Background
Lefevre, Arthur was born on June 4, 1863 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Review Jacob Amos and Catherine Louisa (Sauerwein) Lefevre.
Lefevre, Arthur was born on June 4, 1863 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Review Jacob Amos and Catherine Louisa (Sauerwein) Lefevre.
Graduate Baltimore City College, 1882. University of Virginia, 1882-1885. Continuing education, University of Texas, 1895.
Moved to Texas, 1890. Teacher in Ball High School, Galveston, 1890-1892. Superintendent schools, Gonzales, 1892-1894.
Instructor mathematics, University of Texas, 1894-1899.
Superintendent schools, Victoria, Texas, 1899-1901. State superintendent public instruction, Texas, 1901-1905.
Superintendent of schools, Victoria, Texas, 1906-1908, Dallas, 1908-1911. Secretary for research of Organisation for the Enlargement by the State of Texas of Its Institutions of Higher Education, 1911-1913.
With The Texas Company, Houston, since 1913.
Editor The Texaco Star. Regent College Indust. Arts, Denton, Texas.
Member Southern Presbyterian Church.
Married Adela Beale Yerby, November 1, 1887. Children: Guy (deceased), Arthur, Katharine.