Palfrey Family

Born into a prominent Franklin, Louisiana, family on 1863 July 17, Thomas Bisland Palfrey came to San Antonio in 1891 as an employee of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Co. He later moved to the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad, where he served as chief clerk until 1907. Palfrey was involved in a number of business ventures, including several banks in south-central Texas and the San Antonio Sewer Pipe and Manufacturing Co.

He was also one of the organizers of a concern which resulted in the construction of Medina Dam in 1912. He was serving as business manager of the Medina Valley Irrigation Company at the time of his death on 1914 August 20.

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