photo by Lt. Col. Kendall Bergmann (Ret.)
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The Commerce Bank
Marker Text: German immigrant, Anna Mebus (1843-1925) came to Texas in 1858 and married her cousin Karl Martin( 1829-1879) in 1859. After his death she continued to operate their Mason store and post office and by the 1880's was handling the cash of area ranchers. In 1904 she helped establish and became president of the commercial bank. Opened with $3000 capital before a bank building was acquired in 1903, cash was taken home at night. Her sons Charles (1860-1940) and Max (1863-1941) served as bank officers amd helped coin the bank's motto, "safety - service - silence".The family operated the bank until 1959.(1986)