JAMES E. DOWLING.

JAMES E. DOWLING.
James E. Dowling, president of the Powell National Bank of Powell, Wyoming, was born, in Memphis, Tennessee, August 26, 1873, a son of John and Mary (Twitty) Dowling, the former a native of Oxford, England, while the latter was born in Tennessee. The father came to the United States about 1870 or 1871, when a young man of twenty years, and was married in Tennessee. He afterward resided for fourteen years in Texas and spent twenty years in the state of Washington. For two years he was a resident of Chicago and in 1908 he came to Wyoming, settling in Park county three and a half miles from Powell. He was among the earliest residents of this section of the state. He took up a homestead under the Shoshone irrigation project and on that land is still engaged in farming, contributing to the material development of the state through the utilization of its natural resources in the northwest. His wife passed away in the state of Washington in 1888. James E. Dowling, whose name introduces this review, acquired a common school education but has largely learned life’s lessons in the school of experience, for from the age of thirteen years he has been dependent upon his own resources and in providing for his support had little opportunity to attend school after that time. He became identified with the lumber business, with which he was associated for six years, being in business on his own account a part of the time. In 1888 he went to Alaska, where he was identified with steamboating and milling, becoming assistant manager of the steamboat company that ran the first steamship down the Yukon river. He spent two years at Lake Bennett, headwaters of the Yukon, in important positions, after which he returned to Washington and engaged in merchandising at Little Rock. He was also postmaster of that town and for several years was one of the officers of the national organization of fourth-class postmasters and attended its conventions at various points all over the United States. In 1912 he took up his abode at Powell, where he filed on a homestead, on which he remained for three years for the benefit of his health, feeling that it would be improved by outdoor life. In November, 1915, he purchased a controlling interest in the Powell National Bank, over whose financial policy he has since presided. This bank was organized as the First State Bank in 19439, with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars. On the 20th of June, 1914, the bank was reorganized and incorporated as the Powell National Bank, with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars. When Mr. Dowling purchased the bank and took charge the deposits approximated one hundred and thirty thousand dollars and the capital and surplus were twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. At the present time the deposits amount to two hundred thousand dollars and the capital and surplus to thirty-eight thousand dollars, showing that the policy which he instituted has been a very profitable and progressive one, productive of excellent results. On the 10th of October, 1896, Mr. Dowling was married to Miss Mabel Cummings, of Little Rock, Washington, and they have one child, Gladys M. In his political views Mr. Dowling is a democrat but has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to concentrate his time and attention upon other interests. Fraternally he is connected with Absarokee Lodge, No. 30, A. F. & A. M., with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Woodmen of the World, while he and his wife are both connected with the Women of Woodcraft. He ranks with Powell’s leading and representative citizens and has been prominently identified with many interests of public importance. He is the present county chairman of the council of national defense. For two years he was the president of the Commercial Club and cooperated in all of its well defined plans and movements for the general good. He was for two years president of the Water Users’ Association and was one of the organizers of the Lyric Theatre Association, which erected the Lyric Theater building at an approximate cost of thirty-five thousand dollars, and he is still a member of its board of directors. This is one of the most modern theater buildings in the state, with lodge and club rooms on the second floor, a building somewhat in advance of the town, but the spirit which led to its erection is also rapidly developing the thriving little city of Powell. Mr. Dowling’s activities have at all times been of a character that have contributed to public progress and prosperity as well as to individual success and his worth as a man and as a citizen is widely acknowledged.

James E. Dowling, president of the Powell National Bank of Powell, Wyoming, was born, in Memphis, Tennessee, August 26, 1873, a son of John and Mary (Twitty) Dowling, the former a native of Oxford, England, while the latter was born in Tennessee. The father came to the United States about 1870 or 1871, when a young man of twenty years, and was married in Tennessee. He afterward resided for fourteen years in Texas and spent twenty years in the state of Washington. For two years he was a resident of Chicago and in 1908 he came to Wyoming, settling in Park county three and a half miles from Powell. He was among the earliest residents of this section of the state. He took up a homestead under the Shoshone irrigation project and on that land is still engaged in farming, contributing to the material development of the state through the utilization of its natural resources in the northwest. His wife passed away in the state of Washington in 1888.
James E. Dowling, whose name introduces this review, acquired a common school education but has largely learned life’s lessons in the school of experience, for from the age of thirteen years he has been dependent upon his own resources and in providing for his support had little opportunity to attend school after that time. He became identified with the lumber business, with which he was associated for six years, being in business on his own account a part of the time. In 1888 he went to Alaska, where he was identified with steamboating and milling, becoming assistant manager of the steamboat company that ran the first steamship down the Yukon river. He spent two years at Lake Bennett, headwaters of the Yukon, in important positions, after which he returned to Washington and engaged in merchandising at Little Rock. He was also postmaster of that town and for several years was one of the officers of the national organization of fourth-class postmasters and attended its conventions at various points all over the United States. In 1912 he took up his abode at Powell, where he filed on a homestead, on which he remained for three years for the benefit of his health, feeling that it would be improved by outdoor life. In November, 1915, he purchased a controlling interest in the Powell National Bank, over whose financial policy he has since presided. This bank was organized as the First State Bank in 19439, with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars. On the 20th of June, 1914, the bank was reorganized and incorporated as the Powell National Bank, with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars. When Mr. Dowling purchased the bank and took charge the deposits approximated one hundred and thirty thousand dollars and the capital and surplus were twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. At the present time the deposits amount to two hundred thousand dollars and the capital and surplus to thirty-eight thousand dollars, showing that the policy which he instituted has been a very profitable and progressive one, productive of excellent results.
On the 10th of October, 1896, Mr. Dowling was married to Miss Mabel Cummings, of Little Rock, Washington, and they have one child, Gladys M. In his political views Mr. Dowling is a democrat but has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to concentrate his time and attention upon other interests. Fraternally he is connected with Absarokee Lodge, No. 30, A. F. & A. M., with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Woodmen of the World, while he and his wife are both connected with the Women of Woodcraft. He ranks with Powell’s leading and representative citizens and has been prominently identified with many interests of public importance. He is the present county chairman of the council of national defense. For two years he was the president of the Commercial Club and cooperated in all of its well defined plans and movements for the general good. He was for two years president of the Water Users’ Association and was one of the organizers of the Lyric Theatre Association, which erected the Lyric Theater building at an approximate cost of thirty-five thousand dollars, and he is still a member of its board of directors. This is one of the most modern theater buildings in the state, with lodge and club rooms on the second floor, a building somewhat in advance of the town, but the spirit which led to its erection is also rapidly developing the thriving little city of Powell. Mr. Dowling’s activities have at all times been of a character that have contributed to public progress and prosperity as well as to individual success and his worth as a man and as a citizen is widely acknowledged.