When Jackson Patillo’s parents fled a Yankee occupied Louisiana ravished by Civil War for the stable confines of Texas in 1862, little did they know how much our family would change the cultural landscape of our newly adopted home. Ultimately settling in Beaumont, where Jackson (known throughout the community as “Jack”) was born in 1863, the Patillo’s took full advantage of the vast tracks of inexpensive fertile farmland and resources this southeast Texas town had to offer. It was against this backdrop, the prudent entrepreneurial Jack availed himself to the opportunities laid in front of him, and became a prosperous real estate mogul by 1900 – making him, his lovely bride Roxie, and our five children one of the most prominent and respected families in the Beaumont community.