of
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, page 408
STRONG AND ABLE MEN. My mind has been so full while writing this that I have had to discard very much that might be of interest to the Muscatiner of today, who is interested in his town. I know of no city anywhere that can show a list of greater or better men than Muscatine had in the early days. Can they be matched anywhere?---Jacob Butler, Stephen Whicher, Alden B. Robbins, Ralph P. Lowe, Samuel Foster, Jonathan E. Fletcher, Henry O'Connor, William G. Woodward, Adam Ogilvie, Dr. James S. Horton, Chester Weed, Joseph A. Greene, Henry W. Moore, Colonel S. G. Hill, George C. Stone, Thomas M. Isett, David R. Warfield, A. M. Burnett, George Reeder. I love to think of these men and of John B. Dougherty, John G. Gordon, Richard Musser, Benjamin Hershey, Simon G. Stein, James Weed, James Jackson, Pliny Fay and Cyrus Hawley.
I speak the names of these and many others, some still this side of the grave, with respect and reverence. Many of them might not take high rank as successful men in these days of high pressure, but they were all gentlemen, men of character, many of education and fine mental equipment. I hope some day to see a good history written of the State Bank of Iowa. Its memory deserves perpetuation. It is to the credit of the Merchants' branch at Davenport that it redeemed in gold all its outstanding notes when gold was selling at a very large premium. Major Hoyt Sherman, of Des Moines, ought to undertake this monograph. He is one of the few men left in the state who had much to do with the making of the bank.
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