Yesterday's Architect · c. 1848–1933
Jane Johnson Endsley
Born enslaved in Jefferson, Texas, she and her husband went from sharecropping to owning a 100-acre farm in Rowlett, then she sold the farm, kept the timber rights and built a railroad-yard coal and log business in Dallas considered the largest of its kind in the city. She co-founded Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in 1884 and helped establish a Household of Ruth women's lodge.
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People
- husband · 1862Moses CallowayBEJ profile
- son; helped run the businessEmmett (son of Jane Johnson Endsley)BEJ profile
- son; helped run the businessJoe (son of Jane Johnson Endsley)BEJ profile
- son; helped run the businessLube (son of Jane Johnson Endsley)BEJ profile
- youngest daughterMaggie (daughter of Jane Johnson Endsley)BEJ profile
Institutions and enterprises
- co-founded · 1884Macedonia Missionary Baptist Churchorganized with Rev. A.R. GriggsBEJ profile · cites Texas Historical Commission marker (2015)
- founded · 1920sHousehold of Ruth women's lodge (Dallas)helped establish the lodgeBEJ profile
- foundedEndsley family coal and log businesssold the Rowlett farm but kept the timber rights to supply itBEJ profile
- helped fundHousehold of Ruth women's lodge (Dallas)rented a building for the lodge's meetingsBEJ profile
Places
- born in · 1848Jefferson, Texasborn enslavedBEJ profile
- held property in · 1882Rowlett, Texas100-acre farm assessed at $15,150 in 1882BEJ profile
- died in · 1933Dallasdied in her home on Collins StreetBEJ profile
- buried at · 1933Rowlett, Texasfamily plotBEJ profile
- held property inDallasland near the present State Fair of Texas site; home on Collins StreetBEJ profile
- worked inDallasran a railroad-yard coal and log businessBEJ profile
- worked inRowlett, Texasmoved there between 1865 and 1868; sharecroppers, then farm ownersBEJ profile
Events
- lived throughGreat Depressionfed hungry, homeless people with her daughter MaggieBEJ profile
Themes
- Institution buildingchurch and women's lodgeBEJ profile
- Real estate and landfarm ownership and Dallas landBEJ profile
- Trade and commercefuel supply businessBEJ profile
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