Who is/was J.T. Trotter, the guy the Houston park is named after?

Just wondering, I can't find anything about the guy the named this park after:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/290560558#map=18/29.87355/-95.28308

You would think if he was important/rich enough to have a park named after him, there would be at least a blurb on a city website. I can't find anything. who was J. T. Trotter?