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Title: A history of Texas and Texans
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, Francis White, 1799-1884 Barker, Eugene Campbell, 1874-1956, ed Winkler, Ernest William, 1875-1960
Subjects: Texas -- History Texas -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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-ical matters, soon becoming known as an active workerin the ranks of the Democratic party. In the spring of1912 he became his partys candidate for the countyjudgeship of Hale county, and was successful in theelection which followed, being also chosen superinteml-ent of schools. He still continues to hold these offices,and in the discharge of his official duties has shovm him-self fair, impartial and conscientious, winning alikethe respect of the members of the bar and the confi-dence of the general public. Although the greater partof his time is demanded by the duties of his office,he has outside interests, being a director in the Na-tional Temperance Life Insurance Company of Dallasand having large holdings in cattle in Hale county. He)is a member of the County Judges and District audiCounty Clerks Associations, holds membership in theChamber of Commerce, and attends the Baptist church. ijiX^M^fi&ffsmifi^^Mf&i^ ^> &^^\ w .*». ^ > \ \ \(^0m> >!t^i :ii;^ irfil
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TEXAS AND TEXANS 1663 His fraternal connections are with the local lodges ofthe Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmenof the World, the Benevolent and Protective Order ofElks, the Pretorians and the Knights of the Maccabees. On July 31, 1904, Judge Lewis was married in Jonescounty, Texas, to Miss Ola McLaughlin, who was born inArkansas, daughter of E. B. McLaughlin, at present aresident of Dickens county. To this union there hasbeen born one child: Juanita, born November 19, 1905,at Abilene, Taylor county. Alexander B. Phillips. One of the ablest men inthe fire insurance field of Texas is Mr. Alexander K.Phillips of Dallas, the special agent for the GermanAmerican Insurance Company of New York. In 1S97,when just out of school, and a boy of seventeen, he wasgiven his opportunity. This opportunity consisted insubjecting himself to the demands and requirements thatmight be made of a general office boy in an insuranceoffice. He did about everything an office boy would beasked to do

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