Thomas Lloyd Burnett
| Thomas Lloyd Burnett | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1871 Denton County, Texas |
| Died | December 26, 1938 |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Resting place | Highland Cemetery, Iowa Park, Texas |
| Education | Virginia Military Institute |
| Occupation | Rancher |
| Spouse(s) | Olive (Lake) Burnett (divorced) Lucille Mulhall (divorced) Lydia Sheldon (divorced) Bernice Fassett |
| Children | Anne Burnett |
| Parent(s) |
Samuel Burk Burnett Ruth (Lloyd) Burnett |
| Relatives | Martin B. Lloyd (maternal grandfather) Anne Windfohr Marion (granddaughter) |
Thomas Lloyd Burnett (1871–1938) was an American rancher from Texas. He owned 449, 415 acres of land.
Thomas Lloyd Burnett was born in 1871 in Denton County, Texas. His father, Samuel Burk Burnett, was the owner of the 6666 Ranch. His mother was Ruth (Lloyd) Burnett. He moved to Wichita County, Texas with his parents in 1875, when he was four years old.
He was educated at a private academy in St. Louis, Missouri and the Virginia Military Institute.
He worked as a cowhand and later wagon boss at the Big Pasture in southwestern Oklahoma. Meanwhile, he learned to speak the Comanche language and became friends in Chief Quanah Parker. He then served as a captain during the Spanish–American War of 1898.
In 1912, he inherited ranching interests in Wichita County, Texas from his later maternal grandfather, Martin B. Lloyd. He established the Triangle Ranch, where he raised cattle and drilled newfound oil. A decade later, from 1923 to 1925, he acquired the Pope Ranch and the McAdams Rach in Foard County, Texas as well as the Moon Ranch formerly owned by W. Q. Richards, in Cottle County, Texas. A few years later, in 1929, he purchased the YL Ranch (formerly part of the OX Ranch) in the Paducah area. A decade later, in 1938, he purchased the 7L Ranch. Overall, he owned 449, 415 acres of land and 4,000 to 6,000 head of Hereford stock.
He was a major shareholder of the Iowa Park State Bank.
He patronized rodeos in Wichita Falls, Texas. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, he donated school lunches to schoolchildren in Wichita Falls and assisted empoverished cowboys.
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