In a message dated 12/22/2008 Bob Wilson <[email protected]> writes: > ....and then there's that fellow back in Texas named Jim Hogg (a county is > even named after him there, as there is one named for another fellow named > Deaf Smith) who named his newborn twin girls, "Ima" and Eura". One of them went > on to become quite active in state politics, and was a personal friend and > mentor to Lyndon B. Johnson. Contrary to many fanciful stories, Miss Ima Hogg did not have a sister named Ura, or Eura, or anything of the sort. She had no sisters at all, only brothers. Ima, who was born in 1882 in Mineola, Texas, was the second of four children. Her brothers were named William, Michael and Thomas. Miss Hogg was a talented pianist, a patron of the arts, a preservationist and a philanthropist. Although her father, James Hogg, had been Governor of Texas, Ima herself was not particularly active in politics. She did once run for the Houston school board, so that the board would include two women. She was elected, but chose not to run for a second term. An auditorium for the performing arts on the University of Texas campus is named for Miss Hogg. She has been honored throughout the state, both before and after her death in 1975. It might have made for a better story if Ima Hogg had had a sister and had been a mentor to LBJ, but neither is true. Ima Hogg owned a valuable high chest of drawers that once belonged to Joseph Wharton, Sr. of Philadelphia. Wharton was a Quaker. The piece of furniture was among the items Miss Hogg donated to the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. As far as I know, Miss Hogg had no Quaker ancestors, but I do. I'm descended from John Morton, a Quaker who was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1724. Ima Hogg certainly did have an unusual name. Bob Morton Austin, Texas ************** One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp& icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)