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Thomas William House Sr. (March 4, 1814 – January 17, 1880) was a merchant and cotton factor in Houston, Texas. He also invested in and organized transportation and utility companies in the Houston area.
14 de mar. de 2017 · Thomas William House, businessman, was born in the village of Stoke St. Gregory, Somersetshire, England, on March 4, 1814. The family was of Dutch origin, the early form of the name being Huis. In May 1835 House landed in New York, where for a year he earned his living as a baker.
1 de abr. de 2019 · Thomas William House, Sr. (1814–1880) was a Texan businessman. He was mayor of Houston, Texas in 1862. Early life.
- England
- March 4, 1814
- Mary House, Mary Elizabeth Shearn
- January 17, 1880
It is an interesting and profitable study to trace the career of a man like Thomas W. House — one who without aid of any kind from without, rose by force of his own genius from a position of poverty and obscurity to one of affluence and honored distinction.
He was born July 26, 1858, in Houston, Texas, the last of seven children of Mary Elizabeth (Shearn) and Thomas William House Sr. His father was an emigrant from England by way of New Orleans, who became a prominent Houston businessman, with a large role in developing the city and served a term as its mayor.
Thomas William House Sr. (March 4, 1814 – January 17, 1880) was a merchant and cotton factor in Houston, Texas. He also invested in and organized transportation and utility companies in the Houston area.
Edward House was born in Houston, Texas in 1858 to a wealthy family that was part of elite Texas society. House’s father, Thomas William House, Sr. (1814-1880), facilitated blockade runners that docked in Texas ports throughout the Civil War.
