CHARLES HENRY ARMOUR.

CHARLES HENRY ARMOUR.
Charles Henry Armour is closely and prominently connected with various corporate interests which have constituted important elements in the substantial growth and development of Glenrock and which have been sources of personal profit. Mr. Armour was born in Wilmington, Delaware, August 19, 1890, and is a son of Charles Haines and Susanna Armour. The father was connected with the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company for thirty-five years, stationed during that period at Reading, Pennsylvania, but is now deceased. The mother survives and is living in Honolulu with her daghter, Mrs. Mark A. Rolinson. Charles Henry Armour pursued his education in the east, being graduated from the high school at Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, with the class of 1908. He afterward attended Dickinson College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for a year. In 1909 he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Trust Company at Reading, Pennsylvania, resigning that position to become connected with the First National Bank of Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 191o. He remained in the employ of the bank for seven years and gained a thorough, comprehensive and accurate knowledge of the various phases of the banking business. He then resigned to become cashier of the Glen Rock State Bank at Glenrock, Wyoming, on the 17th of October, 1916. The Bank was organized in that month with resources of one hundred thousand dollars and on the 25th of November, 1917, the resources of the bank had reached the sum of more than three hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. The bank is capitalized for fifteen thousand dollars and has a surplus of thirty-five hundred dollars. As cashier Mr. Armour is largely directing the policy of the institution and is most active in the conduct of the bank. He is a courteous and obliging official and extends the assistance of the bank to its patrons to a point that will not jeopardize the interests of depositors. Aside from his financial and active interest in the Glenrock State Bank, he has become one of the incorporators of the Glenrock Oil & Gas Company, the Glenrock Building & Loan Association, the Glenrock Investment Company, the Imperial Petroleum Company of Glenrock and also owns an interest in the Glenrock Sheep Company, operating in the Muddy field, and a half interest in the Gillen Cattle Company. Aside from his official connection with the Glenrock State Bank, he is the secretary and treasurer of the Glenrock Oil & Gas Company; secretary of the Glenrock Investment Company; treasurer and a director of the Glenrock Refining Company at Glenrock; and treasurer of the Glenrock Tool Company, of Glenrock. On the 4th of April, 1915, Mr. Armour was married at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Miss Elizabeth Jane Wilkinson, a daughter of John Wilkinson, deceased, who at one time was well known as a sheep and cattle man and made his home at Pine Bluff, Wyoming. Mrs. Armour was a student in the University of Wyoming in 1908-9, having previously attended Brownell Hall of Omaha, Nebraska, from 1904 until 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Armour have one son, Robert James, who is now two years of age. In his political views Mr. Armour is a republican and fraternally is a Mason, belonging to Cheyenne Lodge, No. 1, F. & A. M., which he joined in March, 1912. On the 14th of June of the same year he became a Scottish Rite Mason in the Cheyenne Consistory. He belongs to the Glenrock Commercial Club and is interested in everything that has to do with the welfare and progress of his,community and the upbuilding and extension of its business relations. He is actuated in all that he does by the spirit of enterprise. At his door opportunity never has to knock twice. He is ever ready to use every opportunity that is presented for legitimate progress in the business world, and step by step he has advanced, each forward step bringing him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. He is occupying a most enviable position in business circles and his genuine worth is widely acknowledged.

Charles Henry Armour is closely and prominently connected with various corporate interests which have constituted important elements in the substantial growth and development of Glenrock and which have been sources of personal profit. Mr. Armour was born in Wilmington, Delaware, August 19, 1890, and is a son of Charles Haines and Susanna Armour. The father was connected with the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company for thirty-five years, stationed during that period at Reading, Pennsylvania, but is now deceased. The mother survives and is living in Honolulu with her daghter, Mrs. Mark A. Rolinson.
Charles Henry Armour pursued his education in the east, being graduated from the high school at Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, with the class of 1908. He afterward attended Dickinson College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for a year. In 1909 he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Trust Company at Reading, Pennsylvania, resigning that position to become connected with the First National Bank of Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 191o. He remained in the employ of the bank for seven years and gained a thorough, comprehensive and accurate knowledge of the various phases of the banking business. He then resigned to become cashier of the Glen Rock State Bank at Glenrock, Wyoming, on the 17th of October, 1916. The Bank was organized in that month with resources of one hundred thousand dollars and on the 25th of November, 1917, the resources of the bank had reached the sum of more than three hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. The bank is capitalized for fifteen thousand dollars and has a surplus of thirty-five hundred dollars. As cashier Mr. Armour is largely directing the policy of the institution and is most active in the conduct of the bank. He is a courteous and obliging official and extends the assistance of the bank to its patrons to a point that will not jeopardize the interests of depositors. Aside from his financial and active interest in the Glenrock State Bank, he has become one of the incorporators of the Glenrock Oil & Gas Company, the Glenrock Building & Loan Association, the Glenrock Investment Company, the Imperial Petroleum Company of Glenrock and also owns an interest in the Glenrock Sheep Company, operating in the Muddy field, and a half interest in the Gillen Cattle Company. Aside from his official connection with the Glenrock State Bank, he is the secretary and treasurer of the Glenrock Oil & Gas Company; secretary of the Glenrock Investment Company; treasurer and a director of the Glenrock Refining Company at Glenrock; and treasurer of the Glenrock Tool Company, of Glenrock.
On the 4th of April, 1915, Mr. Armour was married at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Miss Elizabeth Jane Wilkinson, a daughter of John Wilkinson, deceased, who at one time was well known as a sheep and cattle man and made his home at Pine Bluff, Wyoming. Mrs. Armour was a student in the University of Wyoming in 1908-9, having previously attended Brownell Hall of Omaha, Nebraska, from 1904 until 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Armour have one son, Robert James, who is now two years of age.
In his political views Mr. Armour is a republican and fraternally is a Mason, belonging to Cheyenne Lodge, No. 1, F. & A. M., which he joined in March, 1912. On the 14th of June of the same year he became a Scottish Rite Mason in the Cheyenne Consistory. He belongs to the Glenrock Commercial Club and is interested in everything that has to do with the welfare and progress of his,community and the upbuilding and extension of its business relations. He is actuated in all that he does by the spirit of enterprise. At his door opportunity never has to knock twice. He is ever ready to use every opportunity that is presented for legitimate progress in the business world, and step by step he has advanced, each forward step bringing him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. He is occupying a most enviable position in business circles and his genuine worth is widely acknowledged.