A history of Texas and Texans . a famous spri: college athlete, and captain of the track team at Bailey; Edward, born in 1895, at Canadian, Texas, a graduate of Canadian College who entered the State University in 1913; and Louise, born in 1898, and Vashti born in 1901, both at Canadian, and both now students in Canadian College. Mr. Hoover is a Democrat in his political views, buthas not entered actively into the struggles of public is interested fraternally in the Odd Fellows, beinga charter member of Canadian Lodge No. 349. James M. Potter. The strongest financial institutionbetween
A history of Texas and Texans . a famous spri: college athlete, and captain of the track team at Bailey; Edward, born in 1895, at Canadian, Texas, a graduate of Canadian College who entered the State University in 1913; and Louise, born in 1898, and Vashti born in 1901, both at Canadian, and both now students in Canadian College. Mr. Hoover is a Democrat in his political views, buthas not entered actively into the struggles of public is interested fraternally in the Odd Fellows, beinga charter member of Canadian Lodge No. 349. James M. Potter. The strongest financial institutionbetween Fort Worth and the Red River is the First Na-tional Baiils nf naliirsvillc, :in institution with a con-tinuous lii-toM .if iliiitv Mars, and with which eitherunder its .iii-inal fnnn Hi with another bank which isnow a coii-l ihnaii [lart of tlir First National, Mr. JamesM. Potter has been identified from the beginning. Mr. Potter is one of the oldest and ablest bankers ofnorth Texas, and his career is one that does credit to a. TEXAS AND TEXANS 1681 vocation Lousidereil to Ijc niiioiij; the most important ofthose assigned to men of action. James M. Potter is a native of the state of Missis-sippi, born in Pontotoc county, in 1S52, one of a familyof ten children born to Gincinnatus and Mary Ann (Cas-teel) Potter. Mr. Potters brother, Juilge C. C. Potter,is one of the eminent la^vyers of the nnrth Texas bar,and a resident of Gainesville; and tlie mdy nther livingmember of the family is his sister Dixie, wife of L. , an attorney of Wifhita Falls, Tr\;iS. Tli, fallicr, whose vocation »:-- Iariniiiu. iiio\ li Al ^lii lo Cooke county, , in l^.is .-iinl wa- nnr ..i ih, ,ai|\settlers along lli. north Tixa^ lioiilm. Ilin lnllowniL;year he bought a small tract of land, which he in-creased by subsequent purchases, and eventually becameone of the large land holders of Cooke county. Hewas known all over the countv as-a man of exee)itionaleducation, and for liis ycn.
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