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Hotelier and Innkeeper Politicians in Texas

Jean Baptiste Adoue Jr. (1884-1956) — also known as J. B. Adoue, Jr. — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 4, 1884. President, Dallas National Bank of Commerce, 1924-56; chairman, Gulf Insurance Company; chairman, Universal Life and Accident Insurance Company; director, Graham-Brown Shoe Company; director, First Texas Chemical Company; director, Cosmopolitan Hotel Company; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1951-53; defeated, 1949. Episcopalian. French ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Arbitration Association; Rotary; Phi Delta Theta; Newcomen Society. Died, from a heart attack, while working at his bank, in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 17, 1956 (age 72 years, 13 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Crown Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.   Presumably named for: John the Baptist   Relatives: Son of Jean Baptiste Adoue and Mittie Neosha (Simpson) Adoue; married, October 12, 1909, to Hester Ann Allen; married, May 12, 1937, to Mary J. Wilson.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Ben F. Barnes (b. 1938) — of Brownwood, Brown County, Tex. Born in Gorman, Eastland County, Tex., April 17, 1938. Democrat. Rancher; construction business; motel owner; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1960-68; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1965-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1968; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1969-73. Methodist. Member, Elks; Jaycees. Still living as of 1973.   Relatives: Son of B. F. Barnes and Ina B. (Carrigan) Barnes; married, July 26, 1971, to Nancy Sayres.   Joseph Carroll Harrison (1822-1855) — also known as J. C. Harrison — of Cherokee County, Tex. Born in Alabama, October 3, 1822. Newspaper publisher; insurance agent; hotel operator; livery business; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1855; died in office 1855. Methodist. Died in Austin, Travis County, Tex., November 9, 1855 (age 33 years, 37 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Joseph D. Harrison and Rachel (Lockhart) Harrison; brother of Greenbury Horras Harrison and Hannah D. Harrison (who married Samuel Johnson); married to Barbara Ann Culp (widow of George Whitfield Terrell).   Political family: Harrison-Rountree family of Austin, Texas.   William J. Hutchins (1813-1884) — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Fishkill, Dutchess County, N.Y., March 3, 1813. Merchant; cotton mill business; hotel owner; banker; co-founded Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway; owner and president of the Houston and Texas Central Railway; mayor of Houston, Tex., 1861. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., June 4, 1884 (age 71 years, 93 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Israel B. Hutchins and Ruth (Rushmore) Hutchins; married, September 5, 1844, to Elvira Harris.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Cullen Looney (1903-1977) — also known as J. C. Looney — of Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Tex. Born in Kossuth, Alcorn County, Miss., May 18, 1903. Democrat. Lawyer; director of many firms involved in activities such as banking, bus transit, concrete, lumber, radio broadcasting, automobile service, and operating a hotel; chair of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1932-40, 1954-68; Hidalgo County Judge, 1941-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968. Protestant. Member, Pi Kappa Alpha; American Bar Association; Kiwanis; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Royal and Select Masters; Shriners. Died in March, 1977 (age 73 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of James Owen Looney and Virginia (Dean) Looney; married, June 15, 1933, to Margaret Estelle Montgomery.   Charles Paine (1799-1853) — of Northfield, Washington County, Vt. Born in Williamstown, Orange County, Vt., April 15, 1799. Whig. Woollen manufacturer; hotelier; merchant; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1828-29; delegate to Whig National Convention from Vermont, 1839 (Convention Secretary); Governor of Vermont, 1841-43; railroad builder. Died, from dysentery, in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., July 6, 1853 (age 54 years, 82 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Northfield, Vt.   Relatives: Son of Elijah Paine.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Henry Prague (1867-1935) — also known as William H. Prague — of Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Tex.; Lewisville, Denton County, Tex. Born in Parker County, Tex., November 18, 1867. Carpenter; hotel manager; mayor of Lewisville, Tex., 1931-32. Died in Aubrey, Denton County, Tex., February 17, 1935 (age 67 years, 91 days). Interment at Springtown Cemetery, Springtown, Tex.   Relatives: Son of John Grant Prague and Mariah Louisa 'Marie' (Vardy) Prague; married, August 12, 1896, to Ethel Gertrude Ballard; second cousin twice removed of James McDowell.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Johnston-Floyd family of Virginia; Benton family of Missouri and Tennessee (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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