Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas. Page: 826 of 1,110

                                
HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.

and his wife are old residents of Dallas, well
and favorably known among a large circle of
acquaintances. They came from Tennessee,
but were natives of Georgia. Mrs. Dr. Davis
is the younger of a family of two children;
'the other is Dr. William L. Hill, residing in
Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a young man
of good habits, well read, a hard student and
a young man of much promise. He is also
a graduate of the Hahnenann College, Philadelphia.
The home of our subject and wife has been
blessed in the birth of one child-Raymond
Hill. Both parents are members of the
church-the Doctor of the Christian Church,
and the wife of the Baptist Church. Tliey
are both very active and devout members,
taking an active interest in all the different
departments of church work.
    LARENCE W. GANO, a progressive
and reliable business man of Dallas,
Texas, and  president of the Estado
Land and Cattle Company, was born in Tarrant
county, this State, April 18, 1858, and
is the son of General R. M. and Mattie J.
Gano, early settlers of the Lone Star State.
In 1865 the General removed with his family
to Kentucky, where the subject of this sketch
lived until 1876. He was educated at Bethany
College, West Virginia, at which he
graduated in the class of 1876. Since then
he has been located in Dallas, where his first
business experience was in real estate with
his father and brother, the late John T. Gano.
In 1882 General Gano retired, the business
being continued by the Gano brothers. On
November 2, 1891, John died, since which
time the business has been continued as before,
his widow, Mrs. Clara B., as survivor of

her husband's estate, continuing as partner.
In 1884 the Estado Land and Cattle Company
was organized by the father and two
brothers, with headquarters in Dallas, having
a paid up capital of $200,000, and which has
proved very successful, reflecting great credit
on the enterprise of the projectors. Besides
being president of this corporation, Mr. Gano
is also vice-president and director of the
Bankers' and Merchants' National Bank of
Dallas, which has a capital stock of $500,000.
He is also a director of the Bankers
and Merchants' Bank Building Company,
which has a capital stock of $200,000. He
is a director of the Cavinal Mining Company,
dealing in lands in the Chicaksaw Nation,
with headquarters in Dallas; and is a prominent
member of the Dallas Board of Trade.
He was married November 10, 1886, to
Miss Eugenia Lowe, a native of the Lone
Star State, and a daughter of Judge T. J.
Lowe, an eminent jurist of Guthrie, Oklahoma.
She is a graduate of the Female College
at Staunton, Virginia, is a thorough scholar,
an accomplished   musician, and especially
noted as a vocalist of exceeding sweetness and
power. They have had one child, Elizabeth
Frances, a demure little lady of five, who
made her entrance on life's busy scene August
20, 1887.
Although not a wire-pulling politician-and
fire-eating demagogue, Mr. Gano takes
an
active interest in public affairs of importance,
frequently participating in the conventions
of his party. Both Mr. Gano and his worthy
wife are earnest and useful members of the
Central Christian Church of Dallas, to the
support of which they liberally contribute.
Mr. Gano possesses sterling qualities of
mind and heart which, aside from his distinguished
family connections, ,would make
him a representative mnan of any community.