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William H. Gaston

William Henry Gaston (25 October 1840 – 24 January 1927) was a Dallas landowner and Confederate soldier originally from Prairie Bluff, Alabama (USA).[1] In 1868 he and Aaron C. Camp founded Gaston and Camp, the first banking house in the city of Dallas.[2] 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 October 25, 2010.
  2. ^ "Finance" by W. W. Overton, Jr., in The Book of Dallas, ed. Evelyn Oppenheimer and Bill Porterfield. Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co., 1976.

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