Henry Thornton Toye
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Date: 12/11/2018 at 16:52:06
Henry T. Toye
H. T. Toye. president of the Worth County State Bank, was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, on the 12th day of June, 1848. In 1866 he emigrated to Winneshiek county. Iowa, where he entered the Breckenridge Normal School at Decorah. Soon after his graduation from this institution he was elected county superintendent of Winneshiek county. On August 18, 1875, he came to Northwood and was chosen principal of the Northwood schools, a position which he held for five years. In 1880 he resigned to accept the position of cashier of the Worth County Bank, at that time a private institution. In 1883 he was chosen county superintendent of Worth county to which office he was re-elected in 1885. Before the expiration of his second term he resigned and purchased an interest in the Worth County Bank, again becoming its cashier. Two years later this institution was reorganized under the state law into the Worth County State Bank. He was elected cashier of this bank, retaining that position until Nov. 1905, when he was promoted to the position of president, being succeeded as cashier by T. S. Hanson.
Source: The Semi-Centennial Souvenir of Northwood, Iowa, 1907, page 50.Henry Thornton Toye
HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, VOL. II, 1918, page 182
Henry Thornton Toye is prominently known in banking circles of northern Iowa and southern Minnesota; his mastery of financial problems enabling him to wisely direct the interests of several banking institutions. Since 1901 he has been prominently connected with the Worth County State Bank of Northwood and in recent years has filled the position of president. He is a native of the province of Ontario, Canada, and a son of James and Eliza A. (Thornton) Toye. He pursued his education in the Iroquois Seminary of Ontario, Canada, and in the Decorah (Ia.) Normal School and took up the profession of teaching, becoming principal of the Ossian public school in Winneshiek county, Iowa, and later of the public schools of Northwood, which position he filled for eleven years. He was also superintendent of the public schools of Winneshiek and of Worth counties. He resigned his position as county superintendent of Worth county to become cashier of the Worth County Bank, and later he became a partner in its ownership. He was active in organizing the bank in 1901 and after filling the position of cashier for a number of years was elected to the presidency and is now serving in that capacity. His developing powers have brought success to the institution and led to the extension of his interests in that field, so that he is now also president of the Farmers' State Bank of Gordonsville, Minnesota, and of the Security Bank of Meltonville, Iowa. Mr. Toye has been married twice. He first wedded Ella Peck, of Jefferson county, New York, and after her death married Mrs. Etta L. Kneeland, whose maiden name was Etta L. Edwards and who is a native of Whitewater, Wisconsin. Mr. Toye has had two children, but Ray passed away in his fourteenth year and a baby boy died in infancy.
Mr. Toye held membership with the Presbyterian church of Northwood until the church property was sold and the congregation disbanded, after which, he and Mrs. Toye became members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons. He is widely known as a representative business man and one whose aid and influence can always be counted upon to further public progress.
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