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De Cordova Gravesite at Oakwood Cemetery
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Phineas De Cordova
Jemima Delgado De Cordova
Phineas de Cordova, the first Jew in Austin when he arrived in 1849
DE CORDOVA, PHINEAS (1819-1903) Buried in Beth Israel I
Phineas De Cordova, newspaperman and land agent, whose life in Texas embraced a period of nearly sixty years and in a modest way was identified with the history and development of the State, died at the home of his son at Austin, May 8, 1903. Mr. De Cordova was born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 28, 1819; came to Texas in 1847, and spent a year in Galveston with his brother, Jacob, resided for a short time in Houston, and then established himself at Austin. He was editor of a newspaper published at Austin in early days. In later years he contributed various articles to the leading newspapers of the State. He was associated with his son, Sam De Cordova, in the real estate business until failing health compelled him to retire from active pursuits a few years since. He was a man liberally educated, widely read, with a mind stored with recollections of the heroes and statesmen of early days with whom he was associated and important events that he witnessed or in which he participated, with a heart devoted to Texas—chivalrous, patriotic and noble. Source Historic Texas
Oakwood Cemetery
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 1, Beth Israel 1
Overton Hygienic Building (1922)
Image by chicagogeek
NRHP #86001091
3619-27 S. State Street
Chicago, IL
Architect: Z. Erol Smith
From the Chicago Landmarks Website: "Built by noted entrepreneur Anthony Overton as the headquarters for the Overton Hygienic Company, which was one of the nation's foremost producers of African-American cosmetics. This four-story structure also housed several of Overton's other business ventures, including the Victory Life Insurance Company and Douglass National Bank, the first nationally chartered, African-American-owned bank. Offices on the second floor were rented to area physicians, lawyers, music producers, and architects. It is one of nine structures in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_Hygienic_Building
Sterling House B&B, Cape Charles
Image by Joel Abroad
Sterling House B&B, 9 Randolph Ave., Cape Charles, Virginia, April 2013: "Captain Ned" Sterling was town mayor in 1888-1891. He and his brothers from Crisfield, Maryland, started the first seafood business in Cape Charles.
