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ROBERT P. CARSON
Vol. 3, p. 1089-1090

Ideas backed with indefatigable energy-the desire and power to
accomplish big things-these qualities make of success not an
accident, but a logical result. The man of initiative is he who
combines with a capacity for hard work an indomitable will. Such a
man never recognizes failure and his final success is on a parity
with well-directed efforts. Although his business experience has
covered a very short period of time, Robert P. Carson has shown
definitely that concentration of energy and mind on a desired object
results in success. During his incumbency as vice president of the
First National Bank of Coalgate he has given evidence of marked
business ability and he is known as one of the vigorous young
boosters of this section of the state.

Robert P. Carson, grandfather of the subject of this review and in
whose honor he was named, is a resident of Abington, Virginia. He was
in the Confederate army during the Civil War and served as colonel in
a Virginia regiment. He is descended from Sir Edward Carson, of
Ireland, and his father assisted George Washington in the Old
Dominion Commonwealth. A number of Colonel Carson's ancestors served
in the war for independence and were influential citizens in the
early days of Virginia. Dr. Joseph Henry Carson, son of Colonel
Carson and father of our subject, was born in Washington County,
Virginia. He was graduated in the University of Virginia, in the
Virginia Military Institute and in the Bellevue Hospital Medical
College, of New York, in which latter well-known institution he
received the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The year 1886 marks his
advent in Coalgate and at that date this city was merely a mining
camp. For many years he was one of the community's leading financiers
and property owners and he accumulated a large fortune during his
lifetime. He was president of the First National Bank of Coalgate and
took a prominent part in all matters affecting the general welfare of
Coal County. His demise, in 1913, was a distinct loss to this section
of the state and his memory will long remain green in the hearts of
his many friends and acquaintances. He married Mary Catherine COBB,
whose father was a captain in the Confederate army during the Civil
war and whose ancestors were likewise of Revolutionary stock. She is
related to the BENSONS, BEARDS and to the family that produced John
C. CALHOUN. Mrs. Carson survives her husband and resides in Coalgate
with her two sons, Robert Preston, of this notice; and Charles W.,
who was for two years at the A. N. College at Washington, D.C.

A native of Coalgate, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, Robert Preston
Carson was born in the year 1891. As a boy he attended the public
schools of his birthplace and subsequently was a student for two
years in the University Preparatory School at Stanton, Virginia. In
1912 he was graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, in the
Virginia Military Institute, in which well known college his father
was graduated in 1878 and his grandfather in 1854. After completing
his education he returned to Coalgate and in 1913 was elected vice
president of the First National Bank, one of the strongest financial
institutions in Eastern Oklahoma. Since the death of Doctor Carson,
Michael MAYER has been president of this bank, and his son, Walter J.
Mayer, is cashier. This is the second oldest bank in Coal County and
it is incorporated with a capital stock of $30,000. F. C. GARNER, now
of Tulsa, was its first cashier, and with but one exception all the
original stockholders are still with the bank and reside in Coal
County. The bank is enrolled in the Federal Reserve Association of
the Eleventh District and its officers are members of the Coal
County, the Oklahoma State and the American Bankers' associations.

In addition to his position as vice president of the First National
Bank, Mr. Carson is president of the Coalgate Motor Company and
secretary of the Mayer Oil & Gas Company, of Coalgate. He is a young
business man of splendid financial discernment and one who is bound
to win a high place for himself on the ladder of achievement in the
years to come. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Benevolent &
Protective Order of Elks and he is eligible for membership in the
Society of Oklahoma Sons of the Revolution. His religious connections
are with the Presbyterian Church. He is unmarried.

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