cashier on the 1st of August, the same year, so that he is filling that position at the present time. He has had liberal experience in connection with financial interests and is well qualified for the onerous and responsible duties which devolve upon him.
On the 19th of December, 1900, Mr. Fawcett was united in marriage to Naomi Thorne, a native of Kansas and a daughter of William B. and Josephine Thorne who are residents of California. Mr. and Mrs. Fawcett have become the parents of four children: Naomi L., Harold T., Ruth and Josephine.
The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and take an active part in its work, Mr. Fawcett serving for some time as Sunday school superintendent. He is also a valued member of the Masonic fraternity, being affiliated with the lodge and chapter at Nevada, and he also belongs to the Modern Woodman camp. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and his cooperation is a supporting element in every measure and movement which tends to promote the public good. As a business man he is enterprising and energetic, and his close application and progressive spirit promise well for his success in the future and also are factors in the present success of the bank.
WILLIAM LOCKRIDGE.
In an enumeration of the men whose records have been a credit and honor to the city of Nevada it is imperative that mention be made of William Lockridge, who for many years was actively associated with the business interests of the city and county and also with municipal affairs as a public official. Perseverance and industry at length brought him success that enabled him to spend the evening of life in quiet retirement. As the day with its morning of hope and promise, its noontide of activity, its evening of completed and successful effort, ending in the grateful rest of night, so was the life of William Lockridge. He was born in Augusta county, Virginia, June 23, 1832, a son of John and Eliza (Irvin) Lockridge, who spent their entire lives upon a farm in the Old Dominion. They had a family of four sons and three daughters but only one is now living, Dr. John E. Lockridge, who is engaged in the practice of medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana.
William Lockridge spent his boyhood and youth in his native state and was in his twenty-fourth year when, in the spring of 1856, he came to Story county, Iowa. Here he located a land warrant that his father had given him, the father having received the same for his services in the war of 1812. Our subject secured employment in the old courthouse which then stood upon the site of the present home of Mrs. Lockridge. For several years he filled the position of deputy recorder, after which he was elected