William Henry Gaston (October 25, 1840 – January 24, 1927) was a Dallas landowner and Confederate soldier.[1]
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| Born | William Henry Gaston October 25, 1840 Prairie Bluff, Alabama |
| Died | January 24, 1927 (aged 86) Dallas, Texas |
| Burial place | Greenwood Cemetery |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Biography edit
William H. Gaston was born near Prairie Bluff, Alabama on October 25, 1840.[2]
In 1868, he and Aaron C. Camp founded Gaston and Camp, the first banking house in the city of Dallas.[3] On February 2, 1904, he founded the Gaston National Bank.[4]
He died at his son's home in Dallas on January 24, 1927, and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery.[1][5]
A middle school in the Dallas Independent School District bears Gaston's name.
References edit
- ^ a b Craddock, Van (October 24, 2010). "State fair owed success to East Texan". Longview News-Journal. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Robert W. Glover: Gaston, William Henry from the Handbook of Texas Online (January 1, 1995). Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ "Finance" by W. W. Overton, Jr., in The Book of Dallas, ed. Evelyn Oppenheimer and Bill Porterfield. Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co., 1976.
- ^ The Bankers' Magazine. Vol. 70. Bradford Rhodes. 1905. pp. 483–485. Retrieved December 9, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ "W. H. Gaston is Dead at Dallas". The Abilene Daily Reporter. Dallas, Texas. AP. January 25, 1927. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.
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