Thomas Elisha Hogg
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Thomas Elisha Hogg born in Cherokee County, Texas
, the son of Lucanda (McMath) and Joseph Lewis Hogg, was a teacher, lawyer, editor and writer, brother of James Stephen Hogg, Governor of Texas, and uncle of Ima Hogg
. Ima was named from an epic Civil War
poem, The Fate of Marvin, that Thomas Hogg had written. He used the pseudonym Tom R. Burnett.
Cherokee County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 46,659 people, 16,651 households, and 12,105 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile . There were 19,173 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile...
, the son of Lucanda (McMath) and Joseph Lewis Hogg, was a teacher, lawyer, editor and writer, brother of James Stephen Hogg, Governor of Texas, and uncle of Ima Hogg
Ima Hogg
Ima Hogg , known as "The First Lady of Texas", was an American philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts, and one of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th century. Hogg was an avid art collector, and owned works by Picasso, Klee, and Matisse, among others...
. Ima was named from an epic Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
poem, The Fate of Marvin, that Thomas Hogg had written. He used the pseudonym Tom R. Burnett.
External links
Further reading
- C. A. Bridges, History of Denton, Texas, from Its Beginning to 1960 (Waco: Texian Press, 1978).
- Robert C. Cotner, James Stephen Hogg: A Biography (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1959).
- Dallas Times Herald, February 23, 1878.
- Denton Record-Chronicle, August 2, 1953.
- Hattie Joplin Roach, A History of Cherokee County (Dallas: Southwest, 1934).