PICKENS C. PINKERTON AND FAMILY, Smith County, TX ***************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by Pat M. Stevens IV - stevensp@erols.com 19 May 2001 ***************************************************************** PICKENS C. PINKERTON AND FAMILY "Some Biographies of Old Settlers." Historical, Personal and Reminiscent. Volume I By Sid S. Johnson, 1900: Sid S. Johnson, Publisher, Tyler, Texas Chapter LXVI - Pages 378-379 Pickens C. Pinkerton was a native of Tennessee; removed to Texas in 1851, and settled in Smith county, six miles east of Tyler, where he died. Mr.and Mrs. Pinkerton raised a large family of children, who were intelligent and bright-minded. The descendants of these two grand old people are of the best people in Smith county. Pickens C. Pinkerton was born in 1816 and died on his farm in 1864. He raised eight children to be growm. (sic) Most of those living reside in Smith county and are well to do people, comprising an excellent citizenship. Mr. Pinkerton was an intelligent farmer, a strict member of the Cumberiand (sic) Presbyterian church, living in that order and faith. Mrs. Pinkerton was one of those lovable Christian women that helps a community and makes the world so much better. She survived her husband several years. The Pinkertons have held good positions in life; prominent in their communities. I have no family data at hand, but trust to memory in giving it, not entirely correct. One of the Pinkerton daughters married Ap Stevenson; another married George Martin; another one married John R. Morris. They were pretty and intelligent girls, making lovely Christian women. All three are dead. Wm. A. Pinkerton, of Tyler, is a good businessman; his son, Gus Pinkerton has a good position with J. B. Parker & Co., of Tyler. Pickens C. Pinkerton is a prominent farmer, east of Tyler, in Smith county. Thomas A. Pinkerton is a first-class business man, running a cotton yard in Tyler. James is a resident of Henderson county, and is a good citizen. The early settler gave his children a good example in moral honesty, thrift and industry. It was a life of Christian honesty that throws a hallo (sic) around it, presenting the best side of life. It fosters religion, educates the best thought and makes a showing in the battles of life. The Pinkertons have stood the test of moral manhood, and made an honest name.