Hachitaro and Moto Kishi
After the Kishi colony had great success with its first harvest in 1908, many of the colonists’ families and friends decided to come to Texas. Among them was Kichimatsu Kishi’s younger brother, Hachitaro Kishi, who arrived at the colony in April 1909. Later, in 1912, Moto Sakai came to the colony with two other brides and married Hachitaro. Their marriage was registered at the Orange County Courthouse and the ceremony was officiated by Judge O.R. Sholars, with a Japanese-style feast afterwards. Hachitaro is said to have run the Orange Petroleum Company established by Kichimatsu after the discovery of oil on the colony. In 1921, Hachitaro purchased 11.8 acres of land from Kichimatsu and became a landowner himself. Hachitaro and Moto had five children: Norman Yoichi, Fumi, Ai, George, and James “Jimmy.”
Reference
Walls, Thomas K. (1987) The Japanese Texans, San Antonio: University of Texas, Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio, 1996.