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Handbook of Texas Online: |
 | | Frank Keith, Beaumont lumberman and oilman, the son of Henry Cortes Lafayette and Sarah Elizabeth (LaPorte) Keith, was born on a farm known as the Wheeler Place in Jasper County, Texas, on December 18, 1857. |
 | | He moved to Beaumont in his early youth and worked as a laborer and teamster for Long and Company's shingle mill. |
 | | Complete with an elevator, gym, and indoor swimming pool, the estate was famous as one of Beaumont's most elegant residential showplaces until it was demolished in 1949. |
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