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Stanley James
Gillette
Stanley James
Gillette was a native of Matagorda County, and was undoubtedly one
of the best known and most popular citizens of Bay City, where he
was proprietor of the Green Cafe and Confectionery and had made a
business of providing service to the many hundreds of hunters and
other visitors who sought the game preserves of Matagorda County. Mr. Gillette was born in Matagorda County, November 27, 1884. His father, James Stanley Gillette, was born in Matagorda County, Texas, in 1854. His father, August Gillette, was a native of France and came to America when a lad of twelve and settled in the Medina Colony near San Antonio. The family later moved to Matagorda and Galveston, a pioneer family of Texas.
Stanley James Gillette was educated at Bay City, attending high school and also a business college there. He had a general commercial experience, including several years of work as a salesman, and from 1920 to 1922 he had some interesting experience in Mexico City. On returning to Bay City he opened a cafe, sold that in 1925 and then bought the Green Frog and Confectionery, with motto "Service with a Hop." He made it a very popular place. He also leased land in several portions of Matagorda County, built cabins and operated a hunting lodge for the benefit of many prominent sportsmen who came to this section of the Gulf Coast during the hunting season.
Matagorda County
Genealogical Society Publication, Oak Leaves, Vol. 8 #3, May
1989 |
Word was received here last night of the death of Stanley Gillette. He was residing in Luling and was engaged in the restaurant business. He was taken suddenly ill at about five o’clock yesterday afternoon and at the same time he went blind. His condition rapidly grew worse and at 10 o’clock he was a corpse. Bright’s disease was the cause of his death.
The body is being brought home tonight but funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
Until a few months ago when Mr. and Mrs. Gillette moved to Luling, they were engaged in the confectionery business here.
The deceased is survived by his wife, mother and father, three sisters, Mrs. Ann Green, Mrs. Hugh Gill of Bay City and Mrs. Rosser of Dallas; two brothers, Fred and Walter. He was 45 years old and was born and raised in Matagorda County.
Daily Tribune,
February 11, 1930 |
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