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HISTORY OF CASS COUNTY ILLINOIS - 1915

Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.

Page 981

WIDMAYER, GEORGE HENRY, assistant cashier of the Petefish-Skiles Bank, of Virginia, and township school treasurer, is one of the best examples of the younger generation of business men in Cass County. He was born at Virginia, this county, February 28, 1880, a son of Robert E. and Cornelia C. (Wiegand) Widmayer. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the Virginia High School in 1897, and during 1897-8, attended the University of Illinois. After coming back to Virginia, he was associated with is father in the livestock business, in this way becoming well known in his young manhood to his fellow citizens, and through his business success and pleasant personality secured such public confidence that he was made deputy sheriff, in December, 1898, and served as such for four years under his uncle, who was then sheriff of Cass County. In 1903, when his uncle became assessor, he was made his deputy. By this time he had still further proven his worth, and on September 1, 1903, was made bookkeeper of the Petefish-Skiles Bank, of Virginia, thus acting until in 1906, when he was elected assistant cashier, and still holds that responsible office. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and having passed all the chairs was elected as representative to the Grand Lodge for 1914. In addition he belongs to the Red Men and the Elks of Jacksonville, and is very popular in both orders. The Church of Christ holds his religious membership, and he is a deacon in it, as well as secretary and treasurer of its official board.

On December 14, 1909, Mr. Widmayer was married to Bertha Frances Biddlecome, a daughter of Horace H. and Laura (Davis) Biddlecome. A man of more than average ability, Mr. Widmayer has made his influence felt in every situation in which he has found himself and is one of the dominant factors in the life of the busy city in which he has practically spent his life.


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