C. C. Slaughter had experienced some reverses in the family ranching operations in the early 1900s and had sold a ranch in West Texas. He turned his attention to downtown Dallas, took some of the proceeds and in 1902, Slaughter acquired the National Exchange Bank Building (construction date unknown), adjacent to his company offices which…
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From Proud Heritage, Vol. 1 by DCPA, not currently in print. John Bronaugh Hereford, Jr. was born in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, on February 6, 1841. He was the son of Dr. John Bronaugh Hereford and Catherine Mary Stirling. He spent several years in New Orleans, where he married Elizabeth Johnson Robertson, a great-grand-daughter of General James…
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Gerrit Van Ginkel was an investor who specialized in creating street car systems. He was born December 11, 1849 in the Netherlands. He came with his parents to the United States around 1855. By 1860 they had settled in Pella, Iowa. The family consisted of his father (a laborer), his mother, Gerritt and four other…
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by Dustin Durrett Julien Reverchon was born on August 3, 1837, in Diémoz, France, to Jacques Maximilien and Florine (Pete) Reverchon. He grew up alongside his brothers, Elisée and Paul-Alphonse, in a household that nurtured curiosity about the natural world. From a young age, Julien displayed a passion for botany, and together with his brother…
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