The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 287

HARRY E. SCHROEDER.

Harrv E. Schroeder, cashier of the Outlook State Bank, was born in Freeport,
Illinois, January 26, 1870, a son of Henry W. and Belinda L. (Hane) Schroeder,
the former a native of Germany, while the latter was born in Ohio. They became
early settlers of Illinois, where they took up their abode in the latter part of
the '50s. The mother was reared near Canton, Ohio, and was a schoolmate of Mrs.
William McKinley. The father had come to the United States on a sailing vessel
with his parents during his boyhood days and with the outbreak of the Civil war
the grandfather proved his loyalty to his adopted country by active service in
defense of the Union. Throughout his entire life Henry W. Schroeder engaged in
merchandising but is now deceased. His widow survives and makes her home in New
York city.

Harry E. Schroeder of this review acquired a public school education and was
afterward graduated from the Benton College of Law at St. Louis as a member of
the class of 1907. His brother William was also a student in that institution
and was graduated at the same time. For a year thereafter Harry E. Schroeder
practiced law in St. Louis and then removed to Outlook, Washington, where he
became one of the organizers of the Outlook State Bank, which was established in
1909 with Wallace Goodsell as the president. W. H. Norman as vice president and
H. E. Schroeder as cashier. The bank is capitalized for ten thousand dollars and
the deposits in 1919 have reached over one hundred and ten thousand dollars,
there being now more than three hundred active accounts. In 1910 Mr. Goodsell
retired from the presidency and was succeeded by W. H. Norman. The institution
has built up an excellent business and serves a fine farming country. The bank
has the confidence and support of the public and has been an important factor in
the development of the surrounding district, placing advantageous loans that
have been of great assistance in carrying on the development of this region.
While the bank was established on a small scale, its growth has been continuous
and the institution is regarded as one of the strong moneyed concerns of this
section of the state.

On the 18th of January, 1909, Mr. Schroeder was married to May Meyers Douglas,
who was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His political allegiance is given to the
republican party but he has neither time nor inclination to take public office,
his entire energies being devoted to the successful conduct of the bank.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.