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F. H. SHOLES

     F. H. Sholes, the popular and efficient treasurer of Cornelius, has
creditably filled several municipal offices and is also a financier of proven
ability and worth. He was born in St. Joseph county, Michigan, in 1885 and is
the adopted son of A. S. Sholes, his great-uncle. The latter was born in the
state of New York and lost his father when a boy of about thirteen. His early
life was spent on a farm in the Empire state, which he left when a young man.
During the Civil war he served in the Eleventh Michigan Cavalry and after
receiving his honorable discharge returned to Michigan and married Miss Jenny
Western, a native of that state. There he engaged in banking, general
merchandising and farming and was also a dealer in grain. Success attended all
of his undertakings and at one time he was the owner of eleven fine farms in
Michigan. Owing to impaired health he came to Oregon in 1904, locating in
Portland, and liked the state so well that he decided to remain. For several
years he was an outstanding figure in financial circles of Cornelius and is
still at the head of the Cornelius State Bank but retired from the active
management in 1920. Although eighty-four years of age he enjoys excellent
health, for his powers and talents have been wisely conserved. Mr. Sholes is a
Mason and became a charter member of the lodge at North Branch, Michigan, also
of the Eastern Star chapter of that place, which his wife likewise joined at
that time. His has been a useful, upright life, characterized by the
accomplishment of much good, and he is respected and honored by all with whom he
has been associated.
     F. H. Sholes attended the public schools of Michigan and while living in
that state received instruction in electrical engineering. At the age of
nineteen he enrolled as a student in a Portland business college and in 1905
became cashier of the Hillsboro Commercial Bank, of which his father was one of
the founders. For two years he remained in the institution, also aiding in the
conduct of the lumber business which his father had started in 'Hillsboro, and
has since been identified with the Cornelius State Bank. It was established in
1905 by T. H. Adams, who was the first president of the bank and now lives in
Vancouver, Washington. In 1907 the institution was purchased by capitalists of
Hillsboro and Forest Grove and A. S. Sholes has since been its president. J. A.
Thornburgh was the cashier in 1906 and in 1907' he was succeeded by F. H.
Sholes, who is still the incumbent of that office. J. C. Buchanan is vice
president and the other officers and directors are Albert Bunning, of Cornelius;
and Daniel Deaville, of Hillsboro, retired. The original capital of fifteen
thousand dollars remains unchanged and a surplus fund of six thousands dollars
has been accumulated, while the resources amount to one hundred and seventy
thousand dollars. This institution has been a vital force for progress in
Cornelius and is one of the oldest and most reliable banks in Washington county.
For more than twenty years F. H. Sholes has faithfully served the institution,
doing all in his power to further its interests, and is largely responsible for
its success and prestige.
     In 1910 Mr. Sholes was married in Hillsboro to Miss Florence May
Weatherred, who was born at North Plains, a short distance from the town. She is
a daughter of T. S. and Frances (Taylor) Weatherred, who are now residing in
Hillsboro. The parents of Mrs. Weatherred were from Tennessee and came to Oregon
in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Sholes have one child, Thomas Seymour, who was
born in Hillsboro.
     Mr. Sholes is a member of the McMinnville Lodge of Elks and the Washington
County and Oregon State Bankers Associations. His deep interest in educational
matters led to his service on the school board, with which he was connected for
nine years, and for six years he was mayor of Cornelius, which derived much
benefit from his progressive administration. During the eight years of his
service as town treasurer Mr. Sholes has made an exceptionally fine record. When
he entered upon his duties the municipality was burdened with a debt of
twenty-three thousand dollars, which has been reduced to three thousand, five
hundred dollars, notwithstanding the additional expense incurred by the
installation of a fine water system÷an achievement that has won for Mr. Sholes
the highest commendation. He has manifested his devotion to the public welfare
by many tangible efforts for the general good and is a citizen who would be a
valuable acquisition to any community, for throughout life he has been actuated
by a keen sense of duty and honor, conscientiously fulfilling every trust
reposed in him.

 
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has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.