William H. Gaston

William Henry Gaston (October 25, 1840 – January 24, 1927) was a Dallas landowner and Confederate soldier.[1]

William H. Gaston
Born
William Henry Gaston

(1840-10-25)October 25, 1840
Prairie Bluff, Alabama
DiedJanuary 24, 1927(1927-01-24) (aged 86)
Dallas, Texas
Burial placeGreenwood Cemetery
OccupationBusinessman

Biography

William H. Gaston was born near Prairie Bluff, Alabama on October 25, 1840.[2]

In 1868, he and Aaron C. Camp founded Gaston and Camp, the first banking house in the city of Dallas.[3] On February 2, 1904, he founded the Gaston National Bank.[4]

He died at his son's home in Dallas on January 24, 1927, and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery.[1][5]

A middle school in the Dallas Independent School District bears Gaston's name.

References
  1. Craddock, Van (October 24, 2010). "State fair owed success to East Texan". Longview News-Journal. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  2. Robert W. Glover: Gaston, William Henry from the Handbook of Texas Online (January 1, 1995). Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  3. "Finance" by W. W. Overton, Jr., in The Book of Dallas, ed. Evelyn Oppenheimer and Bill Porterfield. Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co., 1976.
  4. The Bankers' Magazine. Vol. 70. Bradford Rhodes. 1905. pp. 483–485. Retrieved December 9, 2021 – via Google Books.
  5. "W. H. Gaston is Dead at Dallas". The Abilene Daily Reporter. Dallas, Texas. AP. January 25, 1927. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.


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