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Mr. Powell was married in Dallas August 2, 1882, to Miss Mary A. Durrell, a native of Pleas- ant Ridge, near Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father, H. C. Durrell, was a pioneer of Ohio, born at Pleasant Ridge. His grandfather and grandmother came to Cincinnati from Germany, when this great city was a village. Cincinnati is the home of four generations of the Durrell family, each one con- tributing to the history, business and social life of this city. One son, Durrell Powell, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Powell, but this son died in early youth and these good people raised and educated seven boys. The Powell home is located at 1805 Caruth Street.
Mr. Powell died in Colorado Springs, Colorado August 9, 1925. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Central American Council, and a member of the Congregational Church in which he worked constantly, and gave aid in a most liberal way. He first united with the First Con- gregational Church of Dallas, in which he was an elder, but later joined the Central Congregational Church, in which he became an elder. serving twenty-three years in this capacity. Although he was one of the most active church workers Texas has ever known, he did not confine his activities entirely to this work, but gave to the Young Wo- men's Christian Association. the Young Men's Christian Association, the Salvation Army, and many other organizations, making large contribu- tions to all. He was the founder of the town of Ozona, Crockett County, Texas, donating the land on which the town was built, the courthouse square. dug the water wells which supplied the citizenship with water, and was instrumental in having Ozona made the county seat of Crockett County. He owned much of the land surrounding this little city. Among his building activities of the early lays may be mentioned the Cincinnati Southern Railway, which he surveyed out of St. Louis, Mis- souri.
For more than fifty years this empire builder was a resident of Dallas, taking a keen interest and assisting in every way in the upbuilding and development of this city. He had many warm friends throughout the country who knew of the
great work he did along religious lines and in bestowing funds to the support of Christ's cause, at home and abroad, and training workers for service. Dallas, the Southwest, Central America and the world mourned his passing and his more than three-score-years-and-ten of vigorous, relig- ious life leaves as a heritage those things he did and his teachings along life's pathways we shall cherish always as living memories of one who perhaps did more toward the religious life of Texas than any other layman.
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EORGE M. BERGER, Dallas, was for more than forty years associated with the Lam- son Company, Syracuse, New York, and during almost all of this period he traveled over the Southwest, his territory including Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Mexico, Prior to his association with the Lamson Company, Mr. Berger had a wide and varied business career. withal a successful one which he started as a farmer in the State of Michigan. After farming a few years, he learned the carpenter trade, but worked at this only a short time. He then went with the Detroit Rapid Company, manufacturers of cash carriers and kindred articles of merchandise, after which he joined the organization with which he spent the remainder of his life. Coming to Dallas in 1895, he served as manager of his company's in- terests in this territory.
A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Berger was born in Lycoming County, February 3, 1862. His father, Jacob Berger, was also a native of Pennsylvania and throughout his life a factor in the commercial activ- ities of his State. His mother, Mrs. Lavinia (Ful- mer) Berger, was a member of one of the best known families of Pennsylvania, in which State she was reared. educated, married and lived the greater part of her life. His education was obtained in the schools and colleges of Pennsylvania and Michigan, after which he started as a very young man on his business career.
Mr. Berger was married in Three Rivers Michi- gan, November 27, 1883, to Miss Lucy Ella Serib- ner, a native of Michigan and a daughter of Harri- son Scribner, well known in the commercial and manufacturing circles of that State. Her mother. Mrs. Elizabeth (Ferguson) Scribner, was a native of Ohio, but lived almost all of her life in Michigan. her parents having moved to that State when she was a child. One child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Berger, Gladys, now Mrs. A. F. Glover of Dallas. who has one son, George Edward. The Berger home is located at 5931 Goliad Street.
Mr. Berger died in Dallas, October 26, 1926. During his residence in this city of thirty-one years he made a host of friends, who regarded him as one of the most progressive and public-spirited citi- zens of this part of the State. He attended the Christian Seience Church and was affiliated with many social, and commercial organizations here and elsewhere. Through his efforts the organization . which he represented kept pace with the progress of Texas and from an unknown article of commerce. the cash carriers and tubes are in use in almost every store of any consequence in the Southwest. Mr. Berger 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 good of his community and State of Adoption.
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ARK STENSON was a pioneer of the mercantile business of Texas, having with a partner, started a store in Denison, Texas, in 1879 which he continued to own and operate for a period of twenty-five years and this establishment was known throughout Grayson and contiguous counties as one of the leading gen- eral merchandise establishments of that time. Later, Mr. Stenson was engaged in the mercantile business in other Texas cities, in which he was as successful as he had been in the Denison store.
A native of Ireland, Mr. Stenson was born in Sligo County in 1850. His father, also a native of Ireland, was a member of a prominent family of his community, and was himself known as "Es- quire" Stenson. His education was obtained in the schools of Ireland. Mr. Stenson came to America as a young man and started his career in the world of business as a traveling salesman, working in various parts of the United States. After a few years, he had saved for the purpose of going into business for himself, and this day arrived, and he selected Texas as the state where the op- portunities would be the greatest for a merchant. In 1879, with R. D. Beirne as a partner, they start- ed the general merchandise store at Denison under the firm name of Beirne & Stenson, which continued for a quarter of a century and was dissolved. Mr. Stenson then went to Waco and engaged in the general merchandising business there and was successful, but after a few years his store burned. He then removed to Dallas and retired from active business pursuits.
Mr. Stenson was married in Denison, Texas, in March 1894 to Miss Teresa Nolan, a native of Ireland, born in county of Roscommon, Province of Connaught. Her father, John Nolan, Esquire, was a large land owner of Ireland. Her mother, Catherine Nolan was a member of a prominent family of Ireland. Mrs. Stenson's brother, John Nolan is now residing on the old farm in Ireland, being the fourth generation of Nolans to live on this farm in the Province of Connaught near the town of Elphin. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Stenson, one of whom is living and a resident of Dallas: Catherine Stenson (deceased since 1900) and Anna Marie Stenson, who is the secretary to the assistant postmaster of Dallas. The Stenson home is located at 506 North Ervay street.
Mr. Stenson died in Dallas, September 25. 1905. He was a member of the B. P. O. E. and the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mr. Stenson was chari- table to a degree, giving to the needy in a quiet, unostentatious way. He was loved and esteemed by a large circle of friends and acquaintances in every walk of life. An honorable and highly re- spected merchant. he was esteemed alike by customer and competitor, and was an advocate of the highest standards in business.
R. DAVID MACKAY of Dallas, Texas, was a pioneer educator of Texas and a leader in the medical profession of the Southwest, his activities as a physician and surgeon dating from the Civil War. His life was filled with romance and adventure, and during his eventful life he occupied many positions of honor and trust both in the professional world and as a layman.
A native of Scotland, Dr. Mackay was born Sep-
tember 26, 1835. His parents, natives of Scotland, were members of representative families of their communities. His academic and medical education was received in the various schools and colleges of his native land.
Dr. Mackay came to New York as a young man and joined the New York Hylanders, also being a Scottish Hylander. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was one of the first to volunteer his ser- vices. He had a great war record, being in the midst of many of the major activities of the Civil War. Dr. Mackay was present when General Grant and Lee shook hands after the surrender of the Southern forces. After the close of the war he lo- cated at New Orleans where for several years he was a member of the Metropolitan Police of the Crescent City. He was also for several years the city physician of New Orleans, occupying this posi- tion during several sieges of yellow fever and dur- ing these trying periods received the plaudits of the medical fraternity of the entire world on the splen- did service he rendered. In 1871 Dr. Mackay re- moved to Dallas and entered the educational field and while living in a log cabin at the corner of Young and Austin Streets, now in the heart of the business section of Dallas, he was offered and ac- cepted one of the most responsible positions along educational lines of Texas of that period. This position was that of supervisor of the school dis- tricts comprising Dallas, Kaufman, Ellis and Tar- rant Counties. This was in 1871 and the year fol- lowing the supervisors were reduced and Dr. Mac- kay was placed as supervisor of about fifteen coun- ties, in the central and northern portion of the state. In those days, teachers were scarce and Dr. Mackay was sent to all parts of the United States for teach- ers, who were paid at the rate of fifty dollars per month for third class teachers up to one hundred dollars per month for instructors of the first class. Interspersed with his educational work and prior to entering full time in this field, Dr. Mackay prac- ticed medicine in the Indian Territory and for some years after removing to Dallas.
Dr. Mackay was married in New Orleans, Louis- iana, February 28, 1870, to Miss Margaret Donald, a native of Scotland and a member of a prominent family of that country. Her parents, Alexander and Mrs. Ann (Roy) Donald, were natives of Scotland. Two boys were born to Dr. and Mrs. Mackay, David and Dr. Alexander, both of whom are now deceased. The Mackay home, one of the oldest in South Dallas, is located at 2123 South Ervay and is a landmark of that locality.
Dr. Mackay died in Dallas in 1904. He was, for many years, a member of the Knights of Pythias and was affiliated with many other organizations here. Dr. Mackay also was a writer. The greater part of his productions were along professional lines and were sought by the magazines and newspapers. He was a great reader and owned one of the most com- plete libraries of his day. He was an artist of more than passing ahility and among the treasures of the Mackay home is a sketch which he drew of the log cabin in which he lived when he first came to Dal- las. In the practice of medicine, he answered the calls of the poor as readily as he did those of the rich. The country in general and Dallas in particu- lar was benefited through having known Dr. Mac- kay, gentleman, scholar, physician and philan- thropic citizen.
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NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TEXAS
RED A. JONES of Dallas, widely known consulting and construction engineer, was for many years prominently identified with the building industry, and some of the sky wrapers in almost every large city of the South- west were built under his able supervision.
A native son of Dallas, Mr. Jones was born Aug- ust 23, 1875. His parents moved to Bonham when he was only three years old and his early boyhood was spent in that city, where he graduated from the Fannin College at the age of fifteen years. He later received the A. B. degree from Richmond College, and the degree of electrical and mechanical engineer from Cornell University. After taking the student's course of the General Electric Com- pany, he worked for two years with that organiza- tion in the railway engineering department. In 1902, Mr. Jones opened a consulting engineering office in Houston and built several power plants for electrical companies soon thereafter. He was construction engineer. of the Trinity University of Waxahachie Texas, the new telephone building in Houston, the American National Insurance Building in Galveston, the Paso Del Norte Hotel of El Paso and many others. In 1906, Mr. Jones came to Dal- las and opened his offices here, and had charge of the construction of many Dallas buildings includ- ing: The Dallas Country Club, the Sumpter Build- ing the Administration Building at Southern Metho- dist University, the Dallas City Hall, the Southland Life Building, the eight-story addition to the Inter- urban Building, the Palace Theater, the White Rock Reservoir, the filtration plant there and the Texas Farm and Ranch Building. Another notable work of his was the building of the Texas Electric Rail- way Interurban lines to Denison, Corsicana and Waco. During the World War he built Camp Mc- Arthur and Kelly Field and was a dollar a year man.
Mr. Jones was married in Dallas, September 5, 1910, to Miss Gussie Holland, daughter of the late Col. Frank P. Holland. former mayor of Dallas, founder of Holland's Magazine and the Texas Farm and Ranch, and who was known as one of the most remarkable and most useful men the Southwest ever produced. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones: Fred Atwood Jr., a student of the Hill school of Pottstown, Pennsylvania; Robert Hol- land, a student of Exeter Academy, of Exeter, New Hampshire and Latham Fletcher, attending Mrs. Taylor's Private School in Dallas. The Jones home is located at 3902 Mockingbird Lane.
Mr. Jones died in Dallas May 22, 1928. He was one of the founders of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Masonic Bodies, the Hella Temple Shrine, the City, Idle- wild, Houston. Old Colony, Dallas Country and Brook Hollow Country Clubs. Mr. Jones went far in his chosen field of engineering and building and few native sons of Dallas have gained as high pres- tige in their lines of endeavor as did he. Monu- ments to his ability are scattered all over the United States.
He was a genius without any of the eccentricities and peculiarities of temperament usually noticeable in men of such genius, and with it all was exceeding- ly modest. He seemed to take pride in concealing his personality behind his work, and seldom has a man more fully succeeded in expressing himself in his accomplishments. Wherever he went he made
friends, and these friends included the individuals and the members of the firms and boards who em- ployed him as a builder. In his death the entire Southwest lost one of its most useful citizens and although his accomplishments were many and va- ried, he was still a young man, and had not, in the minds of his many friends, reached the zenith of his usefulness .
ORGAN M. MAYFIELD, of Dallas, spent his entire life in the lumber industry and for many years was the executive head of the M. M. Mayfield Lumber Company, one of the leading lumber concerns of this city. He grew up in the lumber business and succeeded his father when only eighteen years old as manager of his firm, and his training, his natural ability, his public spirit and his capacity to make friends assured his success from the beginning. In a line that was in close touch with building activities Mr. Mayfield was a potent factor in the construction program that has gone forward in Dallas during the last few decades.
A native of Dallas, Mr. Mayfield was born Octo- ber 6, 1878, and his entire life was spent in this city with the exception of a short period when his father moved to Wichita Falls. His father, J. S. Mayfield, was a pioneer lumber and building mater- ial dealer in Texas, coming to Sherman in 1872 where he opened his first lumber yard. One year later, J. S. Mayfield moved to Dallas and opened a lumber yard here known as the Cameron & May- field Company. Two years later, he purchased the interest of Mr. Cameron and in 1882 sold his Dallas interests and moved to Wichita Falls, where he maintained headquarters and operated several retail lumber yards along the newly-built Fort Worth & Denver railroad. He owned and operated lumber yards from Henrietta to the state line. In 1889 he returned to Dallas and again entered the lumber business here, which was known as the J. S. May- field Lumber Company. The elder Mayfield died in 1897 and in 1917 the subject of this sketch changed the name of the company to bear his own name.
Mr. Mayfield was married in Dallas in 1906 to Miss Frieda Schoellkopf, a member of one of the oldest and best known families of this city. Her father, G. H. Schoellkopf (now deceased) was one of the pioneers of the business life of Dallas and did much to build it into the present city. Although Mr. Mayfield succeeded his father in the manage- ment of his lumber business when only eighteen years of age, he had received a good education, which was started in the public schools of Dallas, and later completed in Bingham College at Nash- ville, N. C.
Mr. Mayfield died in Dallas, January 16, 1929. He was a member of the Dallas Chamber of Com- merce the Rotary, the Idlewild, the Dallas Country, and the Dallas Athletic Clubs. Although Mr. May- field was a veteran in the lumber business, he was young in years and was one of the most progressive of Dallas business men. Those who knew him per- ' sonally will miss him as a man who possessed rare personal charm, and as one who was always ready to cooperate in any movement for the good of his city. Few men of his age had as strong a hold in the esteem of their community as did Morgan M. Mayfield.
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AMES MONROE WARD, for nearly one- half century, was identified with the bank- ing business activities of north and west Texas, where, at various times he was en- gaged in the mercantile business, stock business, oil business and banking. He was a man of unusual fore- sight, of unusual integrity and of high ideas and his association with a bank or business institution was a guarantee of its soundness and reliability. He was successful in nearly all of his undertakings. He was looked upon as a leader in the business circles in which he lived and his opinion in matters of finance or business were treated with the high- est of respect by those with whom he was as- sociated.
A native of Tennessee, Mr. Ward was born in Greenville, August 22, 1848. His parents were also natives of Tennessee, who came to Texas in the pioneer days. His father was a merchant in Tennessee and followed that vocation on coming to Breckenridge, Texas. Mr. Ward was educated in private schools in Greenville, Texas, after which he taught for a number of years. He then went into the mercantile business at Greenville, Tenn- essee, which he followed for ten years, when he moved to Breckenridge. He entered the stock business, becoming the owner of a large section of ranch land. He later opened a mercantile es- tablishment which he conducted for a number of years. Later, in partnership with his brother, J. W. Ward of Waco, he opened a bank in Brecken- ridge and followed banking for a few years and then entered the mercantile business. After the discovery of oil near Breckenridge in 1919 he devoted all of his time to looking after his oil interests. Forty-two wells were drilled on his land by the Gulf Company. In June, 1923 Mr. and Mrs. Ward moved to Dallas after which time Mr. Ward was retired from active business.
Mr. Ward was married in Greenville, Tennessee, to Miss Mattie Lett, who died in 1921. He was again married September 14, 1922 to Mrs. Frances N. (Whitworth) Small, a native of Aberdeen, Mississippi. Her father was a Confederate soldier, quartermaster in the army during the Civil war. Mrs. Ward has two children of a former marriage, Wm. E. Small and W. H. Small, both of Dallas. William was married to Uretta Elliott, of Arlington, and has two children, Elliot E. and Wanda. W. H. Small was married to Miss Emma Davis, of Grapevine and has four children, Frances J., Chas. T., Wileene, and John W.
Mr. Ward was a public spirited man, who took a keen interest in the progress of the community in which he lived. He was a man of exceedingly charitable instinct and gave donations to many public institutions and contributed liberally to every worthy cause. He numbered his friends by the hundreds and his death January 28, 1924, was a deep loss to the citizens of Texas.
R. GEORGE JACKSON was a pioneer in the business and financial life of Fort Worth, where for more than thirty-five years he was prominently identified with some of the most important enterprises of this city.
A native of England. Dr. Jackson was born in Maidstone, and was brought to America as an infant. His father, William Jackson, a native of England,
came to America in 1832, and remained in New York for several years, afterwards residing in other states, but never came to Texas. His education was received in private schools of New York, after which he studied pharmacy. He started his bus :- ness career in 1852, in the drug business at Parkers. burg, Virginia, where he remained until 1857 when he moved to Baltimore. From that city he went to Richmond, Virginia, in August, 1861, because of his sympathy for the southern cause, and soon tendered his services to the Confederacy. He was detailed at the office of Dr. E. W. Johns, medical purveyor, and remained there until 1864 when he was appointed hospital steward by order of the secretary of war and assigned to duty at the medical purveyor's department at Charlotte, North Carolina, Surgeon James T. Johnson, commanding. While at Richmond he was a member of the departmental battalion for city defense and frequently was called out on active duty. After the surrender of General Johnson, Dr. Jackson was paroled at Charlotte, May 3, 1865, and on June 27, at Char- lotte, he took the oath of allegiance. Afterward, Dr. Jackson resided at Baltimore for a year and at St. Louis, until January 1873 when he came to Fort Worth where he engaged in the drug business. In 1877 he embarked in the banking profession, and three years later was elected cashier of the First National Bank of Fort Worth. In 1884 he resigned this position, but continued as a director. Before the commission form of government was adopted in Fort Worth, Dr. Jackson served as alderman for several terms and his regime in this office was noteworthy, resulting in many improve- ments to the city. On November 21, 1904 he was commissioned colonel and adjutant general and chief of staff, Texas Division, United Confederate Veterans.
Dr. Jackson was married in Fort Worth, April 25, 1876, to Miss Eva Belle Burts, born in Virginia, but brought to Fort Worth, by her parents when three years old. Her father, Dr. W. P. Burts, one of the prominent pioneers of this city, was the first mayor of Fort Worth, in which office he served two terms. He was one of the outstanding physicians of his time, with a host of friends from every walk of life. Dr. and Mrs. Jackson, reared and educated two of their nieces: Thomasyne Montgomery, now Mrs. W. W. Johnson of New York City; and Bessie Gordon Burts, now Mrs. H. A. Harding, of Fort Worth. The Jackson home is located at 1416 Elizabeth Boulevard.
Dr. Jackson died in Fort Worth, January 5. 1908. He was a member of the A. F. and A. M .. and was very active in Masonic work. He was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and was one of the builders of and workers in this church. Dr. Jackson was truly one of the pioneers of Fort Worth, his drug store being the third of this city. Athough he was seventy-seven years of age at the time of his death, he was active and alert, and but for failing eyesight he could have been active in business to the end. He was known as one of the leading citizens of Fort Worth, aiding in every way in the city's progress. He was a friend of the Confederate soldier and popular with survivors of the Southern armies. He was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him and had a host of friends in Fort Worth and throughout North Texas.
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