A history of Texas and Texans . have been erected on hisland for the use of his tenants, and with the accumula-tion of manv hundreds of acres of uplands and bottomalong the east course of the Trinity he has come to beregarded as the largest farmer of this locality. :\ remained in the market for land until it reachedfifty-five dollars an acre, the highest point to which hebelieved it possible for land values to go, and since thenhas practically ceased to add to his land capital. Mr. Pinson was one of the organizers of the CityNational Bank of Forney in 1902, and has since servedas its
A history of Texas and Texans . have been erected on hisland for the use of his tenants, and with the accumula-tion of manv hundreds of acres of uplands and bottomalong the east course of the Trinity he has come to beregarded as the largest farmer of this locality. :\ remained in the market for land until it reachedfifty-five dollars an acre, the highest point to which hebelieved it possible for land values to go, and since thenhas practically ceased to add to his land capital. Mr. Pinson was one of the organizers of the CityNational Bank of Forney in 1902, and has since servedas its president. The vice president is A. F. Duke andits cashier is James Rhea, with Ed D. McKellar as assist-ant cashier. Besides the bank, Mr. Pinson assisted inpromoting the establishment of the oil mill at Forneyand is vice president of the company operating that localplant. The only political service of Mr. Pinson has been asalderman of Forney, having been one of the first afterthe incorporation of the town. He is a Democrat and. /%^^/i TEXAS AND TEXANS 2085 has attended a few political conventions. His cliurch isthe Baptist. In August, 1874, was solemnized in Dallas county themarriaf^e of Mr. Pinson with Miss Alice E. Widman, adaughter of Thomas Widman, who came to Texas fromSouth Carolina before the war. Mrs. Pinson died in1902 at the age of forty-two. Her children are: Pearl,the oldest child, who died at the age of fifteen; Thomas,of Forney, who married lone Gaston; Alice, wife of , of Forney; Cora, who married E. A. Stallings,of Terrell—Alice and Cora being twins; James, ofForney; and Miss Vesta. Clvde .S. Karkaeits. A young business man whoseability has secured him rapid promotion and who is nowidentified with one of the largest mercantile establish-ments of Midland, Clyde S. Karkaeits was born in East-land county, Texas, January 18, 1884. His parents wereJ. A. and Amanda Karkaeits. His father, who was ofan Austrian family, came to Texas about 1878, locat-ing in
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