SIGLER, Lyman P.

SIGLER, STEARNS, ARNOLD

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 2/14/2014 at 13:51:01

Biography ~ Lyman P. Sigler

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 497:

The Farmers’ and Traders’ Bank, on the soundest and most successful institutions in the State of Iowa, was established in 1869, by L. P. & H. C. SIGLER. This was the first bank established in Leon. In 1871 the bank was merged into the First National Bank of Leon, with L. P. SIGLER as cashier. In 1876 the latter and D. & A. B. STERNS (sic, should be STEARNS), of Garden Grove, bought out the National Bank, and the Farmers’ and Traders’ Bank was started under the auspices of the gentlemen who have since controlled it, and began a successful business career scarcely paralleled in the history of banking in Iowa. At this time L. P. SIGLER became cashier, and in 1881 was made president, a position which he still holds. Mr. SIGLER, to whose excellent business capacity the success of this enterprise is to a large extent due, has been a resident of Decatur County about a quarter of a century, having come in 1862. He was born in Marion County, Ohio, in 1848. His parents were JOHN and HULDAH SIGLER, the latter dying in Ohio while L. P. was an infant. The father remarried, and in 1862 removed his family to Garden Grove. He died in 1882. His second wife is still living. Previous to engaging in the banking business in 1869, Mr. SIGLER had been engaged as clerk for the STEARNS Brothers, at Garden Grove. Mrs. SIGLER was formerly FANNIE B. ARNOLD, a daughter of STEPHEN ARNOLD. Mr. and Mrs. SIGLER have one son – RALPH, born at Leon, in 1873.

NOTE: Lyman P. Sigler died in 1911. Fannie B. (Arnold) Sigler died in 1921. Ralph Sigler died in 1923. They were interred at Leon Cemetery, Leon IA.

Submission by Sara LeFleur, Decatur County Historical Society Museum, January of 2014

Note by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2014