C. H. Thompson

C. H. Thompson, cashier of the Farmers Savings Bank of Hanlontown, Worth county, was born in Carpenter, Mitchell county, Iowa, on the 27th of December, 1893, and is a son of Ove J. and Jennie (Stiley) Thompson, the former a native of Worth county, while the latter was born in Mitchell county. The father is prominently identified with the grain trade in Northwood, Iowa, and the family is well known in this section of the state.

C. H. Thompson was reared under the parental roof and pursued his education in the Southern Minnesota College, now the Southern Minnesota University of Austin. When his course was completed he entered the Carpenter Savings Bank of Carpenter, Iowa, as assistant cashier and served in that capacity for a period of six years, during which time he gained intimate, accurate and valuable knowledge of the banking business in all of its phases. On the 1st of September, 1917, he came to Hanlontown to accept the position of cashier of the Farmers Savings Bank, in which capacity he is now capably serving, proving an efficient and popular bank official.

On .the 29th of June, 1916, Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Ida Ringham, a daughter of T. L. Ringham, a retired business man of Northwood. In his political views Mr. Thompson is a republican and in March, 1918, was elected to the mayoralty of Hanlontown, in which position he is now acceptably serving, giving to the city a businesslike administration in which he seeks to bring about needed improvements and reforms. He is a member of the United Lutheran church and is a wide-awake, alert and energetic man and citizen whose efforts constituting an important element in the upbuilding of the bank with which he is connected, while his devotion to the public welfare is manifest in his course as mayor. He commands the respect, esteem and confidence of those who know him, and Worth county has reason to number him among her representative citizens.

SOURCE: HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1918, VOL. II; PAGES 427 & 428

Transcription by Gordon Felland, 10/5/2006