Index of Biographies, Obituaries and Personal Profiles  
     
  This index lists select biographical material on individuals who had a role in the development of transportation and/or lumber industries in Texas and the surrounding region. The bulk of the material is drawn from early industry publications, newspapers, biographical dictionaries, etc. Additional material may be found using the general search engine.  
     
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A
Date
Publication
Abbot, William Richard
1906
American Lumberman's biographical series.
Acheson, Alexander
1926
Dallas Morning News
Angle, David M.
1895
History of Texas, etc.
Allen, Sam
1895
History of Texas, etc.
Atmar, Lynn Peter
1913
Who's Who on the Pacific Coast
  ''  
1940
East Texas: Its History and Its People
     
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B
 
Bancroft, George W. 1902 American Lumberman
Barham, T. M.
1906
American Lumberman
Bel, John A.
1918
Lake Charles American Press
Bell, Chancey Clyde
1925
History of Louisiana
Bell, Victor B. 1904 American Lumberman (magazine)
Bender, Charles
1906
Southern Industrial & Lumber Review
  ''  
1916
History of Texas and Texans
Bennett, Alfred
1910
American Lumberman
Bering, August 1940 Gulf Coast Lumberman
Berkshire, John Henry
1906
American Lumberman's biographical series.
Blocker, D. V.
1925
History of Louisiana
Boice, Arthur D.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Bolinger, Sanford Henry
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
  ''  
1914
Louisiana: Sketches, etc.
  ''  
1925
History of Louisiana
Bonner, Benjamin Franklin
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Bonner, John S.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Bowie, George Morland
1911
Lumber Trade Journal
  ''  
1925
History of Wm. Cameron Co.
Bradley, Charles Henry
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Bradley, Henry M.
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Bradley, Thomas Pringle
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Bradley, William H.
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Brown Edgar W. (M.D.)
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
Brown, Robert G. (II) 1937 Gulf Coast Lumberman
     
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C
 
Cage, James House
1930
Texas Under Many Flags
Cain, Benjamin B.
1916
History of Texas and Texans
  ''  
1932
The Daily Texan
Call, Dennis
1905
Southern Industrial & Lumber Review
  ''  
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
Cameron, William 1900 American Lumberman (magazine)
  ''  
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
  ''  
1925
History of Wm. Cameron & Co.
Cameron, William Waldo
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Campbell, James Ira
1904
Dallas Morning News
  ''  
1904
Southern Industrial & Lumber Review
Carlisle, William
1917
Carlisle, WillWashington, West of the Cascadesiam
Carter, Samuel Fain
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
  ''  
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
  ''  
1928 Gulf Coast Lumberman
Carter, Thomas L.
1963
Texas Forests and Texans
Carter, William Thomas (Jr.)
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Carter, William Thomas (Sr.)
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Clark, Daniel F.
1925
History of Louisiana
Clark, Uriel Lee
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Collamer, David Newton
1915
Descendents of Anthony Collamer
Colquitt, Oscar B.
1903
Yearbook for Texas
  ''  
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
Conroe, Isaac
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
Cronin, Marie
1996
Journal of Texas Shortlines
Cronin, Thomas
1996
Journal of Texas Shortlines
Crossett, Edward S.
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Cummer, Jacob
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Cummings, Charles R.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
     
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D
 
Davidson, Lynch
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Davidson, Lynch
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Denkmann, Fredrick Carl August
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Dibert, John
1912
American Lumberman
Dionne, Jack C.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Doucette, Peter A.
1910
American Lumberman
Downman, Robert Henry
1905
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
  ''  
1905 American Lumberman (magazine)
  ''  
1906 American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
     
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E
 
Enochs, Isaacs Columbus
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
     
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F
 
Farwell, Fredereck H.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Featherstone, Lewis Porter
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
2005 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
Fisher, Oliver Wilson
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Fletcher, Emmett A.
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Fletcher, William Andrew
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
  ''  
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
1910
American Lumberman
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Ford, A. C.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Foster, Benjamin B. 1952 Kansas City Star newspaper
Foster, Edward A.
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Foster, John M.
1901
Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri
  ''  
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Foster, Thomas S.
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

  ''  
1913
Southern Industrial & Lumber Review
Frost, Edwin Augustus
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
  ''  
1907 American Lumberman (magazine)
Frost, Enoch W. 1907 American Lumberman (magazine)
Frost, James B.
1890
Memoirs of Southern Arkansas
Fullerton, Robert
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Fullerton, Samuel Holmes
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
     
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G

 

Gates, Albert Hawkins
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Gates, Charles Warner
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Gates, Peter G.
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Gemmer, Wilmer H.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Gilbert, John Nathan
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

Goodyear, Charles A.
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Goodyear, Charles W.
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Gould, Jay
1895
America's Successful Men of Affairs
Grayson, William
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Green, Edward Howland
1895
America's Successful Men of Affairs
Green, Hetty
1895
America's Successful Men of Affairs
Gresham, Walter
1912
Notables of the Southwest
     
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H

Hackley, Charles H.
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Harker, John
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Harrell, Edward Hogan
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

Haslam, Lee F.
1906
American Lumberman
Hicks, Samuel Bailey
1928
Chronicles of Shreveport
Hines, Edward
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Hinton, Robert Wood
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
House, Thomas Williams
1895

History of Texas

Huttig, Frederick
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Huttig, William
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
     
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I
 
Inman, Robert David
1906
1906, American Lumberman
     
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J

Jenks, John Henry
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Jenks, Robert Henry
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Jermyn, John
1914
History of Scranton
Johnson, Clarence Dean
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

  ''  
1907 American Lumberman (magazine)
Jones, Jesse H.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Jones, John R.
1890
Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
Joyce, David
1904
Clinton Morning Age
  ''  
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

Joyce, William Thomas
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
  ''  
1911
Wolfe's History of Clinton, Iowa
     
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K

Kaul, John Lanzel
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Keith, Charles Smith
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

Keith, Jehu Frank
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
  ''  
1921 Southern Lumberman
Keith, Richard H.
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

Kelley, George A.
1916
History of Texas and Texans
  ''  
1907 American Lumberman (magazine)
Kemp, J.A.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Kerr, Andrew E.
1910
American Lumberman
Kerr, Andrew E.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Key, Edmund
1913
Who's Who on the Pacific Coast
Kirby, John Henry
1902
Prominent and Progressive Americans
  ''  
1902
American Lumberman (magazine)
  ''  
1903
Yearbook for Texas
  ''  
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
1916
History of Texas and Texans
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
  ''  
1940
New York Times
Kirby, John Thomas
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
1916
History of Texas and Texans
Knox, William Frank
1916
History of Texas and Texans
     
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L
 
Lacey, James Dixon
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Lindsay, James Edwin
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Lingo, Edward H.
1916
History of Texas and Texans
Long, Robert Alexander
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Lutcher, Henry Jacob
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
     
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M
 
Mallam, Guy Henry
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
McLeod, Nelson Wesley
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Miller, Anson W.
1910
American Lumberman magaziine
  ''  
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
Miller, Leopold
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
Miller, Rufus W.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Moberly, Edward Everett
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Moore, Charles Henry
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
  ''  
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Moore, Randle T.
1925
History of Louisiana
  ''  
1928
Chronicles of Shreveport
     
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N

 

Nalty, John Bernard
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

Neimeyer, Andrew Johnson
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Norris, William Henry
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

  ''  
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
     
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O
 
Olive, Sid C.
1906
Bastrop Advertiser newspaper
     
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P

Park, Samuel
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Peavy, Anderson Jasper
1942
Gulf Coast Lumberman
  ''  
1907 American Lumberman (magazine)
Penoyer, Lewis
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Pickering, William Alfred
1906
American Lumberman (magazine)
  ''  
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

Pickering, William Russell
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

  ''  
1910
American Lumberman (magazine)
Prestridge, George Simeon
1935
Encyclopedia of American Biography
  ''  
1907 American Lumberman (magazine)
     
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R

 

Ramsay, William Edmund
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

Ramsey, Arthur Clark
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Rand, Edwin 1904 American Lumberman (magazine)
     
Reagan, John Henninger
1905

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

Reynolds, June
1942
Gulf Coast Lumberman
Rice, Jonas Shearn
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
1916
History of Texas and Texans
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
  ''  
1936
Encyclopedia of American Biography
Rice, William M.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Robertson, C. J.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Ruddock, Thomas Sanderson
1895
Industrial Chicago
Ryder, William F. 1904 American Lumberman (magazine)
     
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S

Salmen, Frederick
1925
History of Louisiana
Saner, John C. (Sr.)
1916
History of Texas and Texans
Scanlon, Michael Joseph
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
  ''  
1923
History of Minneapolis
Sheldon, Frank Ellsworth
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Sherman, Sidney
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Smart, Horace Pearson
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Smyth, John Blewett
1916
History of Texas and Texans
Smyth, George W. (Jr.)
1907
20th Century History of Southwest Texas
Smyth, J.G.
1907
20th Century History of Southwest Texas
Snyder, Bryan
1904
Dallas Morning News
Sondheimer, Maxwell
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Stark, Henry Jacob Lutcher
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Stark, William H.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Sterling, Ross
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Sternenberg, Gustav Adolph
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Swinford, Samuel Thomas
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

  ''  
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
     
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T


Temple, Thomas Lewis Latane
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

Thayer, Henry Stewart
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Thompson, Alex
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Thompson, Hoxie Harry
1910
American Lumberman
  ''  
1910
St. Louis Lumberman
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Thompson, John Lewis
1910
American Lumberman
  ''  
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

  ''  
1910
American Lumberman
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Thompson, John Martin
1906

American Lumberman (biographical volumes)

  ''  
1910
American Lumberman
Thrane, Victor
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Turner, Edmund P.
1903
Yearbook for Texas
Turner, John Charles
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
     
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V
 
Van Vleck, Will G.
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
1911
Railway Age Gazette
Vidor, Charles Shelton 1910 American Lumberman (magazine)
  ''  
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
     
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W
 
Wadley, William Daniel
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Watzek, J.W.
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Weathersby, R. L. 1902 American Lumberman (magazine)
West, James Marion
1909
Southern Lumberman
  ''  
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Wheless, H. H. 1907 American Lumberman (magazine)
White, John Barber
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Whited, Frank Thayer
1925
History of Louisiana
  ''  
1907 American Lumberman (magazine)
Wier, Robert Withrow
1910
Historical Review of South-East Texas
  ''  
1922
Southwestern Electrician
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Wier, Thomas P.
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
  ''  
1927
Gulf Coast Lumberman
Wiess, William
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
  ''  
1926
New Encyclopedia of Texas
Williams, Frank Bennett
1906
American Lumberman (biographical volumes)
Wilson, Robert J.
1914
Louisiana: Sketches, etc.
     
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XYZ
 
Yoakum, Benjamin Franklin
1902
Prominent and Progressive Americans
     
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