from A HISTORY OF TEXAS AND TEXANS
Lynne P. Atmar. Among business men of east Texas few have accomplished more in so few years than Lynne P. Atmar of Groveton. Mr. Atmar, who is thirty five years old, is president of the First National Bank, is an executive officer with several of the larger business and transportation corporations in his part of the state, and has a position in the business community which would be considered a handsome reward for almost a lifetime of patient and consecutive endeavor.
Lynne P. Atmar was born at Pennington, Texas, December 26, 1878. The first eighteen years of his life were spent in his native village, and while there he attended the high school and coming to Groveton began his business career as a drug clerk for John R. Collins. During the three and a half years spent in the Collins store, he learned pharmacy and became a skilled prescription clerk. He gave up the drug business in 1901 to take the position of bookeeper with the Farmers & Merchants Bank, a private institution owned by Judge George W. Riddle of Dallas. Mr. Atmar soon proved his ability to Judge Riddle, was closely associated with that well known financier, and rapidly advanced from the position of a minor clerk to an executive official. The Farmers and Merchants Bank was nationalized as the First National Bank of Groveton on July 17, 1902, with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars. The first officers were: Judge Riddle, president; A. B. Ives, vice president; L. R. Fife, cashier, and L. P. Atmar, assistant cashier. In September, 1903, Mr. Atmar was made cashier, and in 1906 became active vice president and cashier on the retirement of Mr. Ives. Mr. Atmar in 1908 was elected president, and the other officers were Hayne Nelms, vice president, and R. R. Robb, cashier. In 1908, after paying an annual dividend of ten per cent on the capital stock frpm the date of the charter, the surplus earnings were used to increase the capital to sixty-five thousand dollars. Since 1908, under the continued efficient management of Mr. Atmar, the bank has paid a twelve per cent dividend on the increased capital. In 1901 the deposits aggregated thirteen thousand dollars; at the present time, twelve years later, the average deposits are three hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, while the bank has a surplus account of thirty-five thousand dollars and an undivided profit account of ten thousand dollars.
Besides his connection with the First National Bank of Groveton, Mr. Atmar helped Judge Riddle in promoting the Newton County Bank. He is vice president and treasurer of the Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway Company; he is treasurer of the Groveton Light and Ice Company, and president of the Groveton Telephone Company. He is also interested in agriculture, and has been the means of' bringing under cultivation seven hundred acres of land adjacent to Groveton, and devotes his farm to the usual crops of this section. He has also erected several business houses in Groveton, and is closely identified with all the affairs of that community. He is a member of the finance committee for the handling of county bonds for the erection of a new courthouse and also of the road district bonds for district No. 1 in Groveton precinct. Mr. Atmar is unmarried, and fraternally is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a Baptist in church relations.
The father of the Groveton banker was the late Dr. Richard M. Atmar, who died at Groveton in 1898 at the age of sixty years. Dr. Atmar was a South Carolina man, grew up in that state, and in Mississippi, and came to his majority at Crockett, Texas. His literary education was liberal and he graduated in medicine from Tulane University. Throughout the war between the states he was in the Confederate service, was wounded in the battle of Valverde, New Mexico, and subsequently served with the surgical corps. He was in Col. D. A. Nunn's regiment, and throughout the war was in the Trans-Mississippi Department. All his active career was given to medicine, and his practice in Trinity county covers a period of thirty-five years. A Democrat, he was not active politically, had no ambition for political position or public honor, and did his duty to the world through his practice as a physician. He was a member of the Baptist church and a Master Mason. Dr. Atmar was married in Houston county, Texas, to Miss Laura Nelms, oldest daughter of Col. Thomas H. Nelms. Mrs. Atmar died March 22, 1895. The children were: Robert Nelms Atmar, of Westville, Texas, who is in charge of the West Lumber Company office at that place; Jessie, who married John R. Collins, and died at Groveton; Richard L., a dentist at Huntsville, Texas; Lynne P.; Dr. T. R. Atmar of Crockett; Miss Ninon, cashier of the Citizens Bank & Trust Company at Palacios, Texas; Mary, wife of W. C. Best, of Palacios; J. W., assistant cashier of the First
National Bank of Groveton, and Mrs. Laura Ellis of Lufkin.
Lynne P. Atmar. Among business men of east Texas few have accomplished more in so few years than Lynne P. Atmar of Groveton. Mr. Atmar, who is thirty five years old, is president of the First National Bank, is an executive officer with several of the larger business and transportation corporations in his part of the state, and has a position in the business community which would be considered a handsome reward for almost a lifetime of patient and consecutive endeavor.
Lynne P. Atmar was born at Pennington, Texas, December 26, 1878. The first eighteen years of his life were spent in his native village, and while there he attended the high school and coming to Groveton began his business career as a drug clerk for John R. Collins. During the three and a half years spent in the Collins store, he learned pharmacy and became a skilled prescription clerk. He gave up the drug business in 1901 to take the position of bookeeper with the Farmers & Merchants Bank, a private institution owned by Judge George W. Riddle of Dallas. Mr. Atmar soon proved his ability to Judge Riddle, was closely associated with that well known financier, and rapidly advanced from the position of a minor clerk to an executive official. The Farmers and Merchants Bank was nationalized as the First National Bank of Groveton on July 17, 1902, with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars. The first officers were: Judge Riddle, president; A. B. Ives, vice president; L. R. Fife, cashier, and L. P. Atmar, assistant cashier. In September, 1903, Mr. Atmar was made cashier, and in 1906 became active vice president and cashier on the retirement of Mr. Ives. Mr. Atmar in 1908 was elected president, and the other officers were Hayne Nelms, vice president, and R. R. Robb, cashier. In 1908, after paying an annual dividend of ten per cent on the capital stock frpm the date of the charter, the surplus earnings were used to increase the capital to sixty-five thousand dollars. Since 1908, under the continued efficient management of Mr. Atmar, the bank has paid a twelve per cent dividend on the increased capital. In 1901 the deposits aggregated thirteen thousand dollars; at the present time, twelve years later, the average deposits are three hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, while the bank has a surplus account of thirty-five thousand dollars and an undivided profit account of ten thousand dollars.
Besides his connection with the First National Bank of Groveton, Mr. Atmar helped Judge Riddle in promoting the Newton County Bank. He is vice president and treasurer of the Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway Company; he is treasurer of the Groveton Light and Ice Company, and president of the Groveton Telephone Company. He is also interested in agriculture, and has been the means of' bringing under cultivation seven hundred acres of land adjacent to Groveton, and devotes his farm to the usual crops of this section. He has also erected several business houses in Groveton, and is closely identified with all the affairs of that community. He is a member of the finance committee for the handling of county bonds for the erection of a new courthouse and also of the road district bonds for district No. 1 in Groveton precinct. Mr. Atmar is unmarried, and fraternally is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a Baptist in church relations.
The father of the Groveton banker was the late Dr. Richard M. Atmar, who died at Groveton in 1898 at the age of sixty years. Dr. Atmar was a South Carolina man, grew up in that state, and in Mississippi, and came to his majority at Crockett, Texas. His literary education was liberal and he graduated in medicine from Tulane University. Throughout the war between the states he was in the Confederate service, was wounded in the battle of Valverde, New Mexico, and subsequently served with the surgical corps. He was in Col. D. A. Nunn's regiment, and throughout the war was in the Trans-Mississippi Department. All his active career was given to medicine, and his practice in Trinity county covers a period of thirty-five years. A Democrat, he was not active politically, had no ambition for political position or public honor, and did his duty to the world through his practice as a physician. He was a member of the Baptist church and a Master Mason. Dr. Atmar was married in Houston county, Texas, to Miss Laura Nelms, oldest daughter of Col. Thomas H. Nelms. Mrs. Atmar died March 22, 1895. The children were: Robert Nelms Atmar, of Westville, Texas, who is in charge of the West Lumber Company office at that place; Jessie, who married John R. Collins, and died at Groveton; Richard L., a dentist at Huntsville, Texas; Lynne P.; Dr. T. R. Atmar of Crockett; Miss Ninon, cashier of the Citizens Bank & Trust Company at Palacios, Texas; Mary, wife of W. C. Best, of Palacios; J. W., assistant cashier of the First
National Bank of Groveton, and Mrs. Laura Ellis of Lufkin.
from A HISTORY OF TEXAS AND TEXANS
Lynne P. Atmar. Among business men of east Texas few have accomplished more in so few years than Lynne P. Atmar of Groveton. Mr. Atmar, who is thirty five years old, is president of the First National Bank, is an executive officer with several of the larger business and transportation corporations in his part of the state, and has a position in the business community which would be considered a handsome reward for almost a lifetime of patient and consecutive endeavor.
Lynne P. Atmar was born at Pennington, Texas, December 26, 1878. The first eighteen years of his life were spent in his native village, and while there he attended the high school and coming to Groveton began his business career as a drug clerk for John R. Collins. During the three and a half years spent in the Collins store, he learned pharmacy and became a skilled prescription clerk. He gave up the drug business in 1901 to take the position of bookeeper with the Farmers & Merchants Bank, a private institution owned by Judge George W. Riddle of Dallas. Mr. Atmar soon proved his ability to Judge Riddle, was closely associated with that well known financier, and rapidly advanced from the position of a minor clerk to an executive official. The Farmers and Merchants Bank was nationalized as the First National Bank of Groveton on July 17, 1902, with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars. The first officers were: Judge Riddle, president; A. B. Ives, vice president; L. R. Fife, cashier, and L. P. Atmar, assistant cashier. In September, 1903, Mr. Atmar was made cashier, and in 1906 became active vice president and cashier on the retirement of Mr. Ives. Mr. Atmar in 1908 was elected president, and the other officers were Hayne Nelms, vice president, and R. R. Robb, cashier. In 1908, after paying an annual dividend of ten per cent on the capital stock frpm the date of the charter, the surplus earnings were used to increase the capital to sixty-five thousand dollars. Since 1908, under the continued efficient management of Mr. Atmar, the bank has paid a twelve per cent dividend on the increased capital. In 1901 the deposits aggregated thirteen thousand dollars; at the present time, twelve years later, the average deposits are three hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, while the bank has a surplus account of thirty-five thousand dollars and an undivided profit account of ten thousand dollars.
Besides his connection with the First National Bank of Groveton, Mr. Atmar helped Judge Riddle in promoting the Newton County Bank. He is vice president and treasurer of the Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway Company; he is treasurer of the Groveton Light and Ice Company, and president of the Groveton Telephone Company. He is also interested in agriculture, and has been the means of' bringing under cultivation seven hundred acres of land adjacent to Groveton, and devotes his farm to the usual crops of this section. He has also erected several business houses in Groveton, and is closely identified with all the affairs of that community. He is a member of the finance committee for the handling of county bonds for the erection of a new courthouse and also of the road district bonds for district No. 1 in Groveton precinct. Mr. Atmar is unmarried, and fraternally is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a Baptist in church relations.
The father of the Groveton banker was the late Dr. Richard M. Atmar, who died at Groveton in 1898 at the age of sixty years. Dr. Atmar was a South Carolina man, grew up in that state, and in Mississippi, and came to his majority at Crockett, Texas. His literary education was liberal and he graduated in medicine from Tulane University. Throughout the war between the states he was in the Confederate service, was wounded in the battle of Valverde, New Mexico, and subsequently served with the surgical corps. He was in Col. D. A. Nunn's regiment, and throughout the war was in the Trans-Mississippi Department. All his active career was given to medicine, and his practice in Trinity county covers a period of thirty-five years. A Democrat, he was not active politically, had no ambition for political position or public honor, and did his duty to the world through his practice as a physician. He was a member of the Baptist church and a Master Mason. Dr. Atmar was married in Houston county, Texas, to Miss Laura Nelms, oldest daughter of Col. Thomas H. Nelms. Mrs. Atmar died March 22, 1895. The children were: Robert Nelms Atmar, of Westville, Texas, who is in charge of the West Lumber Company office at that place; Jessie, who married John R. Collins, and died at Groveton; Richard L., a dentist at Huntsville, Texas; Lynne P.; Dr. T. R. Atmar of Crockett; Miss Ninon, cashier of the Citizens Bank & Trust Company at Palacios, Texas; Mary, wife of W. C. Best, of Palacios; J. W., assistant cashier of the First
National Bank of Groveton, and Mrs. Laura Ellis of Lufkin.
Lynne P. Atmar. Among business men of east Texas few have accomplished more in so few years than Lynne P. Atmar of Groveton. Mr. Atmar, who is thirty five years old, is president of the First National Bank, is an executive officer with several of the larger business and transportation corporations in his part of the state, and has a position in the business community which would be considered a handsome reward for almost a lifetime of patient and consecutive endeavor.
Lynne P. Atmar was born at Pennington, Texas, December 26, 1878. The first eighteen years of his life were spent in his native village, and while there he attended the high school and coming to Groveton began his business career as a drug clerk for John R. Collins. During the three and a half years spent in the Collins store, he learned pharmacy and became a skilled prescription clerk. He gave up the drug business in 1901 to take the position of bookeeper with the Farmers & Merchants Bank, a private institution owned by Judge George W. Riddle of Dallas. Mr. Atmar soon proved his ability to Judge Riddle, was closely associated with that well known financier, and rapidly advanced from the position of a minor clerk to an executive official. The Farmers and Merchants Bank was nationalized as the First National Bank of Groveton on July 17, 1902, with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars. The first officers were: Judge Riddle, president; A. B. Ives, vice president; L. R. Fife, cashier, and L. P. Atmar, assistant cashier. In September, 1903, Mr. Atmar was made cashier, and in 1906 became active vice president and cashier on the retirement of Mr. Ives. Mr. Atmar in 1908 was elected president, and the other officers were Hayne Nelms, vice president, and R. R. Robb, cashier. In 1908, after paying an annual dividend of ten per cent on the capital stock frpm the date of the charter, the surplus earnings were used to increase the capital to sixty-five thousand dollars. Since 1908, under the continued efficient management of Mr. Atmar, the bank has paid a twelve per cent dividend on the increased capital. In 1901 the deposits aggregated thirteen thousand dollars; at the present time, twelve years later, the average deposits are three hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, while the bank has a surplus account of thirty-five thousand dollars and an undivided profit account of ten thousand dollars.
Besides his connection with the First National Bank of Groveton, Mr. Atmar helped Judge Riddle in promoting the Newton County Bank. He is vice president and treasurer of the Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway Company; he is treasurer of the Groveton Light and Ice Company, and president of the Groveton Telephone Company. He is also interested in agriculture, and has been the means of' bringing under cultivation seven hundred acres of land adjacent to Groveton, and devotes his farm to the usual crops of this section. He has also erected several business houses in Groveton, and is closely identified with all the affairs of that community. He is a member of the finance committee for the handling of county bonds for the erection of a new courthouse and also of the road district bonds for district No. 1 in Groveton precinct. Mr. Atmar is unmarried, and fraternally is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a Baptist in church relations.
The father of the Groveton banker was the late Dr. Richard M. Atmar, who died at Groveton in 1898 at the age of sixty years. Dr. Atmar was a South Carolina man, grew up in that state, and in Mississippi, and came to his majority at Crockett, Texas. His literary education was liberal and he graduated in medicine from Tulane University. Throughout the war between the states he was in the Confederate service, was wounded in the battle of Valverde, New Mexico, and subsequently served with the surgical corps. He was in Col. D. A. Nunn's regiment, and throughout the war was in the Trans-Mississippi Department. All his active career was given to medicine, and his practice in Trinity county covers a period of thirty-five years. A Democrat, he was not active politically, had no ambition for political position or public honor, and did his duty to the world through his practice as a physician. He was a member of the Baptist church and a Master Mason. Dr. Atmar was married in Houston county, Texas, to Miss Laura Nelms, oldest daughter of Col. Thomas H. Nelms. Mrs. Atmar died March 22, 1895. The children were: Robert Nelms Atmar, of Westville, Texas, who is in charge of the West Lumber Company office at that place; Jessie, who married John R. Collins, and died at Groveton; Richard L., a dentist at Huntsville, Texas; Lynne P.; Dr. T. R. Atmar of Crockett; Miss Ninon, cashier of the Citizens Bank & Trust Company at Palacios, Texas; Mary, wife of W. C. Best, of Palacios; J. W., assistant cashier of the First
National Bank of Groveton, and Mrs. Laura Ellis of Lufkin.
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