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Mr. Seay is not married and at the present time is living at the Jefferson Hotel at Dallas. He is one of the most active members of the City Club and also holds membership in the Lakewood Country Club.
Having won substantial recognition of his fine legal attainments, his devotion to professional duties and his profound business ability, Mr. Seay is well known to the bar as a careful, painstaking and con- scientious lawyer.
ALPH W. MALONE, member of the firm of Seay, Seay, Malone and Lipscomb, attorneys at law, has been engaged in the practice of law before the Dallas bar for the past eight years. Seay, Seay, Malone and Lipscomb have always been engaged in the civil practice of the law, exclusively, and enjoy the confidence of a large clientele, including many large companies, among which are the following: The Southland Life Insur- ance Company, the Manhattan Life Insurance Com- pany, the Casualty Reciprocal Exchange, of Kansas City, the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Com- pany, of Baltimore, the International Travellers Association, the S. G. Davis Motor Car Company, the S. G. Davis Hat Company, the Vitrolithic Construc- tion Company, Austin Brothers and the Wyatt Metal Works.
Born in McLouisboro, Illinois, March 22, 1892. Ralph W. Malone is a son of Emory Duncan and Mary Marguerite Malone, the former being an im- plement dealer. Ralph W. is one of seven children, three being brothers and three sisters. The year after his birth the family moved to Sherman, Texas, where they remained for the succeeding seven years, after which time they took up their abode in Dallas.
Mr. Malone received his early educational train- ing in the public schools of Dallas and Sherman, after which he became a student of Law at the University of Texas. In 1914 he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from that institution and immediately there- after became identified wtih the firm that he is now a member of. In 1917 Mr. Malone entered the second Leon Springs Training Camp for officers and at the completion of the course was appointed a first lieutenant in field artillery. From Leon Springs he was stationed at Camp Travis and then to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After a ten weeks course in the schools of fire he was then transferred to Camp Jackson after which he was assigned to Camp Meade, Mary- land. While at Camp Meade he was placed in con- mand of the 31st Regiment, while he held the rank as first lieutenant, and later was promoted to eap- tain. He was later promoted to major of field artillery, which rank he held when discharged.
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In fraternal orders Mr. Malone is a member of the Delta Chi College Fraternity. He is a 32nd Degree Mason, and Shriner. He also has membership in the Idlewild Club, the Officers Club, of Dallas, the State and Dallas Bar Associations, the Chamber of Com- merce, and the Junior Dinner Dance Club.
HARLES F. GREENWOOD, of Dallas, Texas, is a native Texan. He was born April 7th, 1869, in Lampasas County. He is the son of Joseph J. and Georgiana Connell Greenwood. The elder Greenwood, together with his parents, having removed to Texas in the year 1833, when it was a wild frontier. They resided in Texas when it was under Mexican rule, and later when it was an independent republic, with a presi- dent of its own. As pioneers, the Greenwoods- several brothers-aided in civilizing the state, and went through all the varied hardships incident to a rugged frontier life. In those days the wild Indians were a constant terror to the white population, mak- ing frequent raids into the white settlements. Mr. Greenwood's father was the first district clerk of Lampases County, and lived to be nearly seventy-six years of age. His wife survives him, and still lives in that county.
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The subject of this sketch had very meagre edu- cational advantages, having attended the public schools and spent two years in a local college of Lampasas. He is the eldest of five children-two boys and three girls. He read law in Lampasas under the law firm of Smith and Walker. The year he reached his majority he was admitted to the bar. For three years he practiced law in Lampasas and adjoining counties. He was married in June, 1894, to Miss Willie Dyer, daughter of Judge and Mrs. John L. Dyer, of Waco. Mr. Greenwood located at Hillsboro the year of his marriage, and practiced law there during the period of eighteen years. In November, 1900, he was elected prosecuting at- torney, and served in that capacity for four years. In the November election of 1904 he was elected to the legislature, and served through one regular and three special sessions, frequently serving as Speaker Pro. Tem.
At the Democratic State Convention in 1908 he was elected its chairman. During his residence at Hillsboro he was engaged in the practice of criminal law almost exclusively, appearing in many important cases there and in different counties, sometimes for the state but more frequently for the defense. He established a reputation as an advocate before juries.
In 1911 Mr. Greenwood removed to the city of Dallas, where he has been actively engaged in the practice of civil law. It has been his good fortune to appear in some large cases in which important constitutional questions were involved-cases that afforded opportunities of exceptional nature to argue and present matters of much moment. In recogni- tion of his ability, different governors have em- ployed him to defend the constitutionality of certain laws when attacked in the courts.
In 1918 the Mayor of Dallas appointed him a mem- ber of the City Arbitration Board, resigning that position a year later.
He is an active member of the State Bar Associa- tion and on different occasions has addressed that body.
In 1919 he was elected chairman of a state-wide mass meeting of Democrats in Fort Worth-the meeting being called for the purpose of restoring
what is known as the "old time Democratic Doc- trines."
Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood have six children, Roberta, Connell, Willie May, Charles, Robert and Gracie Elaine-four daughters and two sons.
Judge Greenwood was deprived of a university and college education, and realizing this, he has tried to educate himself. He has been a constant student of both law and literature. For years he has made it a fixed practice to read several hours each night, and in his "den" at home, 5111 Worth Street, may be found a large collection of the most noted authors, historians and novelists. He is fond of dramatic art and delights in reading and studying the biog- raphies and sketches of the old-time masters of the stage.
JOHN D. FOURAKER, attorney at law, 404 Scollard Building, Dallas, has been active in the practice of law since 1886 and since that time has become identified with some of the most progressive business undertakings, among which stands out notably the Kidd-Springs bathing resort, located in Oak Cliff. Judge Fouraker has been the guiding spirit of that organization for a number of years and to him it owes the credit for its phenomenal growth.
Born at Marietta, Illinois, May 11, 1861, Judge Fouraker was a son of Levi and Lydia (Andrews) Fouraker. He received his early educational train- ing in the public schools of his native state and at a later date attended the Valparaiso Normal School, Valparaiso, Indiana. In 1884 he moved to Texas and began his business career in the teaching pro- fession, being employed at Grand Prairie. While teaching he devoted his spare time to the study of law and in 1886 was admitted to the bar by ex- amination. He began practice with S. H. Grantham as his partner and later became the partner of Barry Miller, the latter continuing for a period of five years. The Judge then began an independent prac- tice, which he has continued ever since that time. In 1892 he was elected city attorney of Oak Cliff, which at that time was a separate municipality. In 1888 he became assistant county attorney of Dallas County. He served two terms as alderman for the city of Oak Cliff, and later was a member of the school board. Judge Fouraker was one of the or- ganizers of the Kidd-Springs Boating and Fishing Club and has served as secretary of that organiza- tion ever since it was formed, which was some twen- ty-five years. ago. In addition to being secretary he is also one of the directors and is manager of the lake which the club now owns.
In 1884 Judge Fouraker married Miss Jessie Pow- ers of Manhattan, Kansas, and they are the parents of thirteen children, twelve of whom are living: Mary, Florence, John, Winifred, Frances, Leroy L. and Raymond S., who are twins, Harvey (deceased), Harold, William, Robert, Dorothy and Philip.
The Fourakers have their home at 733 Van Buren Street, Oak Cliff. Judge Fouraker is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the I. O. O. F.
T. HENDERSON, attorney at law, 702 American Exchange National Bank Build- ing, Dallas, has been a citizen of Dallas for the past twenty-five years and during the last decade has been engaged in the practice of law. He has served Dallas not only in the capacity of a loyal and active private citizen but also as a public
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servant, having served as Finance Commissioner of this city for two consecutive terms.
Born at La Grange, Georgia, January 16th, 1869, W. T. Henderson is a son of John Henderson, who was a physician. He came to this state from Georgia in 1873, locating at Sherman and moving to Honey Grove in 1875. The younger Mr. Hender- son received his primary education in the public schools of Honey Grove, which was effectively sup- plemented by a course in business administration at the Eastman Business College, of Poughkeepsie, New York. After finishing there he went to New York City where he was employed in the office of a public accountant. He remained there for a short period and then returned to Honey Grove. There he accepted a position as accountant for a cotton con- cern but a few months later moved to Dallas. For the next succeeding five years he was the bookkeeper for a number of mercantile houses of this city but in 1900 accepted a position with the Gaston National Bank as bookkeeper. He remained with this con- cern for the next eight years and while there ad- vanced from the position of bookkeeper to assistant cashier. In April, 1908, he was appointed City Auditor by the commissioners and was the first in- cumbent of that office. He remained there until May, 1911, at which time he was elected Commis- sioner of Finance and Revenue for the City of Dal- las, which office he held for two consecutive terms. In 1912 he was admitted to the bar by examination but did not begin his practice until the expiration of his second term of office, which was in 1915. Ever since that time he has practiced the civil law ex- clusively and has built up a large clientele.
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On May 24th, 1894, Mr. Henderson married Miss Ware, of Honey Grove, Texas, and the daughter of a prominent business man of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson are the parents of one child, Walter T. Henderson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson are both active in the Methodist Church, having been mem- bers for many years.
ON. WALTER L. THORNTON, Judge of Dallas County Court at Law No. Two, has the distinction of being the youngest judge of any court of record in the State of Texas. He was appointed to this position by the Commis- sioners Court when the additional court for Dallas County was established in 1917 and 1918 he was elected to the place. Another distinction of which Judge Thornton is pardonably proud, is that at the age of 22 years he was appointed special judge of the Corporation Court, being at the time the young- est corporation judge in the United States.
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Judge Thornton is a native Texan and was born near Hico in Hamilton County October 22, 1885. He is a son of Wm. T. and Polly Ann (Weatherbee) Thornton, pioneer residents of that part of the state. His mother likewise was a native Texan and his father emigrated to this state from Georgia with his parents in 1851. The grandfather of Judge Thorn- ton took an active part in the War between the states, serving in the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1865.
Judge Thornton received his preliminary education in the school at Bristol in Ellis County where he was reared, and later attended the Metropolitan Business College at Dallas. After completing his business course he studied law in the University of Texas and was admitted to the bar in 1908, a year and a half before leaving the University. He left the Univer- sity in January, 1910, and came to Dallas and began
the active practice of his profession. He has made a splendid record as an attorney and as Judge of Dallas County Court at Law.
Judge Thornton is a Thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Scottish Rite, Royal Arch and Shrine Bodies. He is also a member of the Odd Fel- lows, being Past Noble Grand of Oak Cliff Lodge, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Maeca- bees, Rotary Club, Unversity, Cedar Crest Country, Automobile and Bonehead Clubs. He is deeply inter- ested in the development of the wonderful resources of Texas and especially interested in the election of good and capable men to state and municipal offices. The strategic location of Dallas means that this city will always be the commercial center of the South- west, Judge Thornton, believes.
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AURY HUDSON HUGHES, Dallas County District Attorney, with offices at the county courthouse, is one of the foremost young lawyers of the state, and his achievements since his admission to the bar have been character- ized by one success upon another. As an attorney he has had a successful career as a prosecutor, lead- ing to his election to the office of district attorney for the county in 1920. Prior to that time he had served as assistant district attorney and advisor for the Commissioners' Court. His work as assistant district attorney took him into two district courts, two county courts, the probate courts and eight jus- tice courts, and in all of these he built for himself a reputation as a relentless prosecutor of those charged with crimes against the peace and dignity of the state, as he is continuing to do since his election as district attorney.
Mr. Hughes is a veteran of the late war, and his record as a soldier in that great conflict, reflects the kind of material he is made of. Entering the army as a private, he was made a second lieutenant September, 1917, promoted to first lieutenant in January, 1918, and to captaincy in October, 1918, heading Company E, 144th Infantry, 36th Division. He sailed for France in June, 1918, landing at Brest, and it was during the Champagne offensive that he was promoted to the captaincy of his company and later received the Croix de Guerre for distinguished service. His company lost many men in that en- gagement. He returned to the United States and was discharged from the service in June 1919, when he opened an office in Dallas and began the practice of his profession here.
Mr. Hughes was born in San Diego, Calif., in 1893, but was reared and educated in Texas, attending the public schools of Gainsville, Austin College at Sher- man, Texas, and the University of Virginia. He was admitted to the bar by examination at Texar- kana in 1911. His parents were J. W. and Oliva (Hudson) Hughes. The Hughes family formerly lived at Gainsville, Texas, where Mr. Hughes father practiced law, and on account of the elder Hughes' health the family moved to San Diego, Calif. where he practiced law and was later elected judge of the Superior Court. It was while living in California that the subject of this sketch was born. Shortly after his birth his father died and the family re- turned to Gainsville.
Mr. Hughes is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and member of Hella Temple Shrine. Ile is also identified with the Automobile Club, the University Club, the Dallas Bar Association and the Chamber of Conimerce.
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FREDERICK HALL ALEXANDER, justice of the peace, Precinct No. 1, Place No. 1, Dallas County, was born at Palestine, Texas, September 7, 1884, son of C. L. and Alice (Hall) Alexander, his father a native of Texas and his mother a native of Mississippi. After at- tending the rural school and high schools and the North Texas State Normal School, he studied law at the University of Texas and was admitted to the bar in June, 1914. Following in his father's foot- steps, he taught school from 1908 to 1918, even while studying law, and in 1918 he was elected justice of the peace for the two-year term and re- elected in 1920.
Mr. Alexander was married to Miss Annie L. Clark November 26, 1919, and they live at 5604 Columbia Ave. He is a 32 degree Scottish Rite Mason, Knight Templar and a Shriner; member of Hella Temple; past master of Tannerhill Lodge No. 52 A. F. & A. M .; member of the Odd Fellows, the Maccabees, Fraternal Aid Union, Praetorians, Ki- wanis Club, Chamber of Commerce, Dallas Bar As- sociation and Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
He is a man of engaging personality and has drawn to himself a large number of staunch friends who admire him for his many sterling qualities. In his administration of the law he exercises careful judgment, being always anxious to render fair and impartial decisions in all matters eoming before him for adjudication.
Politically he is a democrat, wedded to the ideals and tenets of his party and always ready to render it any service within his power, and his re-elec- tion to his present post in 1920 is but an evidence of the confidence reposed in him by his friends and his party.
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As a citizen of Dallas, Dallas County and Texas, neither the city, the county nor the State has a more ardent booster or a man who will do more to further the growth and development of either. He is proud of Texas and her marvelous institutions and resources, of Dallas and her flattering future, and predicts that within the next ten years it will be the leading metropolis of the Great Southwest.
UDGE FRANCIS GILMER HARMON, Judge of County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 2, has been a practitioner before the Dallas bar for the past eight years. Before being elected County Judge, which was in July, 1920, he was a member of the firm of Harmon and Harmon, attorneys at law.
A native son of Dallas, Judge Harmon was born in 1893 and is a son of George A. and Elizabeth (Gilmer) Harmon, the former being an attorney of this eity. The public and high schools of Dallas afforded Judge Harmon his early education which was supplemented by a course of training at Colonel Cole's Military Academy. After graduation there he attended the University of Texas, where he re- ceived his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1913. Im- mediately thereafter he returned to Dallas and was made assistant county attorney of Dallas County, under Currie Mccutcheon. In 1915 he began his private practice with his father, under the firm name of Harmon and Harmon. Before the outbreak of the war Judge Harmon was a member of the Texas Na- tional Guard and in 1916 served on the border, when the United States Troops were ealled out to protect lives of Texans. After the outbreak of the Euro-
pean war and the entrance of the United States therein he was transferred to the regular army and was made a second lieutenant of the 13th Field Artillery. He was sent to France with the Fourth Division troops and landed there in 1918. In October he was made an instructor in artillery firing behind the lines and after the signing of the armistice was sent into Germany with the 13th Field Artillery and was placed in charge of eivil affairs in the regi- mental area. He returned to the United States in August of 1919 and was mustered out of the service in the following September. He then returned to Dallas and resumed his practice. In the summer of 1919 he was a candidate for Judge of the County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 2, and was elected by a large vote to serve on that bench.
In fraternal affiliations Judge Harmon has mem- bership in the Masons. He is also a member of the Cedar Crest Country Club and the Dallas Bar Asso- ciation. He has his home with his father at 2918 Greenwood Street, Dallas.
ARL B. CALLAWAY, assistant city at- torney for the City of Dallas, whose office is in the Municipal Building, Dallas, is rapidly coming to the front in the legal pro- fession and in local politics. He has been engaged at his present position since July, 1920, when the appointment came, shortly following his graduation from the law department of the University of Texas.
Prior to this the world war emergency came as an interruption to his training for the legal pro- fession and he left his studies at the time of the departure of the 90th Division, as a first lieutenant, for overseas duty. While in Europe he participated in the Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne campaigns and at the end of the fighting was stationed at Bern- eastle, Germany, with the Army of Occupation. Upor his return to Ameriea he resumed his studies at Austin and graduated in the Class of 1920 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
Mr. Callaway is a native Texan and at the time of his birth, October 7, 1895, his parents, L. R. Callaway, now an attorney in Dallas, and Ida Me- Comico Callaway were living in Corsicana. He re- eeived his earlier education in the public and high schools of Dallas. Later, when he entered the Uni- versity of Texas, he became active in all affairs of the student body. He was elected to membership in the Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Rho and Phi Alpha Tau fraternities during his college years and since his admittance to the bar has become affiliated with the Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce, the County and State Bar Associations, and the Young Lawyers' Club of Dallas.
He is recognized by his associates in all these organizations as a potential leader and by business men generally as a young "man of parts." He is unmarried and makes his home with his parents at 4946 Victor Street, Dallas.
WILLIS PIERSON, former district attorney of Dallas county, came to the city in 1396 and did private practice until June, 1907, when he became assistant district attorney of Dallas eounty. In 1916 he became first assistant district attorney, and in 1918 he was elected district attorney, which position he held for the two year term. He was a very eapable prosecuting officer and during his connection with the office handled some very noted cases in a manner that reflected
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credit upon himself and the courts in which he prac- ticed. For the past few years, Mr. Pierson has re- sided in New Orleans where he is serving as a national officer of the Loyal Order of Moose. Prior to coming to Dallas Mr. Pierson was district attorney of Rains County for four years, and county judge for one term.
Mr. Pierson was born at Emory, Rains County, Texas, January 22 1879, son of John F. and Elmira (Turner) Pierson. His father was a native of Texas and taught school in the State for many years, later engaging in the mercantile business at Emory. He was city clerk of Dallas for twelve years, first ap- pointed by Mayor Hays and reappointed by succes- sive mayors, and at the time of his death, July, 1890, , was 70 years old. His mother was a native of Ala- bama.
The public and high schools of Emory furnished Mr. Pierson with the foundation for his education, which was completed at Baylor University at Waco. He studied law at the State University. At the age of 19 he had the disability for admission to the bar removed before Hon. Howard Templeton and was granted law license by him. He then entered upon the practice of his profession, which he has followed continuously.
He was married to Miss Birdie Cooper September 12, 1899. He is a 32 Degree Mason and member of Hella Temple Shrine; a Knight of Pythias, Odd Fellow and a national officer of the Loyal Order of Moose; Kiwanis Club. He is an active member of the Central Baptist Church of Oak Cliff and presi- dent of the Men's Brotherhood of that church.
UDGE WALTER L. MATHIS, attorney at law, Dallas, has for the past quarter of a century devoted a great part of his time to political activity and is well known through- out the state as one of the staunchest defenders of Jeffersonian democracy. However, he has not neglected his profession for at the present time he enjoys the confidence of a large clientele and has well established himself in the legal fraternity. His efforts have not been entirely along the legal prac- tice for in business he is known as a man of acumen and foresight and is at the present time the direct- ing head of several large concerns.
Born in Ellijoy, Georgia, July 29, 1878, Judge Mathis is a son of Larkin T. and Margaret (Harkins) Mathis, who originally settled there from Ireland. His early education was acquired in his native state and in 1898 he was admitted to the bar. In 1907 he was elected City Judge of Dallas and occupied the bench for two and one-half terms of four years. Later the Judge became the law partner of Judge Callaway, under the name of Calloway and Mathis, which firm continued until 1916 at which time Judge Mathis resumed his independent practice, which he has continued ever since that time. Judge Mathis is president of the Pocahontas Leasing and Royalty Company, an oil company of great magnitude, which owns several thousands of acres of oil land in the best known oil fields of Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Citizens Tire and Rubber Company of this city and was formerly president of the Security Production Company, which he organized some years back.
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