A history of Texas and Texans . er the south-east Texas oil fields, during the past ten years, oneof the best known workers has been Robert L. Blaffer,now head of the E. L. Blaffer & Company, with oflBcesin the Carter Building at Houston. Mr. Blaffer is a manof southern birth and parentage, who was equipped witha college education, but began life at a very early ageand has worked his own way into prominence both inbusiness and social affairs. , Born in New Orleans, in 1875, he is a son of .John Clementine Amelia (Schneider) Blaffer. His father,who saw four years of service in the Confede
A history of Texas and Texans . er the south-east Texas oil fields, during the past ten years, oneof the best known workers has been Robert L. Blaffer,now head of the E. L. Blaffer & Company, with oflBcesin the Carter Building at Houston. Mr. Blaffer is a manof southern birth and parentage, who was equipped witha college education, but began life at a very early ageand has worked his own way into prominence both inbusiness and social affairs. , Born in New Orleans, in 1875, he is a son of .John Clementine Amelia (Schneider) Blaffer. His father,who saw four years of service in the Confederate army,under General Lee, was a lumber merchant at NewOrleans, and for many years after the war continued inthe same line of business in that city where he stillresides. With an education acquired in the schools ofNew Orleans and at Tulane University, R. L. Blafferstarted his business career at the age of sixteen. Theexperience of his early years was chiefly in the coalbusiness. He possessed the initiative and enterprise. TEXAS AND TEXANS 1943 necessary for independent effort, and readily adaptedhimself to the new opportunities presented wlien the oilexcitement at Beaumont became acute in 1901. In 1902he began business at Beaumont as an oil producer, and itis along that line that his activities have continued tothe present time. In 1906, with the shifting of thecenter of interest to the Humble oil fields, Mr. Blaffermoved his headquarters to Houston, which city has sincebeen his home. The firm of R. L. Blaflfer & Company,have large interests in both the Beaumont and Humbleoil fields, and are among the largest independent pro-ducers of oil in this part of the state. Mr. Blaffer is one of the directors of the South TexasCommercial National Bank of Houston. He belongs toall the best Houston social clubs, and as a Mason hasmembership in Hermitage Lodge, No. 98, A. F. & , at New Orleans. In April, 1909, occurred the marriage of Mr. E. and Miss Sarah Turnbull Campbel
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