As the president of the Consumers' Lignite Company, D. C. Earnest is well known in the business circles of Dallas. He has been identified with commercial and industrial pursuits since starting out in life for himself, and since locating in Dallas in 1889 he has been an active factor in the growth and development of this city's business interests. In 1905, he organized the lignite coal industry at Hoyt, under the name of the Consumer's Lignite Company, and he was made the president of the company one hundred and sixteen per cent. Mr. Earnest has pushed the development of this important Texas industry most energetically. The Hoyt lignite coal is particularly efficient and economical as a steam-making fuel for industrial purposes, and is now used for that purpose by some of the largest industrial plants in Texas and elsewhere. The daily capacity of the company's mines at Hoyt is one thousand tons.
Mr. Earnest is numbered among the native sons of the Lone Star state, born in Hays county, his parents having come to this commonwealth from Tennessee in 1851. He was educated in the German-English Academy at Austin and at Eastman's National business College of Poughkeepsie, New York. His wife was before marriage Miss Lennie Hodges, and their two daughters are Frances and Mary. Mr. Earnest belongs to the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and to the fraternal order of Elks. (A History of Greater Dallas, Vol 2, by L. B. Hill, by Lewis Publishing Company, 1909)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546) •
As the president of the Consumers' Lignite Company, D. C. Earnest is well known in the business circles of Dallas. He has been identified with commercial and industrial pursuits since starting out in life for himself, and since locating in Dallas in 1889 he has been an active factor in the growth and development of this city's business interests. In 1905, he organized the lignite coal industry at Hoyt, under the name of the Consumer's Lignite Company, and he was made the president of the company one hundred and sixteen per cent. Mr. Earnest has pushed the development of this important Texas industry most energetically. The Hoyt lignite coal is particularly efficient and economical as a steam-making fuel for industrial purposes, and is now used for that purpose by some of the largest industrial plants in Texas and elsewhere. The daily capacity of the company's mines at Hoyt is one thousand tons.
Mr. Earnest is numbered among the native sons of the Lone Star state, born in Hays county, his parents having come to this commonwealth from Tennessee in 1851. He was educated in the German-English Academy at Austin and at Eastman's National business College of Poughkeepsie, New York. His wife was before marriage Miss Lennie Hodges, and their two daughters are Frances and Mary. Mr. Earnest belongs to the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and to the fraternal order of Elks. (A History of Greater Dallas, Vol 2, by L. B. Hill, by Lewis Publishing Company, 1909)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546) •
Family Members
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Joseph William Earnest
1844–1920
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Absolum Reams Earnest
1846–1910
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James Madison Earnest
1849–1911
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Euclad Robert Earnest
1851–1852
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Albert Clay Earnest
1853–1915
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Tennessee Melvina "Tennie" Earnest Wright
1857–1930
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Charles Houston Earnest
1859–1935
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Emma S. Earnest Cock
1862–1894
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Henry Caldwell Earnest
1863–1871
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Walter L Earnest
1870–1946
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