Thomas Chilton Jasper
Male, Deceased Person
1844 –
Who is Thomas Chilton Jasper?
Thomas Chilton "T.C." Jasper was born on January 11, 1844, in Middleburg, Kentucky. He served in the Civil War in Company C, 6th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry. After the war, he returned to Kentucky and taught school. On January 8, 1874, T.C. married Mary Wilmoth Jones. The couple established a very prosperous general store in nearby Mount Salem, Kentucky. Two of his children, Claude and Davie, were born there as well.
In 1887, T.C. moved his family to Plano, Texas, where his third child, Roy, was born. He quickly organized the Plano National Bank, investing out of his own pocket $40,000 of the $50,000 needed for new bank stock. The bank was chartered July 27, 1882, and T.C. served as cashier for 25 years before retiring in March 1913.
In addition to owning numerous business properties in and around Plano, T.C. Jasper was a co-founder of the Plano Cotton Oil Company. In 1904, T.C., along with seven other men, formed the "44 Club"; its members were Confederate veterans and were all born in 1844.
He served as treasurer of the Texas Electric Railroad, was a deacon in the First Baptist Church, a Mason for 55 years, and an honorary member of the Lions Club.
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