John George Adair (March 3, 1823 – May 4, 1885), sometimes known as Jack Adair, was an Ulster Scot businessman and landowner, who provided the seed capital for the large JA Ranch in the Palo Duro Canyon of the Texas Panhandle, a region of Texas. In its peak year in 1883, the ranch encompassed 1,335,000 acres (5,400 square kilometres) in portions of six Texas counties and boasted 100,000 head of cattle.
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3 March 1823 Queen's County (since 1922 known as County Laois), Ireland
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4 May 1885 (aged 62)
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