SAVAGE, HENRY SEYMOUR, president of the Farmers National Bank of Virginia, and one of the best known figures in the banking circles of Cass County, was born in this county, August 29, 1865, a son of Henry Seymour and Sarah Frances (Ward) Savage, and the youngest of the thirteen children born to his parents. Not only did he attend the public schools of Jacksonville, to which place his parents moved when he was a child, but he also took the high school course, and entering Princeton University, was graduated therefrom in 1887. He then became a clerk in a banking institution at Spokane, Wash., and was there for five years, and on returning to Illinois in 1893, located at Virginia. His father was one of the organizers of the Farmers National Bank at that place, but died before the organization was completed. Shortly after the above bank opened for business, his mother purchased some stock and later Mr. Savage became associated with it. IN 1911 he was elected its presiding officer and is still president of it.

The Farmers National Bank of Virginia was organized in 1865, with a capital stock of $50,000, and its first officers were: Samuel S. Vance, president; Henry H. Hall, vice president; John H. Wood, cashier. Its present capital is $50,000 surplus and undivided profits $40,000. The present officers are: Henry S. Savage, president; James Maslin, vice president; R. C. Taylor, cashier; V. E. Robertson, assistant cashier; and F. M. Robertson, assistant cashier. The members of the Board of Directors are: James Maslin, Detrich Brockhouse, V. E. Robertson, R. C. Taylor, and H. S. Savage.

On April 2, 1912, Mr. Savage was married at Virginia, to Edith Alba, a daughter of Archibald and Sarah (Cosner) Mains. Mr. Savage is a member of the Elks of Jacksonville. For five years he served as a member and as chairman of the Republican County Central Committee for Cass County, and was closely identified with his party's work.