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He was a member of Grace Methodist Church of Dallas of which for several years he was an officer. Mr. Walker was fond of sports of all kinds, particularly hunting and he had several cups and blue ribbons for his expert markmanship, having at one time been declared the champion of Texas after a meet of the experts of the state. He
had not reached the zenith of his usefulness and his friends were expecting great things of his future. His untimely death stopped the hopes of his friends, and shocked and saddened the heart of every man and woman who knew him. He practiced his profession of the law in accordance with the highest ethics of the legal brotherhood. Kindly, courteous, genial, he commanded not only the respect but the sincere and affectionate regard of the entire circle of his acquaintances. As a business man, he was an advocate of the highest standards. In the flush and flower of his manhood the resistless messenger called him. His untimely death was a distinct loss to Dallas and this com- munity.
JOVARD EMMETT GOODLOE for almost ten years was one of the leading architects and builders of Dallas where he specialized in the construction of brick bungalows. Many of the most attractive homes of this type in this city are the result of his skill and experience.
A native Texan, Mr. Goodloe was born near Clarksville, Red River County July 28, 1876. Ilis father, Hinton James Goodloe, was a native of Ten- nessee, who came to Texas as a young man and be- came one of the leading farmers in his county. Ilis mother, Mrs. Mary (Nugent) Goodloe, was a native Texan and a member of a pioneer family of this State. After completing his education in the schools of Texas, Mr. Goodloe taught school for about three years. During this time he studied accounting and became an accountant, following this profession for ten years and was regarded as one of the most efficient men in this line in the State. Mr. Goodloe organized the State Guaranty Bank at Frisco, Texas and also constructed the building which this institution occupies. He built the Masonic Building and the Merchant's Bank Building at Mount Vernon, Texas, and many other business houses in various parts of the State. In 1900 he came to Dallas, where he became an archi- tect and builder for himself and soon became one of the best known men of his profession.
Mr. Goodloe was married in Dallas, October 19, 1907, to Miss Mary Pearl Lewis, a native of Ala- bama and a member of one of the foremost families of that State. Her father, Thomas Jefferson Lewis. was a native of Alabama and prior to his removal to Texas had been an active figure in the commercial life of his community. Her mother, Mrs. Jimmie Ann (Boyd) Lewis, was a member of a well known family of the State of Alabama. The Goodloe home is located at 322 North Ewing Avenue.
Mr. Goodloe died in Dallas May 30, 1922. He was a member of the Methodist Church. During his residence in Dallas he was active in movemes': for the upbuilding of this city, where he was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. As an architect and builder, his work was in a class by ". self, distinguished by the artistic finish and skal of the expert in charge. He was one of those and !! viduals who followed the profession because he loved it. putting his energy and personality is. . . 1 the work that he did. He was a son of Texas p .... neers and loved his State as only a native cm. H passing occasioned sorrow throughout the sure. well as in Dallas which had been his home for :Wen. ty-two years, during which period he had been a prominent and popular figure in its business circles.
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LIVER P. WOLCOTT, a native son of Texas, was born on a farm near Tyler, Smith County, and spent his entire life, up to the time he retired from active business pursuits after he had reached the age of fifty-seven years, in farming activities. He was a successful farmer and large landowner, his holdings being mostly in Dallas County. Through- out his life he took an active interest in politics, county, state and national and in the development of his county and state, serving with distinction as county commissioner of Dallas County for several terms and was a central figure in securing for Dallas the conerete viaduct connecting Oak Cliff with Dallas after a hard fight in defeating the bill for a wooden structure for this long bridge span. Mr. Wolcott was largely instrumental in having the viaduct built of concrete, giving to Dallas the noteworthy distinction of having, at the time it was completed, the longest concrete viaduct in the world.
Mr. Wolcott was born, February 10, 1857. His father William Wolcott, a native of Alabama, came to Texas in 1853 and was a pioneer educator here, teaching in the schools of Tyler until his death in 1860. His mother, Mrs. Eliza (Gallagher) Wolcott, a native of Alabama, died in Dallas in 1878. His education was received in the public schools of Cedar Hill, Dallas County, where his parents had moved when he was a child, following the close of the Civil war. As a boy he engaged in farming with his father, later purchasing a farm of his own, which he continued to till until 1915 when he removed to Dallas and built a beautiful home in Oak Cliff on Beckley avenue. For about 13 years while conducting his farm Mr. Wolcott was employed as salesman for Parlin-Orndorff implement dealers. During this period he invented and manufactured a disc plow that was manufac- tured and sold by this company. The Wolcott farm, which is among the finest and best improved in this part of the state, is located on the Beckley Road, four miles south of Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott sold this place in 1913.
Mr. Wolcott was married in Parker County, near Weatherford. September 29, 1879 to Miss Martha A. Wampler, a native of Parker County, Texas, and a member of a pioneer Texas family. Her father was a pioneer settler of Dallas County, and after one year in Hunt County, removed to Parker County where he resided until his death. He was a native of Indiana and figured prominently in the early day Indian fights in Texas and served as a Texas Ranger during the war. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott: Mrs. Minnie Lee Bryan, Mrs. Eva Wilmut, Mrs. Ethel Nance, Mrs. Beatrice Heifrin, Miss Olive Wolcott and O. P. Wolcott, Jr., all of whom are residents of Dal- las County with the exception of Mrs. Heifrin who lives in Weatherford. The two deceased children are Mrs. Hailie Caldwell and Arthur. Hallie Wolcott Caldwell, a daughter of Mrs. Caldwell. was reared by Mrs. Wolcott and lives with her. The Wolcott home is located at 721 South Beckley avenue. This is on the site of the first home which was burned, and was rebuilt in 1914.
Mr. Wolcott died in Dallas, September 16, 1916. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. and other fraternal organizations and was active in matters having to do with the civic development of his
city. He was a member of the Oak Cliff Christian Church. Mr. Wolcott had a host of friends through- out the country, who admired him for his many fine traits of character, chief among which was the fact that he always put his heart into whatever he undertook. Born on a farm, he followed farming because he loved it. It was a part of his life and he naturally succeeded. He was a progressive farmer and introduced here many of the new methods of tilling the soil for best results. Mr. Wolcott was born of fighting stock, his ancestors being the first white men in Wetumple County, Alabama and were among the first white traders with the Indians with whom they had many hand- to-hand fights. He was an illustrious Texan who in his youth was a militant standard bearer of democracy and in his riper years was honored by public offices to which he lent honor and dignity. There never was any question as to where he stood upon any issue affecting his state or community. And of loyalty to a friend, his was a shining and beautiful example. Of an old and honored family, Mr. Wolcott saw service in public station and in private life, and always wielded an influence for good, both by precept and example, that will remain forever in the minds of those fortunate to know him. His personal influence was a mighty factor in securing for Dallas many of its leading industries. His indefatigable and tireless work, his large ideas, his heroic undertakings, caused him to be known as one of the leaders in the upbuild- ing of Dallas County. Mr. Wolcott was known to practically every citizen of Dallas County and none was held in higher esteem.
ITER H. CROUCH of Dallas for more than a quarter of a century was an active fig- ure in the business life of the Lone Star State where he was associated during this period with various successful enterprises, the greater part of his activities being in Collin Coun- ty. While he was widely known in the business circles of Texas, he was perhaps best known in the wholesale grain industry.
A native of Tennessee, Mr. Crouch was born in the town of Floresville, on Boone Creek, January 2, 1859. His father, Jesse Crouch, a member of a pioneer Tennessee family, was a large plantation owner, and spent his entire life as a planter. His mother, Mrs. Janc (Galloway) Crouch, was a mem- ber of one of the outstanding families of Tennessee, where she was reared and educated, and after her marriage lived on the large plantation of her husband. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Crouch, the subject of this sketch being the fifth child.
Mr. Crouch was educated in the public schools of his community, later attending Mossy Creek College near his home and from which he gradu- ated. He then taught school in that section of Ten- nessee until coming to Texas in 1886, settling first in Farmersville, Collin County. There he bought an interest in the furniture and hardware business, of his brother, J. P. Crouch, and managed the store until, in after years, he sold his interest to his brotli- er and moved to Mckinney. Herc he engaged in the wholesale grain business, which was known as the Crouch Grain Company. This business grew to large proportions, and in 1903 he went to Waco and opened a wholesale grain business there, conducting
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:. th of these .enterprises until a few years later, when he disposed of his store in Mckinney, and continued the wholesale establishment in Waco un- ::: 1912, when he retired from active business pur- . .... During the years of his business activities, Mr. Crouch acquired a large amount of city real estate and farm lands in the vicinity of Mckinney and Waco, and business property in these cities and also " Hillsboro, Texas. He gave his time to looking after his personal property and investments, atter he retired from the grain business. He continued :o reside in Waco until 1918 when he moved to Pallas, where he purchased a beautiful home at '217 Bryan Street, where he died August 24, 1927. Vr. Crouch was active in Church work during his life, this work continuing after he moved to Dallas where he was an active member of the Gaston Avenue Baptist Church, where he was a Deacon. His father was a deacon in the Baptist church of his community in the State of Tennessee. Mr. Crouch was a lover of his home and family, never caring for clubs and lodges, but preferred to spend his hours of leisure with his family. He was mar- ried in Farmersville, Texas, September 5, 1889, to Miss Sadie Bounds, a native of Texas. Her par- ets were pioneer settlers of Collin County, Texas. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Crouch : Carrol Holt, married to Lillian Ouzts and resides in Dallas; Jesse Jackson, married to Eva Dodd, and resides in Aurora, Missouri; Robert O., married to Ann Osborn and resides in Dallas, and Hiter H. Jr., a resident of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Mr. Crouch was a pioneer of the business life of Texas, where as a citizen and as a business man he distinguished himself in such a way that the loss involved in his death was keenly and widely felt. Mrs. Crouch, his widow, resides at 450012 Junius and looks after the Crouch estate, which is located in various sections of Texas. Hiter H. Crouch was a man of rare sincerity and high standards, and his influence was always evident for those things which he conceived to be for the betterment and advancement of his city and State.
EV. JOHN CLEM was for almost forty years a leading Minister of the Baptist Church of Texas and also one of the most successful farmers and lumbermen of the State, for many years being the executive head of the Clem Lumber Company, one of the largest or- kanizations of its kind of the Lone Star State.
A native of Tennessee, Rev. Clem was born in 1833. His education was obtained in the schools of his native State, He was reared on a farm in Tennesseee and in his early manhood hauled pine knots to the Mississippi River as a livelihood. He then removed to Arkansas, where in due course of time he was married three times, losing his first two wives by death. With his third wife he re- moved to Illinois, where he farmed for one year, then returned to his Arkansas farm which he left the year previous. Rev. Clem had the desire to preach the Gospel to humanity from early youth and he preached and farmed for more than a quar- ter of a Century in Arkansas during which time he became one of the leading Ministers of his time and also acquired much of the finest agricultural land of that State. In 1885 Rev. Clem removed to Texas settling near Dallas where he purchased a large farm, and for more than two decades farmed
and preached. He then sold his farm and engaged in the lumber business at San Angelo, Texas, taking his sons who had grown to manhood, in this busi- ness with him. The lumber venture at San Angelo prospered for four years and he then sold all his in- terests and put it all in the Clem Lumber Company with headquarters at Dallas, of which organization he became the President. Ile continued to preach after he became the executive head of the Clem Lumber Company, which was and still remains one of the leading lumber concerns of this city. The Clem Lumber Company had a unique origin, in that it was organized from necessity. Rev. Clem needed a large barn on his farm and on trying to purchase lumber at Pittsburg, Texas, the nearest point hand- ling lumber, he learned through Mr. W. H. Carson, a banker of Pittsburg, that there was no lumber yard at that point at that time. So in order to supply himself and others needing this commodity, Rev. Clem and Mr. Carson started a lumber yard at Pecan Gap and this yard was the real beginning of the Clem Lumber Company of Dallas, Texas.
Rev. Clem was married the third time January 29, 1865, at Little Rock, Arkansas, to Miss Char- lotte Martin, a native of Missouri, and a member of a well known family of that State. Her father, James Martin, was a farmer in Missouri. Her mother, Mrs. Sarah (Huff) Martin, was born near the line of Missouri and Arkansas and was a mem- ber of a pioneer family of this locality. Fifteen children were born to Rev. and Mrs. Clem, nine of whom are living: Rev. Charles Edward of Level- land, Texas, who is in addition to being a well known Minister of that city, is also engaged in the lumber business at that point; Ollie of Lubbock, Texas, who is a leading lumberman of that city; J. R. President of the Clem Lumber Company of Dal- las and also a leader in the financial, civic and social circles of this city; H. A., who resides in Dallas but has an interest in business near Mineral Wells; Henry T., also interested in the lumber business at Lubbock; R. H., of Dallas, who is the President of the Builders Lumber and Loan Com- pany, one of the most important organizations of its kind of this city; Elizabeth, now Mrs. W. F. Horn of Dallas; May, now Mrs. R. E. L. Sherard of Dallas, and Dell, now Mrs. J. A. Bell of Dallas. Mrs. Clem's home is located at 5511 Victor Street.
Rev. Clem died in Dallas, April 19, 1923, at the age of ninety-two years. He was a leader in the Baptist religion, not only in Texas, but throughout the country, and was one of the most widely known Ministers of his time. Rev. Clem served in the Confederate Army for one year, driving a team while in this service as he did not want to carry a gun, not having a desire to take life, even of the enemy in war. Throughout his regime as a Minis- ter and business man, Rev. Clem had many callers for advice along many lines, and his advice was freely given to all who sought him. His wide ex- perience and wise counsel was worth much to the fortunate ones who knew him and found him ever ready to assist in any way that he could. He was honored and loved by all with whom he came in contact. Dallas and the Southwest mourned his passing and his more four score years of vigor- ous life left as a heritage those deeds he did and the expressions of his that were helpful to all will be cherished always as living memories of one of the State's most helpful citizens.
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ILBER M. KIDD for many years was promi- nently identified with the business life of Dallas where he was associated with some of the largest and most successful enter- prises of this city.
A native of Louisiana, Mr. Kidd was born in Homer, March 25, 1865. His father, Hudson A. Kidd, was an early newspaper man of New Orleans who came to Bryan, Texas, in the early 70's, soon after the Houston & Texas Central railroad had built into that town, and engaged in the newspaper business there. His mother, Mrs. Mary (Allen) Kidd, also was a native of that state. His educa- tion was received in the public schools of Bryan which at that time amounted to very little along educational lines, but he studied much at home, and in later years was a constant reader and became one of the best informed men of his time. As a young man he started his career as a traveling sales- man with the Schoellkopf Company, traveling in Western Texas. After a few years Mr. Kidd re- tired from the road and came to Dallas, where he was associated with the firm of Shuttles Bros. & Lewis, wholesale jewelers, buying considerable stock in this firm and later became president of the company, which had grown to large proportions during his association with it. Five years later, Mr. Kidd sold his entire interest in the Shuttles Bros. & Lewis Company, and became interested in the Moore-DeGrazier Company, wholesale jewel- ers of Dallas, and while he did not take an active part in the operation of this organization, he was always a member of its financial family. During this period he engaged in the real estate business, giving his entire time to this field to which he later added loans, and was conducted under the name of Wilber M. Kidd, real estate and loans and was lo- cated at 1007 Main Street. He built a beautiful home at 4409 Swiss Avenue, which at that time was one of the finest residences in that section
Mr. Kidd was married in Dallas, January 14, 1897, to Miss Viola Mead Bird, born near St. Louis, Missouri. Her father, Charles Edwin Bird, a native of Missouri, came to Dallas in 1885 and was interested in Dallas real estate and loans, giv- ing his time to his class of business, and also took an active part in the early development of Dallas, where he was known as one of its most progressive and estecmed citizens. He died here October 27, 1924, at the age of eighty-six years. Her mother, Mrs. Ann Thompson (Elliott) Bird, was a native of Missouri and a member of a well known family of that state. She died in Dallas, December 23, 1911.
Mr. Kidd died at his home in Dallas, November 22, 1927, following an automobile accident, and was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery. He attended the Central Christian Church, of which his wife was an active member. His hobby was hunting and fishing and he was a member of the Koon Kreek Klub. During the later years of his life he enjoyed working in the garden with his flowers. He had a host of friends in Dallas and in all parts of the Southwest, from every walk of life. Mr. Kidd was a man of fine and genial disposition, and in- deed charitable, giving freely to churches, hospitals and colleges and generally doing whatever good he could to the less fortunate. Both as a citizen and business man, his record will ever stand as a fitting tribute to his splendid character.
OHN DAVID WRIGHT, a resident of Texas for upward of thirty years. John David Wright engaged in farming in various parts of the state up until 1924, when he re- tired and moved to Dallas. Mr. Wright began his business career before the Civil war, in Louisville, Kentucky, where he entered the jewelry business with his father. He was among the first to volun- teer in the Confederate army, enlisting at the age of twenty, in the First, Kentucky infantry, enlisting for one year, and on receiving his discharge re- enlisted in the twenty-first Virginia cavalry, with which he served until the end of the war. He was wounded in the battle of Bull Run, and participated in many other battles, all his service being in Virginia. After the close of the war he began farming in Washington County, Virginia, and later went to King's Mill, Virginia, where he opened a mercantile store that he operated several years. Selling that business he went to Hawkins County, Tennessee, and engaged in farming in that section for twenty years. During this time he also served as justice of the peace at Rodgersville, Tennessee. and as a school trustee at Mooresburg. Tennessee. He then came to Texas, locating in Hunt County where he farmed for a time, and while living there served as school trustee at Wagner. Fol- lowing this he moved to Merit, where he resided ten years. He retired in 1924 and moved to Dallas, his death occurring in this city, at the home of his daughter Miss Annie Wright, March 19, 1926.
John David Wright was born in Louisville, Kentucky, August 24, 1839, a son of David Powell and Elizabeth (Pullen) Wright. David Powell Wright, a native of Virginia, went to Louisville, Kentucky in the early '30s. and engaged in the jewelry business there for many years. Mrs. Wright was a native of Virginia, her family having been early settlers of that state. John David Wright was educated in the private schools of Kentucky.
Mr. Wright was married on the first day of January, 1878, in Washington County, Virginia, to Miss Julia F. Gray, a native of Bristol, Virginia, and a daughter of William H. and Ann (Fudge) Gray. Mr. Gray was born in Washington County, Virginia in 1812 and lived in that county all his life. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, who went to Washington County in 1800. Mrs. Gray, whose parents were of Dutch extraction, was also a native of Washington County. Mr. and Mrs. Wright had six children, John Henderson, of Hunt County; Mabel, the widow of W. P. Owens; Miss Annie, of Dallas; Lillian, wife of R. E. Cheney. of Hunt County; Homer G., of Greenville, and Marietta, wife of J. T. Jones, of Dallas. Mrs. Mabel Owens is rearing William A. Klein, the son of her deceased daughter, Mrs. A. H. Klein. Mr. Wright was married prior to this to Mrs. Elizabeth McChesney, whose death occurred in 1876. Seven children were born to this first union, five of whom survive, namely, William Henry, a Methodist preacher, of Paris, Texas; David Powell, of Merit. Texas; Ursula. now Mrs. Wood Johnson; Sallie. now Mrs. Ed. Holmes, and Bettie, the widow of J. J. Rodgers, the last two named living in Dallas.
Mr. Wright was a member of the Presbyterian Church in which he served as an elder.
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ALTER LEE KENDRICK, of Dallas, for many years was well known in the retail drug circles of the Lone Star State, where after leaving college, he was employed as a ; arinacist, later owning and operating a modern trug establishment.
A native Texan, Mr. Kendrick was born in Tyler a October 17, 1878. His father, William Ken- drick, a native of South Carolina, was engaged in farming practically all of his life in South Carolina and Georgia. He served throughout the Civil War, being one of the first to enlist from his community. His mother, Mrs. Ella Kendrick, was a member of a well known family of Alabama. His early educa- con was obtained in the public schools of Henderson, Texas, later studying pharmacy also at this little city, after which he entered the department of phar- mancy at the medical branch of the University of Texas at Galveston, from which he received his de- kree. He then went to Houston where he worked as a pharmacist in some of the leading drug stores, after which he went to Huntsville and for two years was employed as a pharmacist in the lead- ing drug establishment of that city. He then went to Henderson, Texas, where he purchased a drug store, with Mr. M. B. Pruitt as a partner and oper- sted this establishment for two years, selling his in- terest to his partner at the end of that period and accepted a traveling position with the Sterns Com- pany of Detroit Michigan and for twelve years trav- eled for this firm in all parts of the United States. Tiring of the road, Mr. Kendrick came to Dallas in 1909 and for several years was associated with the Flippen-Prather Real Estate Company of this city, and worked in the Highland Park district.
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