Edinburg, TX, United States
W. L. Lipscomb. About 1880, South Carolina native William Lawton Lipscomb (1874-1941) came to Texas with his family. In 1894 he settled in Hidalgo County, where he managed a sugar plantation. Later he and his wife, Ada (Dougherty) (1877-1959), moved to Edinburg and established one of the city's firs
t general mercantile stores. Lipscomb moved his business to this building after it was completed in 1910. As an Hidalgo County Commissioner from 1909 until 1925, a prominent businessman, and an active
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