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THE EXAMINER, McKINNEY, TEXAS, MAY 5, 1955
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mentioned that John K. has been
in the funeral business for 52 years
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Klemm Appointed
Representative for
United Farm Agency
No More Veterans
Land Loans
Handwritten
Corrections of Will
Not Recognied in Court
We Still Follow
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—Henry Van Dyke
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The Marthas
been accomplished, Sunshine Mag-
azine reports, by men who hav
passed their 60th year.
It examined the careers of some
400 men, the most notable of their
time and outstanding as statesmen,
painters, warriors, poets and writ-
ers, and found that the decade be-
tween 60 and 70 years of age con-
tained 35 per cent of the world’s
greatest achievements; between 70
and 80, 23 per cent; after '80, 8 per
cent.
Old age can be the most fruitful
part of our lives.
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Blessings
By Capt. Roy Hall
bcle Tom’s shoes “was” wearing
out. H"woe 2ly one, of course,
on his right foot an'as it got a W+.
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Some give all to love and some
give lov to all.
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PLEDGES COLLEGE CLUB
WASTE. WASTE. WASTE. That
seems to be the byword in govern-
ment today. And now a $100,000,
000,000.00 (100 billion) bond issue
is being promoted to build bigger
and better roads. And by a twist
of the pen we are supposed to get
around the debt ceiling by calling
them road bonds or something sim-
ilar, instead of- government bonds
which have been voted to cover
deficit spending. How long will the
people be hoodwinked by such tom-
foolery.
neral Home for the past 14 years,
and this funeral home now has two
Cadillas ambulances air condition-
ed, for the comfort and conveni-
ence of those who need ambulance
service.
John K. Wilson was born Oct. 2,
1878, near where the little town of
Ardath once flourished, and his fa-
ther, the late Alma Wilson, was
born a few miles west of old Ar-
dath, April 29, 1856, 99 years ago,
and his father, George A. Wilson,
came to Collin County from Sum-
ner County, Tenn., during the year
1844, and fought in the Mexican
War of 1848.
Both Alma and John K. have al-
ways made their home in Collin
County.
Let me but dp my work from day
to day
In field or forest, desk or loom,
In roaring market-place, or tranquil
room.
Let me but find it in my heart to
say,
When vagrant wishes beckon me
astray,
This is my work; my blessing, not
my doom:
Of all who live I am the one by
whom
This work can best be done in my
own way,
To suit my spirit and to prove my
powers;
Then shall I cheerfully greet the
laboring hours
And cheerful turn when the long
shadows fall
At eventide to play, and love and
rest,
Because I know for me my work
is best.
Joyce Moseley of Allen has been
elected to pledge the Mary Arden
Club at North Texas State Col-
lege.
The club is a junior and senior
women’s literary and social organ-
ization. The group has a record of
52 years of continuous activity, and
since 1915 has been a member of
the Texas Federation of Women’s
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horse.
—Joel D. Smith
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Few there are who enjoy the
friuts of their full ability. Latent
talents and untapped powers await
only your command to rise and
perform. „m,-m
“You know this boot?” Mr. Parker
looked it over a little and said,
“Sure do. I made them a year ago
for W. C. Burris. Mr. Burris didn’t
like the square toes, and told me
to sell them to someone else. He
paid me for them though. I kept
them here for a year and finally
sold them to Morris Diamond for
fifty cents, glad to get rid of
them.”
On the way back to our wagon
Uncle Tom said, “Roy, would you
like a nickle to keep your hash trap
closed about this boot?”
I got the nickle, and Uncle Tom
never mentioned the boot trade
agin. It was the best boot or shoe
he ever had. He was still wearing
it when he left, a few years later
to return to Tennessee.
Uncle Tom
Shoes in those
fraction of their
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—John R. McCrillis
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The American Way
To play my role with a heart that
sings,
To know the richness of simple
things;
To feel I’ve paid for what I’ve won, -
In the honest coinage of duty done;
To seek the weal of our brother-
hood,
And share in the larger common
good;
To keep the faith with my race and
' day—
That’s what I call the American
Way.
of tough going,
it wore out fast-
er than ordinary
shoes do. He
put the matter
off until he had
to have it, no
way out of it.
When you have to swallow your
own medicine, the spoon always
seems about 3 times as big.
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Reasons that sound good aren’t
always good, sound reasons.
states. And, since the Wilson era,
such states have reached new
zeniths of dictatorship and tyran-
ny.
Many say that cannot happen
here, in our own country. But the
lesson of history is that it can hap-
pen anywhere and will happen—
unless the people and their repre-
sentatives are forever on guard
against any avoidable extension of
the power of government.
The proposed constitutional
amendment to vote another one
hundred million veterans land loan
program will probably hit some
hard sledding with the voters aft-
er the scandals which have been
unearthed recently in Austin. But
you can never tell. Time does fun-
ny things. People soon forget.
Judge Andrews has some things to
say about it in a letter through
The Examiner columns. You will
find it on this page.
“The history of liberty is the his-
tory of limitations of governmental
power, not the increase of it,” said
the late President Woodrow Wilson.
Ever since civilization began, men
have had to fight for freedom
The Marthas serve the church for
love.
Their services freely they allow.
I sometimes think the Lord above
Must smile to see them “take a
bow.”
For all their courage while they
live,
For all the patience they com-
mand,
I’m sure, some day, that God will
give
The Marthas of His Church “a
hand.”
Clubs.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wendell H. Moseley, she is a jun-
ior elementary education major.
She is a member of the Association
for Childhood Education Interna-
tional.
Needed- Manna From Heaven
“So God has sent you two more
little brothers, Sally,” said the
minister to the small daughter of
a family recently blessed with
twins.
“Yes,” said Sally, “and He knows
where the money is coming from,
too. I heard Daddy say so.”
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Diner: “Waiter, take this coffee
away. It’s like mud.”
Waiter: “Well, it was ground
this morning.”
3. The puonc is so reluctant to
rearm that it will be politically im-
possible to put too much steam be-
hind the drive until all possiblility
of a settlement with Russia has
■ clearly disappeared.
The top limit for the West Ger-
man forces is 500,000 men. They
will be divided into 350,000 soldiers
in 12 divisions, 85,000 airmen in a
1,300-plane tactical air force and
65,000 sailors in a small coastal
navy.
At least nine major laws will be
necessary to implement the Paris
treaties in Germany.
The first will be a “volunteer
law” to establish a 150,000-man
cadre for the armed forces. A con-
scription law will be needed to en-
able 350,000 men to be called up for
! 18 months training and then kept
on reserve.
A new democratic military code
is to replace the strict Prussian-
style regulations of the past.
Powers to requisition land and
property and raise funds for mili-
tary purposes must be granted by
Parliament.
Parliament must decide the ques-
tion of who is to be commander in
chief, which is sure to stir contro-
versy.
Parliamentary sources doubt this
process can be completed much be-
fore the end of this year. That
means the first recruits would be
taken into service in January 1956.
For all their services, there will
be a carde of 22,000 officers, 40,000
noncommissioned officers and 88,-
000 enlisted men. There is already
doubt whether so many volunteers
can be found.
Present plans for the army call
for the creation of 12 skeleton divi-
sions at first. In emergency these
could be combined to make four
full-strength divisions.
After about 18 months training,
these divisions will be ready to
take on strength through the draft.
Initial air force training, especial-
ly of pilots, is expected to be car-
ried out in American and British
establishments.
The service commanders as well
as the commander in chief have
yet to be named. The leaders chos-
en, the cadre trained, the forces
will be ready for the draft.
The day when the summonses go
out to the nation’s young men is
also subject to political influence.
Federal elections are due in Sep-
tember 1957. Political observers
believe the government would not
risk its election chances by calling
the draft just before the vote. They
speculate that this might delay the
draft until late 1957 or even Janu-
ary 1958.
On that basis the divisions would
not be fully trained and ready for
battle until 1960.
On the other hand, if the nation
became convinced there is no hope
of a deal with Russia over reunifi-
cation, the program could be speed-
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to the Air Force was $1,267,000—' against all-powerful, oppressive
practiclly nothing in today’s spend-
ing, yet there are people who be-
lieve a million dollars is money. If
complained all
the way about
the high price
of shoe leather,
days, sold for a
Count your garden by the flowers
Never by the leaves that fall;
Count your days by golden hours,
Don’t remember clouds at all!
Count your night by stars, not
shadows;
Count your life by smiles, not
tears,
And on this and each tomorrow,
Count your age by friends, not
years.
Congress cannot stop such waste
it should resign and turn over the
government to the generals and
admirals, who would destroy us
instead of waiting for an enemy to
do it.
Changing and revoking wills has
involved many an estate in litiga-
tion because the proper legal meth-
odts were not used and the statutes
were not followed.
Take the case of Mr. S. Sometime
ago he went into his lawyer’s of-
fice and laid in front of his attor-
ney a will which had been pre-
pared for him about a year pre-
viously. He said that he had made
a few changes in it and wanted to
know whether his attorney thought
he changes were all right.
Mr. S. was attempting to change
two items of his will by drawing
lines through certain words in
these items and interlining, in his
own handwriting, the changes he
wanted. He was not attempting to
revoke his entire will but merely
trying to change these two items.
If Mr. S. were to die with his
will in that condition, the probate
court would not recognize the
changes that he had made, but
would probably probate the will as
it was originally written. Mr. S.
was surprised to learn this and im-
mediately requested that a new will
be prepared.
After the will has been once exe-
cuted, changes cannot be made le-
gally by crossing out parts of a will
and interlining corrections or addi-
tions. To change a will, an entirely
new will must be written and prop-
erly executed or an addition by
way of a codicil should be executed.
Since a will does not take effect
until the death of the person mak-
ing it, the provisions of the will
should be reviewed by the maker
at least once a year to be sure that
changing conditions and circum-
stances have not been such as to
require a modification of the will.
It is very easy to postpone doing a
thing of this kind, but failure to do
so may result in the intentions of
the maker of the will being thwart-
ed to a certain extent.
There are many changing cir-
cumstances which would be brought
to his attention if a person would
review his will at least once a year
in the light of circumstances at the
time.
Such things as deaths among the
legatees or devisees named in his
will, births, marriages or divorces
in the family, accidents or sickness
among the close, relatives which
make it desirable to increase or de-
crease the amount given certain
ones, substantial increase or de-
crease in the value of the estate
of the person making the will,
death of all witnesses to the will
and many other factors, may cause
a person to want to execute a new
will or add a codicil to his old one.
A free pamphlet containing use-
ful information on wills and relat-
ed matters may be obtained by
sending your name and address on
a postcard to State Bar of Texas,
Colorado at Fifteenth, Austin 1,
Texas.
(This column, based on Texas
law, is written to inform—not to
advise. No person should ever ap-
ply or interpret any law without
the aid of an attorney who knows
the facts because the facts may
changes the application of the law.)
(Paris News)
Reports that were made to a con-
gressional appropriations commit-
tee last February were made pub-
lic Monday, evidently with the pur-
pose of getting larger appropria-
tions for defense. The reports told
of the great Russian armies and of
the increase in Red China’s air
bases, which would be given planes
by Russia if and when deeded. The
overall report is enough to give an
increase in the fears of the people
of another world war, and that in
turn is to lead to the demand for
more appropriations for the armed
forces of this Nation.
Unification of the armed forces,
which promised so much in effici-
ency and economy, has not done so,
notably in the field of economy.
The generals and admirals go right
along, buying wastefully and stor-
ing far in excess of possible need.
Much of the excess will presently
be declared surplus, or superceded
by later models, and then be sold
for a few cents on the dollar of
cost.
Congressional committees have
been hearing details of such prac-
tices time and again, yet have done
nothing to stop or even to lessen it.
One instance will serve to show
the waste. Planes are equipped with
tubes carrying rockets under the
wings, which can be released by
the men in the plane. These tubes
are bought by the Air Force from
a California manufacturer at $36.82
each. An order was placed for 100,-
000 at that price. At the same time
the Navy placed an order for only
40,000 tubes with a Chicago maker
at $23.95 each. The additional cost
than 64 per cent of the
achievements in this world
So you, or someone you know,
are “getting on” in years? More
As you travel along in your daily
toil
Keep love in your heart—in your
eyes a smile.
.Give a word of cheer to those who
are blue,
A warm handclasp will help some,
too;
A wave of the hand, a cheery
“Good Day”
To those you may meet, or pass by
the way—
As you travel along.
Start in the day with a word of
prayer,
As the birds trill their notes to the
morning air.
Let your prayer be to God, like
their songs to Heaven,
Thankful for life and the blessings
given;
Thinking those thoughts that are
right and good,
Doing those deeds that you Sbyl
you should— *
As you travel along.
—Anon
himself, for the community
which he operates, and for
company.
Henry F. Klemm of McKinney
has been appointed exclusive local
representative for McKinney and
surrounding territory, E. H. Taylor,
General Sales Manager for UNIT-
ED FARM AGENCY, announced
today. UNITED, one of the largest
sellers of country real estate in the
nation, has it Home Office in Kan-
sas City, Missouri, with Branch Of-
fices in San Francisco, Los Ange-
les, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis,
St. Paul and Springfield, Missouri.
Mr. Klemm is a native of Indiana
and has lived in the McKinney ter-
ritory for the past seven years. He
has had several years of experience
in the real estate business and since
1948 has operated a retail furniture
store at McKinney.
“We are very happy to bring
these new farm brokerage facili-
ties to this territory,” stated Mr.
Taylor in announcing the appoint-
ment, “and to have secured the
services of a man with Mr. Klemm’s
experience to open our new office
here. Such an association will, we
feel, be a most beneficial one for
McKinney Examiner' Three Years
CLINT Thompson, 1865-1954 Needed to Prepare
MRS. CLINT THOMPSON i
WOFFORD THOMPSON (rAI Armv
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। German and Allied military ex-
perts calculate it will take at least
three years to make West German
The hue and cry raised over the
Tidelands Oil bill a couple of years
ago has a hollow sound now. The
echoes come back to disturb.
It seems the deal is going to be a
really profitable one for the Fed-
eral Government—perhaps to the
extent of $6,000,000,000, over the
years! And the states will garner a
profit of over $1,000,000,000.
But most important the sov-
ereignty of the states has been
saved and strengthened.
Uncle Tom Was a
‘Slick Trader’ When
He Needed a Boot,
This picture is that of John K.
Wilson and his two sons, A. Wilbur
and Malcolm Lee Wilson, taken at
St. John’s Masonic Hall No. 51 in
McKinney on the night of April
15th, 1955, when the Texas Grand
Lodge of Masons presented to John
K. Wilson a 50-year Masonic pin
celebrating 50 years of Masonic
membership in said St. John’s
Lodge.
The pin was presented by Mr. H.
B. Peterman, District Deputy Grand
Master of this Masonic District,
and the pin was placed in the lapel
of the coat of John K. Wilson by
the two sons, Alma Wilbur and
Malcolm Lee Wilson.
There is quite a list of the Wil-
son name on the Masonic registrar
in the Masonic hall, but the name
of John K. was the first of this
Wilson clan to be placed there.
In this connection, it might be
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Published each Thursday and en . forces for the atom age. There’s a
tered at the Post ficeni Class ' serious shortage of qualified young
Kinney, Texas, as Second-Class. Officers and
noncoms.
Mail Matter. I 2. A mass of legislation is re-
i quired to legalize the raising of
armed forces.
The Marthas of the church are
those
Who serve the Lord from day to
day.
There always is a group that sews,
Or keeps the altar flower-gay.
A group will bake the cakes and
pies,
But seldom stay for speech and
song.
Without the aid each one supplies
The church could never get
along.
The Marthas work in aprons white.
The linen on the board they
spread,
And then they vanish out of sight
As soon as every guest is fed.
To get the program under way,
The chairman is supposed.to
stand 40
And to the throng assembled:
“Let’s give the women-folk" a
hand.”
Recent news dispatches say that
President Eisenhower has made
“contact” with Russia's Zhukov.
And therefore the world’s peace
hopes are on the upswing. Zhukov,
you will remember was the general
whom Eisenhower dealt with at
close of the last war. He was re-
garded as a friend of the West.
It seems that America will nev-
er learn that no deal can be made
with Russia that will stand up.
Communism is Communism no mat-
ter who the man is. If Zhukov is a
member of the party and reliable
enough that the Communist big-
wigs will place him in important
positions then we say he will stand
watching. Any time a Russian
makes a move either in the name
of peace or war you may rest as-
sured there is an ulterior motive
somewhere. The best way for Rus-
sia to ease world tensions is to
make good some of the broken
promises of the past.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE
Inside Collin County (1 year) $1.50
Inside Collin County (6 mo ) $1.00
Enside Collin County (3 mo.) JC armed forces ready for combat.
Outside Collin County g yr.) $2.50 1 (oromositicarmreasonsrcet thet
Outside Collin County (6 mo.) -7. until 1960
Outside Collin County (3 mo.) $1.00 | The three main factors affecting
the speed of rearmament are:
1. The Germans have to start
cost today; from $1.50 to $3.00, de-
pending on their finish and make.
But Uncle Tom was done with
shoes. They wore out too quickly;
he was going to buy a boot.
Hitching the horse back of the
hotel where Hope & Sons is now
! located, we walked up on the
square. Uncle Tom first went to
see Dolph Parker, up on West Vir-
ginia Street, but Dolph did not
have an extra boot. He told Uncle
Tom he would make him one for
three dollars and have it done in
two days. Too much, Uncle Tom
said. He would look around.
We went to every shoe and boot
shop in town. At each place they
declined to sell Uncle Tom a boot
unless he paid the whole price for
the pair. Boots sold higher than
shoes; usually up to six dollars.
Uncle Tom was getting down in the
mouth until he thought of Morris
Diamond. Morris ran a clothing
store where Murdock Cooper’s five
cents to a dollar store is now, and
carried everything — so Morris
claimed. “Let’s go see what that
Jew has,” Uncle Tom said. “He’ll
skin us sure, but I gotta have a
boot.”
Morris met us at the door. He
met everybody at the door. He was,
as always, all smiles. Morris aimed
to please; please, that is, until you
made a purchase. He exclaimed, as
if he had not seen us for years, and
was most anxious to do so, “Hi,
Mr. Wilmeth and little sonny. Vat
you want today, I haff.”
Uncle Tom told him about the
boot, going on to say that he al-
ways came to Morris first, as he
sold dirt cheap,- and stood behind
everything anyone purchased. He
said he knewtH other stores
would not break, a'.pair to sell him
one boot, but he had told Dad, on
leaving home, “Now, I’ll go to Mor-
ris Diamond’s and get my boot.
Morris is a friend.” Morris, of
course, knew Uncle Tom was soft-
soaping him, but he appeared to
be greatly pleased. He bowed and
scraped, asking Uncle Tom his size.
Uncle Tom told him and Morris led
us back in the stacks of clothing
lying on tables.
Now, one of the ways Morris
kept his stock up was to go around
among the other merchants in town
and buy the goods they had had on
their shelves so long that they
knew it could never be sold. The
pair of boots he hauled out for
Uncle Tom was doubtless some of
this kind of stuff. But they were
good ones;' though decidedly off
color. In those days all boots and
shoes were black. These were tan,
and had square toes. But they were
pretty.
The price Morris had on them:
three dollars. This was more cash
than Uncle Tom had. After hag-
gling around, Morris found out that
Uncle Tom had $1.25 and no more.
Morris swore that he could not
possibly break the pair, as there
was no other one-footed man in the
country to take the other. Now, as
it happened, both Uncle Tom and
myself knew of one. He lived in the
east part of town and whereas
Uncle Tom had a good right foot,
the man had a left one. I told Mor-
ris of him.
“No, no,” Morris evclaimed. “Mis-
ter Jones died last week. I cannot
sell the other boot to anybody. I
haff to have tree dollars.”
We started out, but never got to
the door. Morris ran after us and
caught Uncle Tom by the arm.
Mister Vilmeth,” he cried. “I vill
make it cheap to you. You giff me
two dollars and take de boot.” He
knew what Uncle Tom had but
hoped, in some way, he might raise
the extra cash. I didn’t have any
money myself.
Uncle Tom sadly shook his head.
They argued a while and we again
started for the door. Morris caught
us. “Giff me one twenty fi and take
the boot. But I am robbed . . .
robbed . . .robbed.” He acted as
if he were about to. cry. Uncle Tom
bought the boot, paying his last
red cent for it. The boot was his
size, and fitted perfectly. He had
to have it, that’s all.
On the way home Uncle Tom
Kept chuckling. “Roy,” he boasted.
“It takes a good trader to get the
best of a Jew. You see the name in
that boot?” I told him I didn’t, and
he went on, “Dolph Parker, by
ganny. Old Dolph made them boots,
and I bet they cost ten dollars.” He
chuckled off and on all the way
home.
Shortly after that we were on the
jockey yard on First Monday and
came across Mr. Jones, the one-
legged man. Uncle Tom was sur-
prised, and asked if Mr. Jones had
been sick. No, he said, he was in
perfect health. Uncle Tom then
asked him where he got the tan
boot he had on. Mr. Jones said he
got it from Morris Diamond, pay-
ing $1.25 for it and was glad to get
it. Both men knew where the oth-
er’s boot came from, but neither
mentioned the fact.
Uncle Tom told me to come on,
and we went back up town and
over to see Dolph Parker. “Dolph,”
Uncle Tom said, after greetings.
The Press says the legislature
will ask for another $100,000,000
in bonds to buy land to be sold to
certain veterans. Will they again
fix the ballot to deceive the voter.
In 1951, it adopted a resolution for
the Veteran’s Land Board to issue
$100,000,000 in bonds to buy land
to be sold to Veterans of World
War II and the Veterans since 1945.
It omitted World War I veterans
that the U. S. had done less for. It
directed that the amendment be
submitted to the Texas voters on
the 2nd Tuesday in November 1951.
It did not put the Amendment nor
the gist thereof on the ballot but
fixed this way.
For the Amendment to Section
49-b, Constitution of Texas for in-
creasing Veteran’s Land Fund for
the purchase of lands in Texas to
be sold to Texas Veterans of World
War II and to Texas Veterans of
service in the armed forces of the
United Stats of America subse-
quent to 1945.
(Against, etc.)
It did not mention bonds nor the
amount of the increase. The pres-
ent land commissioner says there
are 970,500 veterans eligible to the
land program. If the legislature in-
tends to buy land to sell to all vet-
erans it will require about $100,-
000,000 every two years for about
18 years. Said Commissioner said
the interest on the 1951 bonds by
1989 would be over $47,000,000.
Bankruptcy will be inevitable
unless the voters vote to save Tex-
as like the Texas founders saved
Texas at San Jacinto. Is it the duty
of the legislature to empty the
treasury to grant special privileges
to certain classes and make it easy
for schemers to get much of it, and
issue bonds for posterity to pay 100
years hence?
T. C. ANDREWS.
McKinney, Texas.
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Thompson, Anna & Thompson, Wofford. The McKinney Examiner (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 5, 1955, newspaper, May 5, 1955; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1457492/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.