J. H. Marriott, prominent grocer, one time hotel owner and proprietor in Electra, former mayor of the city and today financially concerned in the principal oil developments in the Electra field, where he is the owner of some two hundred and seventeen acres, is unquestionably one of the really big men of the city and county. His activities along every line have been particularly worthy and of inestimable value to his community, and he takes his place among the leaders of thought and action in the city that has long held his interests and- been the scene of his activities.
He is a son of William Edward [sic.] and Ellen (Burtell [sic.]) Marriott, and he was born on the 27th day of December, 1857. His father was a native of Maryland [sic.] and mother of Kentucky [sic.], and they came to Texas soon after their marriage in the latter named state, settling in Dallas county among the earliest pioneers to that place. William Marriott was a farmer and stockman, prominent and prosperous, and during the Civil war he participated in the hostilities as a member of a Texas company and regiment. Later in life he moved to Wiley, in Collin county, where he died in 1903 at the age of seventy-six. The mother died in Collin county also, in 1904, when she was seventy-two years of age. Nine children were born to them, and of that number J. H. Marriott was the seventh in order of birth.
J. H. Marriott attended the schools of Dallas and Collin counties as a boy, and when he left off his studies he turned his attention to farming at home, then engaged in the business independently in Collin and Dallas counties, and continuing until 1904.
On July 11, 1904, Mr. Marriott came to Wichita county and settled at Electra, where he launched the Electra Hotel business and continued in the management of the hostelry for two years. He then built the Marriott Hotel, conducting the same for twelve months only, after which he started up in the grocery business. He undertook this enterprise in 1906, in association with Mr. Bob Cook and his son, and about that time he disposed of the Marriott Hotel, devoting himself to the grocery business. This establishment, begun on a small scale, is today one of the big grocery concerns of the place, and is managed and operated mainly by Mr. Marriott's son, he himself giving his time and attention to his other interests. In the past three years Mr. Marriott has come into a deal of wealth as a result of his interest in the operations of the Electra Oil belt, and his holdings of two hundred and seventeen acres net him aggregate royalties of from eight to nine thousand dollars a month. His one half interest in a two hundred and seventeen acre tract in the oil belt is leased by the Producer's Oil Company, and another tract of sixty-eight and one-half acres is leased by the Forest Oil Company, and the remaining forty acres by the Five Rivers Oil Company, besides which he has other holdings in land, and also owns an interest in the oil companies that are operating on his lands.
Mr. Marriott is a man of much public spirit and one who has since coming to Electra, shown himself to be a citizen of the most approved type. He served one term as mayor of Electra, and was elected to fill the office of chief executive for another term, but the press of private affairs compelled his resignation. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Roman Catholic church.
On January 13, 1880, Mr. Marriott was united in marriage with Miss Rosie Cotter, of Collin county, Texas, and the daughter of Edward Cotter and his wife, now both deceased. Six children have been born to them. Mrs. Annie Spurgin, the eldest, has three children; Mrs. Mary J. Dempsey, also of Collin county, has a family of five children; Edward Marriott, living in Electra, and his father 's business associate, conducts the grocery business established by the elder Marriott some years ago and is a capable and rising young business man, and promises to do credit to his father; Mrs. Clara Turner lives in Electra; Robert Marriott is deceased, and John Marriott the youngest child, lives at home.
In Electra the Marriott family are leaders in the best social activities of the community, and enjoy the esteem and confidence of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Marriott is one of the most prosperous and high standing men of the state, and his success has been evolved from a lowly beginning as a farmer 's boy. He has made a name for himself in these parts, and is justly entitled to the place he now occupies. The family resides on Wagner street, where they have one of the finest homes in Electra.
--A History of Texas and Texans, vol. 4, (first edition); by Frank W. Johnson, Editor. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1914; pp. 1856-1857. [Note: his biographical entry was deleted from the subsequent second edition, published in 1916.]
He is a son of William Edward [sic.] and Ellen (Burtell [sic.]) Marriott, and he was born on the 27th day of December, 1857. His father was a native of Maryland [sic.] and mother of Kentucky [sic.], and they came to Texas soon after their marriage in the latter named state, settling in Dallas county among the earliest pioneers to that place. William Marriott was a farmer and stockman, prominent and prosperous, and during the Civil war he participated in the hostilities as a member of a Texas company and regiment. Later in life he moved to Wiley, in Collin county, where he died in 1903 at the age of seventy-six. The mother died in Collin county also, in 1904, when she was seventy-two years of age. Nine children were born to them, and of that number J. H. Marriott was the seventh in order of birth.
J. H. Marriott attended the schools of Dallas and Collin counties as a boy, and when he left off his studies he turned his attention to farming at home, then engaged in the business independently in Collin and Dallas counties, and continuing until 1904.
On July 11, 1904, Mr. Marriott came to Wichita county and settled at Electra, where he launched the Electra Hotel business and continued in the management of the hostelry for two years. He then built the Marriott Hotel, conducting the same for twelve months only, after which he started up in the grocery business. He undertook this enterprise in 1906, in association with Mr. Bob Cook and his son, and about that time he disposed of the Marriott Hotel, devoting himself to the grocery business. This establishment, begun on a small scale, is today one of the big grocery concerns of the place, and is managed and operated mainly by Mr. Marriott's son, he himself giving his time and attention to his other interests. In the past three years Mr. Marriott has come into a deal of wealth as a result of his interest in the operations of the Electra Oil belt, and his holdings of two hundred and seventeen acres net him aggregate royalties of from eight to nine thousand dollars a month. His one half interest in a two hundred and seventeen acre tract in the oil belt is leased by the Producer's Oil Company, and another tract of sixty-eight and one-half acres is leased by the Forest Oil Company, and the remaining forty acres by the Five Rivers Oil Company, besides which he has other holdings in land, and also owns an interest in the oil companies that are operating on his lands.
Mr. Marriott is a man of much public spirit and one who has since coming to Electra, shown himself to be a citizen of the most approved type. He served one term as mayor of Electra, and was elected to fill the office of chief executive for another term, but the press of private affairs compelled his resignation. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Roman Catholic church.
On January 13, 1880, Mr. Marriott was united in marriage with Miss Rosie Cotter, of Collin county, Texas, and the daughter of Edward Cotter and his wife, now both deceased. Six children have been born to them. Mrs. Annie Spurgin, the eldest, has three children; Mrs. Mary J. Dempsey, also of Collin county, has a family of five children; Edward Marriott, living in Electra, and his father 's business associate, conducts the grocery business established by the elder Marriott some years ago and is a capable and rising young business man, and promises to do credit to his father; Mrs. Clara Turner lives in Electra; Robert Marriott is deceased, and John Marriott the youngest child, lives at home.
In Electra the Marriott family are leaders in the best social activities of the community, and enjoy the esteem and confidence of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Marriott is one of the most prosperous and high standing men of the state, and his success has been evolved from a lowly beginning as a farmer 's boy. He has made a name for himself in these parts, and is justly entitled to the place he now occupies. The family resides on Wagner street, where they have one of the finest homes in Electra.
--A History of Texas and Texans, vol. 4, (first edition); by Frank W. Johnson, Editor. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1914; pp. 1856-1857. [Note: his biographical entry was deleted from the subsequent second edition, published in 1916.]
J. H. Marriott, prominent grocer, one time hotel owner and proprietor in Electra, former mayor of the city and today financially concerned in the principal oil developments in the Electra field, where he is the owner of some two hundred and seventeen acres, is unquestionably one of the really big men of the city and county. His activities along every line have been particularly worthy and of inestimable value to his community, and he takes his place among the leaders of thought and action in the city that has long held his interests and- been the scene of his activities.
He is a son of William Edward [sic.] and Ellen (Burtell [sic.]) Marriott, and he was born on the 27th day of December, 1857. His father was a native of Maryland [sic.] and mother of Kentucky [sic.], and they came to Texas soon after their marriage in the latter named state, settling in Dallas county among the earliest pioneers to that place. William Marriott was a farmer and stockman, prominent and prosperous, and during the Civil war he participated in the hostilities as a member of a Texas company and regiment. Later in life he moved to Wiley, in Collin county, where he died in 1903 at the age of seventy-six. The mother died in Collin county also, in 1904, when she was seventy-two years of age. Nine children were born to them, and of that number J. H. Marriott was the seventh in order of birth.
J. H. Marriott attended the schools of Dallas and Collin counties as a boy, and when he left off his studies he turned his attention to farming at home, then engaged in the business independently in Collin and Dallas counties, and continuing until 1904.
On July 11, 1904, Mr. Marriott came to Wichita county and settled at Electra, where he launched the Electra Hotel business and continued in the management of the hostelry for two years. He then built the Marriott Hotel, conducting the same for twelve months only, after which he started up in the grocery business. He undertook this enterprise in 1906, in association with Mr. Bob Cook and his son, and about that time he disposed of the Marriott Hotel, devoting himself to the grocery business. This establishment, begun on a small scale, is today one of the big grocery concerns of the place, and is managed and operated mainly by Mr. Marriott's son, he himself giving his time and attention to his other interests. In the past three years Mr. Marriott has come into a deal of wealth as a result of his interest in the operations of the Electra Oil belt, and his holdings of two hundred and seventeen acres net him aggregate royalties of from eight to nine thousand dollars a month. His one half interest in a two hundred and seventeen acre tract in the oil belt is leased by the Producer's Oil Company, and another tract of sixty-eight and one-half acres is leased by the Forest Oil Company, and the remaining forty acres by the Five Rivers Oil Company, besides which he has other holdings in land, and also owns an interest in the oil companies that are operating on his lands.
Mr. Marriott is a man of much public spirit and one who has since coming to Electra, shown himself to be a citizen of the most approved type. He served one term as mayor of Electra, and was elected to fill the office of chief executive for another term, but the press of private affairs compelled his resignation. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Roman Catholic church.
On January 13, 1880, Mr. Marriott was united in marriage with Miss Rosie Cotter, of Collin county, Texas, and the daughter of Edward Cotter and his wife, now both deceased. Six children have been born to them. Mrs. Annie Spurgin, the eldest, has three children; Mrs. Mary J. Dempsey, also of Collin county, has a family of five children; Edward Marriott, living in Electra, and his father 's business associate, conducts the grocery business established by the elder Marriott some years ago and is a capable and rising young business man, and promises to do credit to his father; Mrs. Clara Turner lives in Electra; Robert Marriott is deceased, and John Marriott the youngest child, lives at home.
In Electra the Marriott family are leaders in the best social activities of the community, and enjoy the esteem and confidence of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Marriott is one of the most prosperous and high standing men of the state, and his success has been evolved from a lowly beginning as a farmer 's boy. He has made a name for himself in these parts, and is justly entitled to the place he now occupies. The family resides on Wagner street, where they have one of the finest homes in Electra.
--A History of Texas and Texans, vol. 4, (first edition); by Frank W. Johnson, Editor. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1914; pp. 1856-1857. [Note: his biographical entry was deleted from the subsequent second edition, published in 1916.]
He is a son of William Edward [sic.] and Ellen (Burtell [sic.]) Marriott, and he was born on the 27th day of December, 1857. His father was a native of Maryland [sic.] and mother of Kentucky [sic.], and they came to Texas soon after their marriage in the latter named state, settling in Dallas county among the earliest pioneers to that place. William Marriott was a farmer and stockman, prominent and prosperous, and during the Civil war he participated in the hostilities as a member of a Texas company and regiment. Later in life he moved to Wiley, in Collin county, where he died in 1903 at the age of seventy-six. The mother died in Collin county also, in 1904, when she was seventy-two years of age. Nine children were born to them, and of that number J. H. Marriott was the seventh in order of birth.
J. H. Marriott attended the schools of Dallas and Collin counties as a boy, and when he left off his studies he turned his attention to farming at home, then engaged in the business independently in Collin and Dallas counties, and continuing until 1904.
On July 11, 1904, Mr. Marriott came to Wichita county and settled at Electra, where he launched the Electra Hotel business and continued in the management of the hostelry for two years. He then built the Marriott Hotel, conducting the same for twelve months only, after which he started up in the grocery business. He undertook this enterprise in 1906, in association with Mr. Bob Cook and his son, and about that time he disposed of the Marriott Hotel, devoting himself to the grocery business. This establishment, begun on a small scale, is today one of the big grocery concerns of the place, and is managed and operated mainly by Mr. Marriott's son, he himself giving his time and attention to his other interests. In the past three years Mr. Marriott has come into a deal of wealth as a result of his interest in the operations of the Electra Oil belt, and his holdings of two hundred and seventeen acres net him aggregate royalties of from eight to nine thousand dollars a month. His one half interest in a two hundred and seventeen acre tract in the oil belt is leased by the Producer's Oil Company, and another tract of sixty-eight and one-half acres is leased by the Forest Oil Company, and the remaining forty acres by the Five Rivers Oil Company, besides which he has other holdings in land, and also owns an interest in the oil companies that are operating on his lands.
Mr. Marriott is a man of much public spirit and one who has since coming to Electra, shown himself to be a citizen of the most approved type. He served one term as mayor of Electra, and was elected to fill the office of chief executive for another term, but the press of private affairs compelled his resignation. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Roman Catholic church.
On January 13, 1880, Mr. Marriott was united in marriage with Miss Rosie Cotter, of Collin county, Texas, and the daughter of Edward Cotter and his wife, now both deceased. Six children have been born to them. Mrs. Annie Spurgin, the eldest, has three children; Mrs. Mary J. Dempsey, also of Collin county, has a family of five children; Edward Marriott, living in Electra, and his father 's business associate, conducts the grocery business established by the elder Marriott some years ago and is a capable and rising young business man, and promises to do credit to his father; Mrs. Clara Turner lives in Electra; Robert Marriott is deceased, and John Marriott the youngest child, lives at home.
In Electra the Marriott family are leaders in the best social activities of the community, and enjoy the esteem and confidence of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Marriott is one of the most prosperous and high standing men of the state, and his success has been evolved from a lowly beginning as a farmer 's boy. He has made a name for himself in these parts, and is justly entitled to the place he now occupies. The family resides on Wagner street, where they have one of the finest homes in Electra.
--A History of Texas and Texans, vol. 4, (first edition); by Frank W. Johnson, Editor. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1914; pp. 1856-1857. [Note: his biographical entry was deleted from the subsequent second edition, published in 1916.]
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