John George Adair
Landholder, Organization founder
1823 – 1885
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Who was John George Adair?
John George Adair, sometimes known as Jack Adair, was an Ulster Scot businessman and landowner, who provided the seed capital for the large JA Ranch in the Palo Duro Canyon of the Texas Panhandle, a region of Texas. In its peak year in 1883, the ranch encompassed 1,335,000 acres in portions of six Texas counties and boasted 100,000 head of cattle.
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- Born
- Mar 3, 1823
County Laois - Spouses
- Cornelia Adair
(1869 - 1885/05/04)
- Cornelia Adair
- Profession
- Education
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Lived in
- County Laois
- County Donegal
- New York City
- Died
- May 4, 1885
St. Louis
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on July 23, 2013
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