KREIGH, Harley D. - 1912 Bio (1881 - ? )

KREIGH, ALLEN, ISRAEL, GONTERMAN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/19/2007 at 20:57:34

History of Jefferson County, Iowa -- A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol II, Published 1912, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago
Pages 228-230

Harley D. KREIGH, assistant cashier of the Batavia Savings Bank and one of the highly esteemed citizens of the town, was born in Knoxville, Illinois, on the 24th of May, 1881, and is a son of John S. and Eva (ALLEN) KREIGH. His father, a well known farmer of Jefferson county, was born in the vicinity of Hagerstown, Maryland, while the grandfather, John KREIGH, was a native of Pennsylvania of German extraction. The mother, who was of Scotch (sic) descent, was born and reared near Galesburg, Knox county, Illinois. In 1887, together with his wife and family, John S. KREIGH came to Jefferson county, locating on a farm in Locust Grove township, north of Batavia. After five years residence there he removed to a farm five miles northeast (sic - northwest?) of Batavia, in Wapello county, where he continues to live. The mother, however, passed away in 1895. The family of Mr. and Mrs. KREIGH numbers seven children: Frank, who is deputy sheriff of Wapello county, now living near Ottumwa; Harley D., our subject; Fred, who is operating his father's farm in Wapello county; and Mary and Alice, both of whom are still at home; James, an employe of the J. H. Marrell Company, of Ottumwa, Iowa; and John, who is attending Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.

The first eighteen years of his life Harley D. KREIGH spent on his father's farm, his early education being acquired in the district schools of the neighborhood. After completing the course therein he attended the Knoxville high school for three years, then entered Brown's Business College at Galesburg, Illinois, from which institution he was graduated in 1898. He began his business career in the St. Louis store at Ottumwa, Iowa, being identified with that enterprise for eighteen months. In the fall of 1901 he came to Batavia to become assistant cashier of the Savings Bank. During the ten years in which he has been identified with this prosition he has proven himself to be a business man of more than average capability and efficiency, whose trustworthiness and reliability has won him hosts of friends. The Batavia Savings Bank, which is now entering upon the twentieth year of its existence, was organized in 1892 with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars. It is recognized as one of the conservative and substantial financial institutions of the county, whose directors and officials are highly regarded among the business men of the state. The directors are: J. B. Mowery, George P. Israel, W. A. Lewis, Peter Nelson and E. M. Sterner, while J. B. Mowery, of Ottumwa, is president, George P. Israel, vice president and W. A. Lewis, cashier.

On the 30th of November, 1905, Mr. KREIGH was united in marriage to Miss Alta ISRAEL, a daughter of Robert and Louisa (GONTERMAN) ISRAEL, both of whom are still living. Mr. ISRAEL was formerly an agriculturist of Chaffee county, Colorado, but at the present time is engaged in mercantile business in Ottumwa, Iowa. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. KREIGH, Evelyn Lucille, whose birth occurred on the 21st of June, 1907.

Mr. KREIGH is identified with various fraternal orders being a member of the Modern Woodmen and Masonic lodges of Batavia, as well as the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, belonging to Lodge No. 347, Ottumwa, Iowa. His political support he accords to the democratic party and has always taken an active and helpful interest in all municipal affairs. In 1902 he was elected to the office of town clerk, which he held for one year, while he served as mayor of the town from 1904 to 1906. He is one of the popular young business men of the town whose future career gives assurance of being most promising.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.