouri, the sixteenth of November, 1884, the son of Laura B. Banks and Cliff F. Ferguson, attorney at law and real estate man of that city. Dr. Ferguson received his elementary instruction in the high schools of St. Louis, Missouri, afterward attending Mississippi College for four years, the University of Texas at Austin and the Pharmacy Department at Galveston, taking the degree of M. Ph. at Tulane University and continuing his medical education at the University of Chicago, graduating in 1910 at Northwestern University with the degree of M. D.

Dr. Ferguson was a step-son of the late Judge E. A. McDowell, district judge of the Sixtieth Dis- trict Court, located at Beaumont. He was a member of the Medical Advisory Board during the war, and city health officer of Beaumont, also during the war. He served as president of the Jefferson County Medical Association in 1916.

Dr. Ferguson was married at Memphis, Tennessee, in 1920, to Miss Marie Meador, a native of Missis- sippi. Dr. and Mrs. Ferguson reside at 2201 Vic- toria Street and are popular members of their rep- resentative social set. Dr. Ferguson is an Elk, and belongs to the Neches Club and the Beaumont Bus- iness Men's Club. He is affiliated with the Jefferson County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Asso- ciation and the American Medical Association. Dr. Ferguson keeps in close touch with modern medical advancement and has demonstrated professional ability that has placed him among the leaders of the medical fraternity here.

R. DENMAN, M. D., Physician and Sur- geon, has practiced medicine at Houston for more than a decade, and during that time has built up the reputation as a care- ful practitioner, unsually competent in gynecology, obstetrics and surgery, to which he limits his work. Dr. Denman came to Houston in 1911, at the con- clusion of a number of years of successful practice at Lufkin, and has been a valued addition to the medical fraternity here since that time. His office is at 302 Second National Bank Building, and he is on the staff of the Baptist Hospital.

Dr. Denman was born at Lufkin, Texas, the tenth of October, 1879. His grandfather, W. L. Denman, was one of the first settlers of this place, and was a prominent attorney of his day. He served with distinction in the Civil War, and was a colonel in the Confederate Army. Dr. Denman's father, A. M. Denman, was a physician and surgeon for many years at Lufkin, and one of the best known medical men in Angelina County. His death was a distinct loss to the medical fraternity there, and to his many patients. His mother, before her marriage Miss Mary Walker, was also a member of a pioneer fam-

ily of the Lone Star State. Dr. Denman attended the public schools of Lufkin, graduating from the high school there, after which he entered Tulane Medical College at New Orleans, taking his medical degree in 1903. He served the following year as interne in the Charity Hospital at New Orleans, after which he returned to his home at Lufkin and began the practice of his profession. He built a private sanatarium there, where he operated until 1911, when he came to Houston. Since coming here his work has been limited to gynecology, obstetrics and surgery.

Dr. Denman was married at Crockett, Texas, the fifth of December, 1905, to Miss Frances Woolters, daughter of John Woolters, a merchant of that city, and a member of a pioneer family, dating back to the early days of the history of the Lone Star State. Dr. and Mrs. Denman have three children-Berta, and Frank and Frances, twins. They have an at- tractive home at 1220 Southmore. Dr. Dunman and his family attend the Baptist Church. Fraternally he is a Mason, Blue Lodge No. 679, Lufkin; Scottish Rite, and a member of the Shrine at Galveston. He keeps in close touch with the developments of modern medicine and is a member of the Harris County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Associa- tion and the American Medical Association.

JOHN WILLIAM THORN, M. D., is known and valued at Houston as a progressive representative of the medical profession, and has made a splendid record in both medicine and surgery, since coming to this city to establish his practice. Dr. Thorn is a man of high intellectual attainments. His experience, the rip- ened result of more than a quarter of a century of practice, gives him a place of leadership in med- ical circles, and few men are better equipped for the responsibilities of general practice. Dr. Thorn came to Houston in 1910, and has engaged in gen- eral practice, at the same time giving special atten- tion to railroad work. He is chief surgeon for the Houston Belt & Terminal Railroad, division surgeon for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, and local surgeon for the St. Louis, Baltimore and Mary- land. He has his office in the Kress Building, and does the majority of his hospital work at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Dr. Thorn was born at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, in January, 1866, the son of T. J. Thorn, a cotton farmer of that state, and Lucy Thorn. He attended the public schools of his native state as a boy, later entering Beaumont Hospital and Medical Col- lege, at St. Louis, where he took his medical degree in 1898. Prior to taking his medical course Dr. Thorn had spent some time as dispensary clerk at the hospital at Tyler, and left there with the in- tention of returning to this state to make his home. After taking his degree he returned to Tyler and was in the hospital there for the next five years, leaving in 1903, at which time he became surgeon for the Cotton Belt Railroad. Later he went to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as surgeon for a lumber com- pany there, and in 1910 came to Houston as resi- dent surgeon at the Houston Infirmary, where he spent three years. Since that time he has engaged in general practice, holding at the same time high positions in the medical department of various rail- roads.

Dr. Thorn was married at Tyler, Texas, the thir-

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tieth of April, 1903, to Miss Myrtle Etter, a native of Arkansas, and the daughter of R. G. Etter, a leading attorney of Tyler. Dr. and Mrs. Thorn have two children, John William, Jr., and Roxie Myrtle Thorn. Dr. Thorn is a member of the Harris County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the Southern Medical Association, the South Texas Med- ical Association, and the American Medical Asso- ciation. Since coming to Houston he has taken a keen interest in social and civic affairs, demonstrat- ing at all times his devotion to the best interests of his community.

J. DEVOTI, M. D., whose activities for the past several years have identified him with the city of Harrisburg, is one of the most able members of the medical profession here and is an authority in the field of industrial medicine and surgery. Dr. Devoti came to Harrisburg in 1918 and has since maintained his offices in the Collins Building. He is local surgeon for the Southern Pa- cific Railroad and for the G. H. & H. road, and is physician for the Deep Water Oil Refining Company, the Texas Chemical Company, the Texas Portland Cement Company, the Magnolia Compress, the Ship Channel Compress, Wilkins & Beal, shipping agents, Daniel Ripley Company and other industrial con- cerns. Dr. Devoti is also city health officer at Har- risburg and is the representative in this city of the Texas State Board of Health. Dr. Devoti also en- gages in general practice and works at both St. Jo- seph's and the Southern Pacific Railroad hospitals in Houston.

Dr. Devoti was born at Galveston the fifteenth of December, 1878. His father, P. Devoti, a native of Italy, came to Galveston when this city was a small village and was a merchant here for many years. His mother, a native of France, was before her mar- riage Miss Louise Debarberies. Dr. Devoti received his early education in the public schools of Galves- ton and graduated from the high school here. He then entered the medical department of the Univer- after two years, and on account of the Galveston storm, went to the University of Maryland, at Balti- more, Maryland, where he took his M. D. degree in 1905. He served the following year as interne in the Maryland General Hospital, at Baltimore, and then went to Mexico where he spent two years in the Mexican Central Hospital at Agua Calentes, Mexico. At the close of 1908 he returned to the States and went to Pharr, Texas, where he engaged in general practice for a decade and was also local surgeon for the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad. He came to Houston in 1918 and estab- lished his practice in Harrisburg.

Dr. Devoti was married at Galveston the eleventh of June, 1911 to Miss Estelle Papini, of that city, and the daughter of a well known Galveston fam- ily. Dr. and Mrs. Devoti make their home at Elvera Court, Harrisburg, and have two children, Jack and Jill. Dr. Devoti belongs to the Harris County Med- ical Society, the Texas State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. His work in the field of industrial medicine has won the recog- nition of his associates and he is regarded as a fore- most authority in this field of medical science. Due to the fact that he is able to speak four languages fluently, including Spanish, French and Italian, his

work among the foreign classes has been unusually successful. Dr. Devoti is interested in the develop- ment of Harrisburg, particularly from a public health standpoint, and has done much to make this one of the most desirable residence cities of this section.

RTHUR J. MYNATT, M. D., for a decade and a half has been a leader in medical advancement at Houston, and as a private practitioner, has found favor with the pub- lic, building up a large practice. Dr. Myatt came to Houston in 1908, after a decade of successful practice in other cities, and has been engaged in general practice here since that time. Dr. Mynatt has given special attention to surgery in recent years, and approaches the most complicated surgi- cal cases with the confidence that comes of an ex- pert knowledge of his field. He is on the staff of the Methodis Hospital, where he specializes in gen- eral surgery, and also has a large private practice, maintaining a modern office in the Keystone Build- ing.

Dr. Mynatt was born at Knoxville, Tennessee, the twentieth of September, 1875, son of J. H. and Cordelia Shell Mynatt. The Mynatt family are one of the old families of Tennessee, coming to this state from Virginia shortly after the Revolutionary War. His grandfather, John C. Mynatt, was a planter of Tennessee. His father, J. H. Mynatt, died when the son was an infant. Dr. Mynatt at- tended the public schools of his native city, later taking his pre-medical work at Holbrooke Normal College, at Fountain City, Tennessee, and his medi- cal training at Tennessee Medical College, at Knox- ville, Tennessee, now at Memphis, as a part of the University of Tennessee, and from which he took his medical degree in 1898. He began his profes- sional career at Knoxville, remaining there for one year, when he came to Sabine, Texas, in 1899, remain- ing there until 1900, when the storm washed this city away, and Dr. Mynatt had heavy personal losses. He then went to Liberty, Texas, in 1901, remaining

sity of Texas, in this city, for his medical work, but - there until 1908, when he came to Houston, where he

has since made his home, and engaged in practice, with the exception of a period of military service during the recent war. Dr. Mynatt enlisted in mili- tary service in July, 1917, and was commissioned First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, U. S. A., and called to service in July, 1918, and assigned to the Tenth Infantry, U. S. A. He was discharged in January, 1919, and returned to Houston, resuming his practice.

Dr. Mynatt was married at Sabine, Texas, the eighteenth of December, 1902, to Miss Pearl House, daughter of W. B. C. House, of that city. Dr. and Mrs. Mynatt make their home at 1411 Elgin Ave- nue, in Houston, and have two children, a son, Ar- thur, J., and a daughter, Eron P., a student at the College of Industrial Arts, at Denton. The family attend the Episcopal Church. Dr. Mynatt has taken an interest in the development of the petroleum re- sources of the coastal field, and holds royalties at Dayton, Liberty and Hull. He finds relaxation from his professional cares in his modern farm, in Harris County, where he raises full-blooded cows and hogs. Dr. Mynatt is a member of the various medical societies, and, in 1918, served as president of the Harris County Medical Society. Fraternally he is an Elk.

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R. J. M. GOBER, who is well known at Beaumont for his interest in the medical advancement of the city, is a leader in the field of obstetrics, and is one of the fore- most professional men of the community. Dr. Gober has been engaged in the practice of general medi- cine and surgery for over a quarter of a century at Beaumont, during this time giving special atten- tion to obstetrics, in which field he enjoys the dis- tinction of being the leader in Beaumont. He has his offices over the Service Drug Store, in the Langham Building, and has one of the largest prac- tices in the city.

Dr. Gober was born in Calhoun County, Missis- sippi, the fourth of July, 1865, the son of Louis Gober, a farmer in that county for many years. He was educated in the schools of Calhoun County until he finished high school, when he entered the Kentucky School of Medicine, where he took his M. D. degree in 1894. He came direct to Texas, going to Matagorda County, where he practiced for a number of years, establishing a large practice. He then made the decision to remove to Beaumont, arriving in this city just five days before the Spin- dle Top well came in. He has been accorded a substantial patronage here, and well equipped for any demands made upon him professionally, faces even the most difficult cases with assurance and confidence.

Dr. Gober was married at Temple, Texas, the twenty-eighth of December, 1898, to Miss Allie O'Brien, a native of the Lone Star State, and the daughter of Capt. O'Brien, one of the most prom- inent men in Texas. Dr. and Mrs. Gober have an attractive home at 1209 Broadway Avenue, and are the parents of three children-Edwin, Maude, and J. M., Jr. Dr. Gober belongs to the Jefferson County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Throughout the years of his practice here he has been a faithful custodian of the welfare of his patients, and is one of the most respected and generally liked physi- cians of the city.

AMES A. AZAR, M.D., with offices at 520 American National Insurance Building, since coming to Galveston, Texas, in 1921, has become well established as a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Dr. Azar has devoted his life to this particular branch of the medical profession since beginning his private practice. Following his graduation, he was appoint- ed as a member of the State Board of Health of Louisiana, and remained as a member of this organ- ization for a period of three years. He was later appointed special officer of the United States Pub- lic Health Staff and served with distinction in this capacity for one year. During the World War Dr. Azar worked as a member of the board in the Third Louisiana District, and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps in 1918. In 1921 he received the commission of captain of the Medical Officers Reserve Corps and was assigned to the Nintieth Division.

A native of Louisiana, Dr. Azar was born at St. Martinsville on February 4th, 1882. His parents, also born in Louisiana, were well known citizens of St. Martinsville. His early education was obtained in the public and private schools of Louisiana after which he attended Tulane University at New Or-

leans, graduating in 1911 with the M.D. degree. It is to the credit of Dr. Azar that he worked his way through college, and was rated as one of the best students in his classes.

Dr. Azar was married at St. Martinsville, Lou- isiana, in February, 1920, to Miss Helen Bertrand, a native of Louisiana and a member of an old French family of that state. Dr. and Mrs. Azar reside at 1902 21st Street. Dr. Azar is a member of the As- sociation of Military Surgeons, and takes an active interest in this organization. He is also a member of the County, State and American Medical Asso- ciations, and is a member and treasurer of the French Benevolent Society of Galveston. Since lo- cating in Galveston Dr. Azar has been active in the business and social circles of this city, where he is popular and well liked by all who know him. He is enthusiastic as to the future of Galveston and de- clares that this city is fast becoming one of the leading cities of the Southwest in medical lines.

L. MILLER, M. D., has for the past decade been a leader in the field of industrial medi- cine and surgery at Houston, and has de- voted his talents to the service of humanity along lines that best promote the development of his life's vocation. Dr. Miller began his practice at Houston in 1913, and has for a number of years been associated with Drs. Grimes and Gamble. He has made a special study of vocational diseases and handles a large amount of industrial practice. He, with his associates, is physician for a number of industrial concerns in Houston, among them the Gas Company, the various compresses, and other firms of an industrial nature. Dr. Miller has a well appointed office in the First National Bank Build- ing, and does work in all the hospitals of the city, with the majority of his work at St. Joseph's.

Dr. Miller is a native of the Lone Star State, and was born in Colorado County, the twenty-sixth of December, 1887, son of George J. Miller, a cattleman of that county, and Elizabeth Wegenhoft Miller. His family was of German origin, and his grandfather, Fritz Miller, was one of the pioneers of the Lone Star State. As a boy Dr. Miller attended the rural schools of Colorado County, and after finishing there took his pre-medical work at Texas A. and M. Col- lege. He then entered the University of Texas, in the Medical Department, at Galveston, and took his M. D. degree in 1912. The following year he served an Interneship in the hospital at Beaumont, after which he came to Houston, where he entered upon his professional career, and has since made his home.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 62

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