Herbert R. Cleophas

CLEOPHAS, STORDOCK

Posted By: Peter Gausmann (email)
Date: 1/21/2010 at 04:54:33

HERBERT R. CLEOPHAS

Herbert R. Cleophas is the cashier of the Forest City National Bank and is an alert, enterprising young business man who is making steady progress in the field of finance to which he has turned his attention. He was born in Rock county, Wisconsin, January 6, 1884, a son of Ira and Anna (Stordock) Cleophas, the former a farmer by occupation.

After attending the public schools near his father's home Herbert R. Cleophas pursued a preparatory course of study in Ottawa, Illinois, and for one year was a student of civil engineering in the Lewis Institute of Chicago. He afterward matriculated in the University of Wisconsin, in which he studied for a year, and later he purchased land in North Dakota, where he engaged in dealing in horses for a year. His initial step in banking circles was made in connection with the Kensett Bank at Kensett, Iowa, in which he filled the position of assistant cashier for a year, at the end of which time he was promoted to cashier. In September, 1913, he arrived in Forest City and was made vice president of the Forest City National Bank, which position he filled until January 12, 1915, when he was chosen cashier.

Mr. Cleophas is well known in fraternal circles. He belongs to Northern Light Lodge, No. 266, A. F. & A. M., of Northwood, Iowa; to Heredon Chapter, No. 135, R. A. M., of Northwood; and is also a prominent representative of the Knights of Pythias, having held all of the chairs in the local lodge and served as a member of the grand lodge. He is likewise connected with the Elks of Mason City. His political allegiance is given to the republican party.

Source: History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II. Pioneer Publishing Company (Chicago), 1917. pp. 552-553.