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J.E. Streeper Starting life as a poor boy, Joseph E. Streeper became a prominent and wealthy citizen of Denison.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 5, 1832, he was the second child of Richard Streeper, a carpenter by trade, and Margaret Moore. Young Joseph received his education in his native town and took up the business of business in 1853 at the age of 21. However, this line of business was short lived; in 1855 he moved to Chicago and took charge of his first hotel, Irving Hotel, for one year. His next move was to St. Louis where he followed the the trade of steamboating on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers for ten years, moving in 1866 to a plantation he had purchased on the White River in Arkansas. In 1868 Joseph moved to Kansas City and in 1869 to Jefferson, Texas where he entered the grocery business. In 1872 he moved to the new town of Denison; he moved for a short period of time to Texarkana but returned to Denison in 1875 where he built the Colonnade Hotel. One more move to Fort Worth in 1876 and then he permanently settled in Denison where he owned both business and residential property. In June 1853, Mr. Streeper married Miss Clara Simmons of Philadelphia. To this union two sons and a daughter were born, all of whom were deceased by 1889. Source : Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, c1889, pg.808 Denison Daily
News
January 8, 1880 Pg. 1 J.E. STREEPER Eclipse Livery Stable This handsome brick livery establishment is situated on the corner of Main street and Burnet avenue. There is no citizen who stands higher in Denison than J.E. Streeper, no more polite or courteous gentleman, and his courteous deportment has been engrafted on all the employees under him. An admirable judge of live stock, he has an elegant stock of horses, spanking teams, saddle horses, ponies, family horses, with a fine assortment of buggies, carriages, hacks, drummers' wagons, and all other vehicles used in his line. His drivers are polite and respectful, and the whole business conducted only as an old livery stable man and a genial gentleman would conduct it. The greatest attention is given to the wants and wishes of his customers, while his prices are reasonable. His location should not be forgotten by those wishing either a riding pony or a four-in-hand. Mr. Streeper was also the proprietor of the Colonnade Hotel, located at 324-326 West Main Street in Denison, Texas, during the late 1880s. J.E. Streeper (died 1895) and wife, Clara (1823-1895) are buried at Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Texas In October 1883 the Denison Post Office was moved to its new quarters, a two-story building erected by J.E. Streeper, on the corner of Main Street and Burnett Avenue. It was announced in June 1884 that Col. Streeper had leased the Colonnade Hotel to Mr. Lyman Thompson & Mr. Reube R. Thode. Two years later the Colonel was praised for his efforts in aiding the growth of Denison by listing the buildings that he had had erected in the city. The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, September 27, 1885 
In
June 1853, Mr. Streeper married Miss Clara Simmons of Philadelphia.
To
this union two sons and a daughter were born, all of whom were deceased
by 1889. In Mrs. Streeper's obituary of Sunday, March 31, 1895,
she and here husband are described as "devotedly attached" to each
other and it was said that where one went, the other went. The
couple spent much of their last three years visiting St. Louis,
Colorado, and other points in the west and south. "Only the grim
reaper could separate them" and that was done with Mrs. Streeper's
death in March of 1895; however, the separation was not for long as
Col. Streeper died in May 1895. Both are buried in Fairview Cemetery
outside of Denison. Col. Streeper's estate was worth about
$75,000 at his death. In July after his death, the notice
appeared in the local paper for any having claims against his estate to
notify the Executor. The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, July 28, 1895 pg. 4 
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