Leslie Stemmons, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American businessman
Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1876
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 15-Oct-1939
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Leslie Stemmons
- Leslie Allison Stemmons (November 8, 1876 – October 15, 1939) was an influential businessman in Dallas, Texas.
- Stemmons was born in Dallas on November 8, 1876, the son of John Martin and Rebecca (née Allison) Stemmons.
- He attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and graduated from the University of Chicago.
- Before returning to Dallas in 1900 to work selling fire insurance and real estate, Stemmons worked briefly in Chicago real estate.
- On July 16, 1902, he married Elizabeth Story.
- They had three children.
- Elizabeth died on January 3, 1910.
- On October 4, 1915, Stemmons married Proctor Howell.
- They had one son.
- As a real estate agent, Stemmons developed the Miller-Stemmons addition, Winnetka Heights, Rosemont Crest, Sunset Hill, Sunset Annex, Sunset Summit, Sunset Heights, and Sunset Crest in Oak Cliff.
- He was a leader in the annexation of Oak Cliff and the building of the Houston Street Viaduct between Dallas and Oak Cliff.
- Stemmons was also a president and director of Atlas Metal Works, a director of Southwestern Land and Loan Company, and a director of Evergreen Hills, Incorporated.
- He was a member of the Dallas Historical Society, the Methodist Church, and the Dallas Real Estate Board. In 1908 the Trinity River overflowed Commerce Street by 52.6 feet [conversion required], and the Ulrickson Committee was formed to draft a flood-control plan.
- Leslie Stemmons served on the committee.
- In 1926 he helped establish the City and County of Dallas Levee Improvement District and served as the chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the District.
- The plan involved moving the Trinity River channel one mile west and building a series of levees.
- In 1928 the city gave a group of river bottomland owners, the Industrial Properties Association, a charter to develop the reclaimed land for industrial use, as the Trinity Industrial District.
- In later years the Stemmons family donated much of the valuable right-of-way for the building of the Stemmons Freeway.
- Stemmons died at his home in Dallas on October 15, 1939, and was buried in Oak Cliff Cemetery.
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