"In the banking circles of the Illinois River Valley no name is better known than that of Edward A. Heald, who has been actively identified with the Canton National Bank, of Canton, Fulton county, for over fifty years, being the dean of bankers in this section of the state. He was born August 18, 1862, in the city where he still resides, and is a son of Charles T. and Amelia Martha (Aiken) Heald.
Edward A. Heald attended the public and high schools of Canton and completed his education in Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio. On April 17, 1878, when not yet seventeen years of age, he left school to enter his father's bank, which had then become the Canton National Bank. He was first collection clerk and janitor, and for over a year he slept over the bank. He was next promoted to teller, in which capacity he served for a year and a half, when he was made assistant cashier. Five years later, at the time his father went to Peoria, he was made cashier and thus served for thirty years. He then became vice president and four years later, in 1924, became president, which office he still holds. He is the oldest banker in point of years of service in this section of the state, and none has had a finer record as an executive than he. He is a man of clear-headed judgment and keen discrimination and the bank has enjoyed a period of prosperity under his administration.
Mr. Heald was married on September 5, 1883, to Miss Mary E. Chaffee, who was born and reared in Canton, and they had four children. The mother of these children passed away on May 24, 1916, and on May 23, 1922, Mr. Heald was married to Mrs. Katharine Maple Foster, of Chicago, in which city she was born and reared. She is a granddaughter of the man for whom Mr. Heald's father (Charles T Heald) came to Canton to open a bank in 1856.
He is a member of the Congregational Church, of which he was formerly a trustee. During the World war he served as the secret correspondent of the government in Canton for investigating applicants seeking compensation for losses, and also took an active part in the various Liberty Loan drives and other war-time activities. He served as president of Group Three of the State Bankers' Association, and as vice president for Fulton county of the State Bankers' Association, and on the executive council of the same."
[From John Leonard Conger and William E. Hull, History of the Illinois River Valley, Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1932, p.41-43.]
Edward A. Heald attended the public and high schools of Canton and completed his education in Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio. On April 17, 1878, when not yet seventeen years of age, he left school to enter his father's bank, which had then become the Canton National Bank. He was first collection clerk and janitor, and for over a year he slept over the bank. He was next promoted to teller, in which capacity he served for a year and a half, when he was made assistant cashier. Five years later, at the time his father went to Peoria, he was made cashier and thus served for thirty years. He then became vice president and four years later, in 1924, became president, which office he still holds. He is the oldest banker in point of years of service in this section of the state, and none has had a finer record as an executive than he. He is a man of clear-headed judgment and keen discrimination and the bank has enjoyed a period of prosperity under his administration.
Mr. Heald was married on September 5, 1883, to Miss Mary E. Chaffee, who was born and reared in Canton, and they had four children. The mother of these children passed away on May 24, 1916, and on May 23, 1922, Mr. Heald was married to Mrs. Katharine Maple Foster, of Chicago, in which city she was born and reared. She is a granddaughter of the man for whom Mr. Heald's father (Charles T Heald) came to Canton to open a bank in 1856.
He is a member of the Congregational Church, of which he was formerly a trustee. During the World war he served as the secret correspondent of the government in Canton for investigating applicants seeking compensation for losses, and also took an active part in the various Liberty Loan drives and other war-time activities. He served as president of Group Three of the State Bankers' Association, and as vice president for Fulton county of the State Bankers' Association, and on the executive council of the same."
[From John Leonard Conger and William E. Hull, History of the Illinois River Valley, Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1932, p.41-43.]
"In the banking circles of the Illinois River Valley no name is better known than that of Edward A. Heald, who has been actively identified with the Canton National Bank, of Canton, Fulton county, for over fifty years, being the dean of bankers in this section of the state. He was born August 18, 1862, in the city where he still resides, and is a son of Charles T. and Amelia Martha (Aiken) Heald.
Edward A. Heald attended the public and high schools of Canton and completed his education in Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio. On April 17, 1878, when not yet seventeen years of age, he left school to enter his father's bank, which had then become the Canton National Bank. He was first collection clerk and janitor, and for over a year he slept over the bank. He was next promoted to teller, in which capacity he served for a year and a half, when he was made assistant cashier. Five years later, at the time his father went to Peoria, he was made cashier and thus served for thirty years. He then became vice president and four years later, in 1924, became president, which office he still holds. He is the oldest banker in point of years of service in this section of the state, and none has had a finer record as an executive than he. He is a man of clear-headed judgment and keen discrimination and the bank has enjoyed a period of prosperity under his administration.
Mr. Heald was married on September 5, 1883, to Miss Mary E. Chaffee, who was born and reared in Canton, and they had four children. The mother of these children passed away on May 24, 1916, and on May 23, 1922, Mr. Heald was married to Mrs. Katharine Maple Foster, of Chicago, in which city she was born and reared. She is a granddaughter of the man for whom Mr. Heald's father (Charles T Heald) came to Canton to open a bank in 1856.
He is a member of the Congregational Church, of which he was formerly a trustee. During the World war he served as the secret correspondent of the government in Canton for investigating applicants seeking compensation for losses, and also took an active part in the various Liberty Loan drives and other war-time activities. He served as president of Group Three of the State Bankers' Association, and as vice president for Fulton county of the State Bankers' Association, and on the executive council of the same."
[From John Leonard Conger and William E. Hull, History of the Illinois River Valley, Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1932, p.41-43.]
Edward A. Heald attended the public and high schools of Canton and completed his education in Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio. On April 17, 1878, when not yet seventeen years of age, he left school to enter his father's bank, which had then become the Canton National Bank. He was first collection clerk and janitor, and for over a year he slept over the bank. He was next promoted to teller, in which capacity he served for a year and a half, when he was made assistant cashier. Five years later, at the time his father went to Peoria, he was made cashier and thus served for thirty years. He then became vice president and four years later, in 1924, became president, which office he still holds. He is the oldest banker in point of years of service in this section of the state, and none has had a finer record as an executive than he. He is a man of clear-headed judgment and keen discrimination and the bank has enjoyed a period of prosperity under his administration.
Mr. Heald was married on September 5, 1883, to Miss Mary E. Chaffee, who was born and reared in Canton, and they had four children. The mother of these children passed away on May 24, 1916, and on May 23, 1922, Mr. Heald was married to Mrs. Katharine Maple Foster, of Chicago, in which city she was born and reared. She is a granddaughter of the man for whom Mr. Heald's father (Charles T Heald) came to Canton to open a bank in 1856.
He is a member of the Congregational Church, of which he was formerly a trustee. During the World war he served as the secret correspondent of the government in Canton for investigating applicants seeking compensation for losses, and also took an active part in the various Liberty Loan drives and other war-time activities. He served as president of Group Three of the State Bankers' Association, and as vice president for Fulton county of the State Bankers' Association, and on the executive council of the same."
[From John Leonard Conger and William E. Hull, History of the Illinois River Valley, Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1932, p.41-43.]
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