William Rufus Jarvis, Jr. was the son of William R. Jarvis and Martha White.
In his early life a jockey and later a trainer of thoroughbred horses, Mr. Jarvis invented the horse racing stall starting gate in 1927, and it was first used at the old Arlington Downs. The gate was in wide use from coast to coast at the time of his death in 1961. He was a past master of the Masonic Lodge in Ranger, Eastland County, and was a 32d degree Mason.
Mr. Jarvis worked at the Top of Hill Terrace in Arlington in the 1940s. He is the subject of Chapter 17 of the book Top of the Hill Casino by Jim Gatewood.
Mr. Jarvis died at age 75 after a probable heart attack. He was survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, 19 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Mr. Jarvis was interred in Oakland Cemetery in Dallas where his infant son is buried. One of Mr. Jarvis' daughters later had him moved to Pleasant Mound Cemetery. There is a flat marker on the grave.
In his early life a jockey and later a trainer of thoroughbred horses, Mr. Jarvis invented the horse racing stall starting gate in 1927, and it was first used at the old Arlington Downs. The gate was in wide use from coast to coast at the time of his death in 1961. He was a past master of the Masonic Lodge in Ranger, Eastland County, and was a 32d degree Mason.
Mr. Jarvis worked at the Top of Hill Terrace in Arlington in the 1940s. He is the subject of Chapter 17 of the book Top of the Hill Casino by Jim Gatewood.
Mr. Jarvis died at age 75 after a probable heart attack. He was survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, 19 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Mr. Jarvis was interred in Oakland Cemetery in Dallas where his infant son is buried. One of Mr. Jarvis' daughters later had him moved to Pleasant Mound Cemetery. There is a flat marker on the grave.
William Rufus Jarvis, Jr. was the son of William R. Jarvis and Martha White.
In his early life a jockey and later a trainer of thoroughbred horses, Mr. Jarvis invented the horse racing stall starting gate in 1927, and it was first used at the old Arlington Downs. The gate was in wide use from coast to coast at the time of his death in 1961. He was a past master of the Masonic Lodge in Ranger, Eastland County, and was a 32d degree Mason.
Mr. Jarvis worked at the Top of Hill Terrace in Arlington in the 1940s. He is the subject of Chapter 17 of the book Top of the Hill Casino by Jim Gatewood.
Mr. Jarvis died at age 75 after a probable heart attack. He was survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, 19 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Mr. Jarvis was interred in Oakland Cemetery in Dallas where his infant son is buried. One of Mr. Jarvis' daughters later had him moved to Pleasant Mound Cemetery. There is a flat marker on the grave.
In his early life a jockey and later a trainer of thoroughbred horses, Mr. Jarvis invented the horse racing stall starting gate in 1927, and it was first used at the old Arlington Downs. The gate was in wide use from coast to coast at the time of his death in 1961. He was a past master of the Masonic Lodge in Ranger, Eastland County, and was a 32d degree Mason.
Mr. Jarvis worked at the Top of Hill Terrace in Arlington in the 1940s. He is the subject of Chapter 17 of the book Top of the Hill Casino by Jim Gatewood.
Mr. Jarvis died at age 75 after a probable heart attack. He was survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, 19 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Mr. Jarvis was interred in Oakland Cemetery in Dallas where his infant son is buried. One of Mr. Jarvis' daughters later had him moved to Pleasant Mound Cemetery. There is a flat marker on the grave.
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