Jean Baptiste Adoue
Jean Baptiste Adoue, Jr. (November 4, 1884 – November 17, 1956) was the mayor of
Early career
He is born in Dallas County, Texas, as one of four children of Jean Baptiste Adoue, Sr. and Mittie Neosha "Simpson" Adoue. In 1906, he graduated in law from the University of Texas at Austin and returned to his home town to practice law for the following year before working with Adoue Sr. at the National Bank of Commerce (formerly known as Flippen, Adoue, and Lobit which changed when his father became president in 1892). He went on to marry Hester Ann Allen on October 12, 1909. They had two children. After his father's death by suicide in his home on June 24, 1924, Adoue succeeded him as president of the National Bank of Commerce.
After the death of his first wife, he married his second wife, Mary J. Wilson, on May 12, 1937. They had no children. From 1939 to 1947, Adoue was president of the
Life as a mayor
In 1942, he served in the
When his term as mayor ended, he went back to his banker job where he worked until his death on November 17, 1956. He was buried at Crown Hill Memorial Mausoleum, Dallas, Texas.
Feats
He was once on the list of top ten tennis players in Texas and was sitting on the board of director of the