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Bradford, Clyde A., Austin; Merchant, President of C. A. Bradford & Co., 705 Congress Avenue, and Vice Presi- dent of Bradford-Brown Paint Company of Houston. Home address, 4104 Avenue G. Native of Texas. Fa- vorite recreations, hunting and fishing. Ancestry, American. Married Miss Myrtle MeClure of El Centro, California.
Butler, John F., Austin; President and General Manager of Elgin Butler Brick and Tile Company, 201 Congress Avenue; phone 2240. Home address, 309 W Eleventh Street ; phone 5. Born in Texas, August 21st, 1879. Educated at Ohio State University; degree Ceramic Engineer. Member of K. of C. and Sigma Chi Frater- nity, Austin Country Club and B. P. O. E. Favorite recreation, golf. Church afl., Roman Catholic. Ancestry, Irish and German.
Brackenridge, Major John A. Taylor. Home address, 1003 Vance Street; phone 287. Served throughout the Span- ish- American War in Cuba, entering training camp at Camp Bowie, Fort Worth; promoted to rank of Major, and served with the A. E. F. in France; formerly Cap- tain of the Governor's Guards of Austin. Educated at University of Texas; degree, LL. B. Ancestry, Scotch- Irish. His father, J. M. Brackenridge (deceased) ; his mother, Mrs. Martha O. Brackenridge, resides at 405 W. Eleventh Street, Austin.
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Bland, Howard, Taylor; Smith Building, E. Second St .; phone 261. Home address, corner Davis and W. Eighth Streets; phone 52. Capitalist, Merchant and Farmer. Married in 1880 to Miss Augusta Schultz.
Brown, Sherman L., Waco; Assistant Manager Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company, manufacturers of "Circle A" Ginger Ale and "Dr. Pepper"; phones 211 and 197 .. Home address, 525 Morrow Street. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 10, 1896. Educated at Milwaukee College and Beaume University. Member of Milwaukee Yacht Club, Town Club and City Club of Milwaukee. Church afl., Congregational. Ancestors, English (caine to America on Mayflower). War Work: Served twenty- four months in 107th Field Signal Battalion of the 32d Division; served 18 months in France and Germany. Married Miss Esther E. Lazenby, Waco, September 18, 1919.
Bowman, Newton H., Waco; Oculist and Aurist; 1403 Amicable Building; phone 311. Home address, 1210 Herring Avenue; phone 5504. Born in Texas, August 24th, 1875. Educated at Baylor University and Uni- versity of Louisville; degrees, Ph. G. and M. D. Mem- ber of Masonic Blue Lodge and York Rite. Member of Spring Lake Country Club and Rotary Club. Church afl., Methodist. Ancestry, English. War Work: Major M. C., U. S. A .; Chief of Opthalmology, Base Hospital, Camp MacArthur; formerly Professor of Opthalmology and Otology. Severance Union Medical College, Seoul, Korea; Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society; author of History of Korean Medicine; Licentiate of Medicine for Imperial Government of Japan for Korea.
Brown, Guy C., Waco; proprietor Waco Vulcanizing and Tire Company, 607.9 Franklin Street; phone 3142.
Barnes, J. T., Waco; President of W. F. and J. F. Barnes Lumber Company, Inc., Waco, and Barnes & Mccullough Lumber Company of Goldthwaite. Business address. Eighth and Webster Streets; phones 3581 and 267. Home address. The Kyle Hotel. Born in Texas, June 25th, 1888. Educated at Lampasas public schools, St. Edward's College (Austin), A. and M. College and Eastman's (Poughkeepsie, N. Y.). Member of Masonic Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite, Shrine and the Sprink Lake Country Club.
Bond, John Henry, San Antonio; Realtor, Consulting Pe- troleum Geologist, Corporate Counsel, Security Trust Company, Fiscal Agents; office. 535 Moore Building; phone, Crockett 942. Home address 506 Augusta St .; phone, Travis 570. Born in Tennessee, October 27. 1871. Educated at Nashville public schools. Chairman of Boards: Psychological Research Society, Progessive Unity Foundation for Application of Science. Church afl., Methodist. Ancestry, English. Descendant of John Bond, 1327, and John Bond, 1650.
Bieze, T. H., Manager of Scarbrough Building, Austin. 603 Scarbrough Building; phone 1215. Home address, 505 W. Nineteenth Street, Austin; phone 2091. Born in The Netherlands, June 18th, 1878. Educated in Hol- land and Chicago, Ill., Schools. Member of Masonic Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite and Shrine. Member of Ma- sonic Research . Club and San Hedren Club. Favorite recreations, swimming, baseball and wrestling. Ances- try, Holland Dutch. War Work: Liberty can and hed Cross Committees and all charity associations.
Benson, J. B., Stenographer Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas; Benson Motor Company, Austin; phone 876. Home address, 211 Park Avenue; phone 3014. Born in Georgia, June 29th, 1870. Educated in Georgia and Texas. Partner of Benson Motor Company. Favorite recreation, fishing.
Bryant, Leon Seth, Civil Engineer and Contractor, 213 Littlefield Building, Austin; phone 1174. Born in Texas, January 11th, 1883. Educated at Mexia schools Partner in the firm of Bryant & Huffman. Member of A. F. and A. M. Chapter and Council, Commandery, Scottish Rite, Shrine, Elks and Austin Engineers' Club. Favorite recreation, tennis and hunting. Ancestry, American. War Work: First Lieutenant, Corps of En- gineers No. 480. Church afl., Methodist.
Bennett, George R., Cotton Exporter, 927 Littlefield Building, Austin. Home address, S Enfield Road. Born in Illinois, April 13th, 1857. Educated in Texas. Part- ner in the firm of Bennett & Tarlton. Member of Elks Lodge and Austin Country Club. Ancestry, American. 2357. Born in Texas, March 1st, 1886. Educated at Church afl., Episcopalian.
Brownlee, Charles H., Doctor of Medicine; proprietor of General Laboratories, 312 Littlefield Building, Austin; phone 5100. Home address, 4206 Avenue D, Austin; phone 3210. Born in Texas, October 11th, 1888. Edu. cated in Burnet High School, Academic and Medical De-
partments of University of Texas; Central Laboratories, A. E. F., Dijon, France. Member of Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite, Shrine, K. of P., Odd Fellows and W. O. W. Favorite recreation, hunting. War Work: Commission- ed First Lieutenant, M. R. C., June 6th, 1917; called to active service July 27th, 1917; left New York August 21st, 1917, for France; served while overseas with 35th Aero Squadron, Camp Hospital No. 14, Central Depart- ment Laboratories, A. E. F., 19th Engineers, Evacuation Hospital No. 9, A. E. F., University at Beaume; returned to America July 29th, 1919; discharged September 19th, 1919; was Assistant Surgeon at Texas Insane Asylumn, Austin, one year, 1913-14; was director in Rockefeller Sanitary Commission, Texas State Board of Health, two years, 1914-16.
Bowman, Thornton H., Austin; dealer in Municipal Bond Securities and Manager Texas Department for Elston & Co., Investment Bankers, 39 S. LaSalle Street, Chi- cago. Business address, 530 Littlefield Building; phone 519. Home address, 100 E. Twentieth Street; phone 2357. Born in Texas, March 1, 1886. Educated at Lampasas High School, Nixon Clay Commercial School and University of Texas. Member of Country Club. Favorite recreation, golf. Church afl., M. E. Church South. Ancestry, English, French and Irish. War Work: Attended the Training Camp in San Antonio in 1916, and was Adjutant in Attorney General's Depart- inent, 1917, as 1st Lieutenant; completed Finance and Account Training School. Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C., spring of 1918; was given Captaincy and put in charge of Officers' Final Pay Division, War Depart- ment, Washington, D. C .; later was stationed at Camp Meade, Baltimore, and Camp Sevier, South Carolina, as Camp Finance Officer; was honorably discharged March 1st, 1919.
Buckley, W. E., Houston; junior member of Buckley Shoe Company, 315 Main Street; phones Pr. 1492 and Pr. 1979. Home address, 3116 Milam Street. Born in Illi- nois, December 1st, 1869. Educated in Houston High School. Member of K. of P and K. of C. Member of Houston Country Club, Park Place Country Club and Houston Light Guards. Church afl., Catholic. Ancestry, Irish. War Work: Sold Liberty Bonds, Thrift Stamps and did war work advertising.
Buckley, J. G., Houston; senior member of Buckley Shoe Company, 315 Main Street ; phones Pr. 1492 and Pr. 1979. Home address, Bender Hotel. Born in Illinois, June 21st, 1863. Educated in High School at Jersey- ville, Ill. Member of K. of P. and K. of C. Church afl., Catholic. Ancestry, Irish. War Work: Sold Liberty Bonds, Thrift Stamps and did war advertising.
Baumgart, Otto E., Brenham; Cashier Farmers' National Bank. Born in Texas, September 6th, 1874. Educated in Brenham Public Schools. Member of K. of P., K. O. T. M., Herrman Sons, Elks and Germania Club. War Work: Participated in all War Drives, Red Cross and Liberty Bond Drives, and was a member of the Home Guards.
Botts, Thomas B., Brenham; Attorney at Law. Home ad- dress, 104 N. Market Street. Born in Texas, Novem- ber 9, 1885. Educated at University of Texas; degree, B. of L., 1907. Church afl., Christian. War Work: Was salesman of Liberty Loan drive, Secretary of Coun- cil of Defense, Secretary for Food Administration, Sec- retay of Labor Board and Chairman of Red Cross Christ- mas drives.
Bosse, F. H., Brenham; President Washington County State Bank. Born in Texas, October 7th, 1872. Educated at Brenham High School and Binn Memorial College. Men- ber of K. of P., K. O. T. M., Masonic Blue Lodge and York Rite: Past Commander of Commandery. Church afl., Lutheran. Ancestry, American. War Work: As- sisted on various War Work committees. Married Miss Rebecca Wilson, September, 1898.
Barden, Edmund Tilson, Houston; Electrical Contractor, Barden Electrical and Machinery Company, 111 Main Street, and connected with the Houston Motor Car Company. Home address, 2917' Crawford Street. Born in Texas. December 18th, 1869. Member of Elks, Knights of Pythias, Thalian and Houston Country Club. Church afl., Presbyterian. Ancestry, American.
Bruyere, E. H., Waco; President E. H. Bruyere Construc- tion Company (general contractors and builders) ; di- rector Central Texas Electric Railway; Arrow Refining Company, and President of Central Texas Engineering and Construction Company, 504 Amicable Building; phone 287. Home address, 1900 Ethel Avenue. Born in Virginia, July 19th, 1868. Educated in Virginia and New Jersey. Church afl., Methodist; was superin- tendent of the Sunday School for thirteen years and has
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been on the official Board of Stewards for twenty-eight years. Ancestry, French. War Work: Constructed a large portion of Camp MacArthur. Married Miss Willie Anna Wilson of Waco.
Barlow, W. A., Taylor; Lawyer, City Attorney of Taylor for twelve years. P. O. Box 533; phone 76. Home ad- dress, 918 Porter Street. Born in Tennessee, Decem- ber 1, 1868. Educated at Sam Houston Normal Insti- tute. Member of I. O. O. F. Church afl., Methodist. Ancestry, the Kentucky and English Barlow family. War Work: Served on Registration Committee, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., Liberty Loan drives, etc.
Byrne, Rt. Rev. Christopher Edward, D. D., Galveston; Bishop of St. Mary's Cathedral; phone 2475. Home address, 2011 Avenue F. Born in Missouri, April 21st, 1867. Educated at St. Mary's College, Kansas, and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md .; degrees, A. B. and A. M. Church afl., Catholic. Ancestry, Irish.
Breed, Dwight E., Austin; Executive Secretary and Direc- tor of Texas Public Health Association and Director of National Juvenile Motion Picture League, 616 Littlefield Building; phone 1247. Home address, 717 W. Seventh Street ; phone 3074. Born in Michigan, September 29, 1884. Educated at Grinnell Academy and Grinnell College, Iowa; post-graduate work Iowa Teachers' Col- lege and New York School of Philanthropy. Member of Masonic Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite, Royal Ar- canum and Rotary Club. Favorite recreation, motoring. Church afl., Congregational. War Work: Health edu- cation in army camps through the Texas Public Health Ass'n and Sec'y of Travis County American Red Cross. Married Miss Florence Bracy, July 23d, 1912, at Des Moines, Iowa.
Brickey, Garland Smith, Houston; General Manager of Houston Chamber of Commerce; phone Pr. 2143. Home address, Bender Hotel; phone Pr. 8100. Born in Arkan- sas, 1884. Educated in public and high schools, Arkan- sas ; Bingham School, Asheville, N. C., and Searcy Mili- tary Institute, Searcy, Ark. Mason, York Rite, Elk, Shriner. Member of Hoo Hoos, Houston Club, Rotary Club, Country Club ( Memphis, Tenn. ). Honorary mem- ber Kiwanis and Lion's Clubs. Favorite recreations, reading, walking, golf and music. Church afl., Meth- odist. Ancestry, French. War Work: Chairman of Salvation Army drive, 1918; Secretary War Industries Board, 15th District ( Beaumont), Conducted Soldiers' Chorus during Liberty Loan campaigns.
Brooks, W. A., Beaumont; Dentist, 480 Pearl Street; phone 424. Home address, 290 Shamrock Street ; phone 112. Born in Louisiana, August 14th, 1859. Educated in New Orleans and Vanderbilt University (Tennessee) ; degree, D. D. S. Member of Masonic Blue Lodge and I. O. O. F. Church afl., Presbyterian. Ancestry, Sanders of Virginia and Brooks of Ohio. War York : Preparedness League of Dentists.
Brown, George Hardy, Beaumont; Dentist, 3261% Crockett Street ; phones 325.2418. Home address, 1919 Mag. nolia Street. Born in Texas, December 4th, 1889. Edu- cated at Texas Dental College; degree, D. D. S. Mem- ber of K. of P. Church affiliation, Baptist.
Bailey, Dr. E. Marvin, Houston; Osteopathic Physician, President Texas Osteopathic Association and Vice Pres- ident of State Board of Medical Examiners, 801-807 Kress Building. Home address, 2218 Morgan Street. Born in Kentucky, January 17th, 1873. Educated at Southern College of Osteopathy, Franklin, Ky .; degree, D. O. Member of Masonic Blue Lodge, Elks and K. of P. Member of the Lumberman's, Kiwanis and Sales- manship Clubs. Church afl., M. E. Church South. An- cestry, Scotch-Irish.
Bailey, John Forrest, Waco; Osteopathic Physician, Am- icable Building; phone 728. Home address, 2703 Sanger Avenue; phone 1824. Born in Kentucky, De- cember 23d, 1866. Educated at A. and M. College and . Southern School of Osteopathy, Franklin, Ky; degrees, A. B. and D. O. Member of Masonic Blue Lodge, York Rite and Shrine. Ancestry, Scotch. Ex-President of State Board of Medical Examiners and ex. President of State Osteopathic Association of Texas.
Brunner, John I., Taylor; Postmaster; phone 382. Home address, 805 Main Street. Born in Texas, July 28th, 1875. Member of the K. of C. and Elks. Church afl., Catholic. Ancestry, American. War Work: Chairman County and Local Red Cross Canteen Committee; served as Captain of team in the Local Red Cross and Libety Bond drives.
Bittick, H. A., Taylor; Manager Taylor Water Company and Taylor Ice Company, 400 E. Second Street; phone 18. Home address, 614 N. Main Street; phone 30. Born in Arkansas, December 24th, 1880. Educated in High School of Westbrook, Ark. Member of I. O. O. F. War
Work: Served as Chairman Public Service Bureau, County Chairman of Civilian Relief, Williamson County, and Field Director S. A. T. C., Williamson County.
Burke, Major Jack R., San Antonio, 310-11 Conroy Build- ing; phone Cr. 4956. Home address, 502 E. Evergreen Street; phone Cr. 669. Native of Texas. Educated in public schools of San Antonio. Elk ( Exalted Ruler), member of Kiwanis Club (Vice President), City Club and Salesmanship Club. Favorite recreations, amateur theatricals, baseball and other athletic sports. War Work: Served in Spanish-American War with Belknap Rifles of San Antonio; Captain in Texas National Guard; enlisted and entered Officers' Training Camp at Camp Stanley, Texas, in 1917; later stationed at Camp Travis; promoted to Major; discharged in May, 1919. Chair- man of Finance Committee of Fiesta of San Jacinto.
Bell Samuel Bascam, San Atnonio; Attorney at Law, San Antonio Loan and Trust Building; phone Cr. 17. Home address, 621 E. Euclid Avenue; phone Cr. 8664. Edu- cated at Trinity University and University of Texas; degree, B. L. Born in Texas, October 10th, 1863.
Beretta, John King, San Antonio, Banker; President Na- tional Bank of Commerce; phone Cr. 760. President of Laredo National Bank, Laredo; Vice President Laredo Bridge Company ( International Bridge). Home address, 404 West French Place; phone Cr. 8099. Native of Ar- kansas. Educated in public schools of San Antonio and St. Mary's College. Member of San Antonio Club, San Antonio Country Club, Anglo-American and City Club. Favorite recreations, fishing, hunting and motoring. An- cestry : Father Italian and inother American of English descent. War Work: City Chairman Liberty Loan Cam- paign. .
Blair, Jesse S., Belton; Member of the firm of Cochran, Blair & Patts, Vice President of New Lumber Company, Vice President of First State Bank of Belton. Member of Masonic Blue Lodge, York Rite and Shrine. Church afl., Methodist. War Work: Chairman Red Cross Com- mittees.
Blanton, Annie Webb, Austin; State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Texas, State Department of Edu- cation ; phone 419. Home address, 2800 Rio Grande Street ; phone 2938. Native of Texas. Educated at University of Texas and University of Chicago; degree, B. L. Member of the Maccabees, Eastern Star, Shake- speare Club of Denton, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Daughters of the Confederacy and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity. Church afl., Methodist. Ancestry, English. War Work: Red Cross, Liberty Loan and Thrift Stamp Sales. Author of two text-books : "Outline and Exercises in English Grammar" and "Exercises in Punctuation and Composition." Great-grandfather, of Virginia, was a Captain in the Revolutionary War.
Bondurant, William Walton, San Antonio; President and Principal San Antonio Academy; phones, Cr. 1818 and Tr. 5507. Home address, 2001 N. Flores Street. Born in Virginia, May 21, 1877. Educated at Hampden- Sidney College and University of Chicago; degrees, B. A. and M. A. Church afl., Presbyterian. Ances-
try, Huguenot. Tutor in the Classics at Hampden- Sidney College, 1900; instructor in Latin and Greek, Hogue Academy, 1900-02; professor of the Latin lan- guage and literature, Austin College, 1902-06; honorary Latin Scholarship at Yale University, 1903; honorary Latin Scholarship at Johns Hopkins, 1904; President of Daniel Baker College, 1915-16.
Bassett, William Jefferson, Temple; General Agent South- western Life Insurance Company, City National Bank Building ; President Bell Floral Company, and President Temple Realty and Investment Company; phone 56. Home address, 618 N. Third Street. Born in Texas, January 9th, 1874. Member of Elks Club No. 138, Lion's Club and Secretary State Association of Lion's Clubs. Church afl., Methodist. Ancestry, son of
Major Ben H. Bassett and Mary Burnet Bassett of Brenhain. War Work: Sales Manager Bell County, Third and Fourth Liberty Loan and Victory Loan Cam- paigns; Treasurer Bell County U. S. War Work Cam- paign; member of Executive Committees, First and Second Liberty Loans and every Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. or other war work campaign put on in Bell County.
Birkhead, Albert P., Waco; Manager and Secretary St. Charles Hotel Company; phones 83 and 3056. Home address, 1515 Chandler Street. Born in Missouri, July 17th, 1881. Member of A. O. U. W. and Praetorians.
Blackshear, R. K., Corsicana; Oil Producer, Secretary of Corsicana Deep Well Company; Secretary Corsicana Oil and Refining Company, and member of the firm of Warren & Blackshear Leasing Company. Church afl., Methodist. Ancestry, English and Scotch. Served in Spanish-American War and the Philippine War.
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Batte, R. L., Cameron; Capitalist. Owner of the Cameron Cotton Oil Company, Thorndale Oil Mill, Burlington Oil Mill and eighteen cotton gins in Milam County. In addition to his oil mill, cotton gins and other interests, he is an extensive land owner and farmer, having about 5000 acres under cultivation near Cameron. He is the owner of the "Riverside Farm" of 3100 acres and the "Green Lake Farm," on which he lives. Mr. Batte is also an extensive cattle, hog, horse and mule raiser; has a large herd of thoroughbred Hereford and Red Poll cattle. He is interested in the Citizens' National Bank of Cameron and the Durango Land and Timber Company of Mexico, with holdings of 666,000 acres of land there. Born in Texas, October 9th, 1863. Receiv- ed his education at the old Cameron Academy and other private schools. Mr. Batte married first in 1883, from which union he has two children-Mrs. M. L. Harvey and R. L. Batte, Jr., his oldest son, J. S. Batte having lost his life in 1915 by drowning. In 1909 he married Miss Lelia M. MeAnally of Cameron a great-granddaugh- te of Rev. James Peeler. a distinguished Methodist pio. neer preacher and the inventor of the famous Peeler plow. They have two children, Mary Belle and Lelie M. Batte, of the ages of nine and five, respectively. Mr. Batte is considered by his friends as a human dynamo, and no detail of his vast business is too small for his consideration and none escapes his memory. He is a born leader of men, and among the hundreds that he employs are found many of his close friends. Ancestry, Son of Captain G. A. Batte, who emigrated from Vir- ginia and settled in Milam County, Texas, in 1845.
Butler, Thomas J., Austin : General Manager Butler Brick Company, 201 Congress Avenue, and Secretary-Treas- urer Elgin-Butler Brick and Tile Company of Houston. Business phone, 2240. Home address, 600 W. Seventh Street ; phone 1001. Born in Texas, May 25th, 1884. Member of K. of C., Austin Country Club and Elks. Favorite recreations, golf and hunting. Church afl., Roman Catholic. Ancestry, Irish and German.
Belk, Craig, Houston; Rice & Belk, Insurance, Chronicle Building; phones 900 and 156. Home address, 510 W. Alabama Street. Born in Texas, August 15th, 1881. Member of Masonie Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite, York Rite and Shrine. Member of Houston Club, Houston Country Club, Thalian Cluh, Y. M. C. A. and Houston Turn Verein. Church affiliation, Episcopal. Ances- try, American. President State Association of Insur- ance Agents.
Bettis, August, Waco; Musician, Band Director and In- structor, The Battis Band; Dealer in Band Instru- ments, and interested in the ownership of McIntosh & Bettis' Dramatic Show. Member of Y. M. B. L. An- cestry, American. War Work: Commissioned as Lieu. tenant and served as Band Master.
Burnett, Silas Gary, Beaumont, 226 Main Street; phones 598-599. Home address, 1910 Franklin Street. Treas- urer Texas Steel Company: President Ineeda Laundry Company ; Director Texas Bank and Trust Company ; Sec- retary W. S. B. Grocery Company of Dallas and Fort Worth (Piggly Wiggly Co. Stores), and President of Beaumont Nat'l Farm Loan Ass'n. Born in Texas, May 7. 1869. Educated at Galveston High School. Member of Masonic Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite and Shrine; member of O. E. S., K. of P. and W. O. W. Church afl., Pres- byterian. Ancestry, son of S. F. and Mary E. Burnett (deceased ).
Booth, Crawford Henry, Taylor; Banker. Born in Texas, March 10th, 1893. Educated at Texas University and A. and M. College. Member of Elks. Church afl., Pres- byterian. Ancestry. American. War Work: Commis- sioned as Captain of Field Artillery, A. D. C .; in A. E. F. nineteen months ; First Division and First Army. Booth, G. M., Taylor; President Taylor National Bank, 200 Main Street ; phone 92. Born in West Virginia, No- vember Ist. 1867. Educated at A. and M. College. Member of B. P. O. E. Church afl., Presbyterian. Bloor, Alfred Wainwright, Austin; Lawyer 714 Littlefield Building; phone 590. Home address 304 W. Eleventh Street; phone 4450. Born in Pennsylvania, September
9th, 1876. Educated at A. and M. College and Univer- sity of Texas; degrees, B. S. A. and LL. B. Member of Elks Club. Favorite recreations, hunting and military trap shooting. Church afl., Methodist. Ancestry, Eng- lish; father, A. S. Bloor, and inother, Martha Wain- wright Bloor. War Work: Served with Texas Volun- teer Infantry in war with Spain, 1898; appointed Major, First Infantry, Texas Volunteer Guard, 1902; reap- pointed Major, First Infantry, Texas National Guard, 1903; appointed Lieutenant Colonel, Second Infantry, Texas National Guard, 1914; commanded Detachment of Texas National Guard, 14 companies infantry, two
troops cavalry and one battery of artillery, on Mexican border, 1914; Team Captain, Second Infantry, T. N. G., Regimental Rife Team, which won championship of the United States for regimental rifle teams, at Camp Perry, Ohio, 1911; team captain and shooting member of Second Infantry, T. N. G. Regimental Rifle Team, win- ning championship of Texas National Guard, 1912-13; team captain and shooting member of Texas State Rifle team at Sea Girt, N. J., 1912; in charge of rifle prae- tice for Texas National Guard at Austin, 1913; quali- fied as rifle expert, 1906-14; qualified as pistol expert, 1909-14; won championship of Texas National Guard with pistol, 1912; won championship of Second Infan- try, T. N. G., with rifle, 1912; assisted Adjutant Gen- eral of Texas in drafting State Militia Law, 1905; ap- pointed on Board of Officers to draft State Militia Law, January to March, 1917; served in World War from April 15th, 1917, to July 18th, 1918; instructor in musketry for Texas Brigade, T. N. G., at Fort Sam Houston, April and May, 1917; appointed Colonel of infantry and assigned to command the Seventh Infan- try, Texas National Guard, June 4th, 1917; mustered out of Federal service to accept promotion to Colonel, July 20, 1917; assigned to the Command of the 142d U. S. Infantry, October 14th. 1917; commanded the 142d U. S. Infantry, 36th Division, during the Meuse- Argonne offensive (Champagne), France, October 6, 1918, to October 27th, 1918; commanded the 142d In- fantry, 36th Division, continuously from October 14th, 1917, to July 8th 1919; appointed Colonel of cavalry, National Guard of Texas, and assigned to command the Second Cavalry, August 26, 1919; Colonel 142d U. S. Infantry from October 14, 1918. to July 8, 1919, the date upon which the 142d was demobilized. Moved to Travis County with parents in 1878 and has resided there ever since. Married to Miss Lucile Manor, De- cember 4th, 1901.
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