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From: "Ceal Wutka" <>
Subject: Re: Galbreath, Elmer Ellsworth - Hamilton county
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 11:34:07 -0400


Interesting! This doesn't mention Galbreath Road that runs along that golf
course. Wonder if it is name for this Galbreath?

Ceal

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From: "christina m hursh" <>
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Subject: bio: Galbreath, Elmer Ellsworth - Hamilton county


> Elmer Ellsworth Galbreath
> Cincinnati, The Queen City, Vol. 3;
> published in 1912
> Transcribed by: Linda Isenbarg
>
>
> Among the men of Cincinnati who have gained success through
> wisely directed effort there are
> few more inspiring examples than that presented in the life of E. E.
> Galbreath, president of the Second
> National Bank. He is a native of Georgetown, Ohio, born February 1,
> 1864, a son of W. T. Galbreath,
> who was born at Georgetown January 29, 1818, and married Nancy McClain, a
> native of the same place.
> Mr. Galbreath Sr. became very prominent as a banker and was for many
> years connected with the
> Ripley National Bank. He was an intimate personal friend of General U.
> S. Grant and lived to be over
> four score years of age, his death occurring in 1899. The family is of
> Scotch lineage, the ancestry
> having been traced back many generations in Scotland.
> After receiving his preliminary education in the public schools
> Mr. Galbreath of this review
> entered the Ripley High School from which he was graduated in 1882. He
> then went into Ripley
> National Bank as assistant cashier, in which position he continued for a
> number of years, when he was
> made cashier. Subsequently he was appointed by the federal government as
> National Bank Examiner for
> the district and filled that position very acceptably for four years,
> during which time he gained much
> experience which assisted him greatly in assuming new responsibilities.
> He was elected vice president of
> the Second National Bank of Cincinnati in 1905 and in January 1911, was
> made president of this
> institution, a position which he has since filled. He is also a member
> of the board of directors of the
> Norwood National Bank and the Mercantile Library.
> On the 11th of June 1889, Mr. Galbreath was married to Miss
> Bessie Torrence, a native of
> Mercer, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Dr. J. W. Torrence. Five
> children came to brighten their home,
> Torrence, Joseph, George, Ralph and Kathryn.
> In politics Mr. Galbreath supports the candidates and principles
> of the Republican Party and his
> religious faith is indicated by membership in the Presbyterian church to
> which he is a liberal
> contributor. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order and has
> taken the Scottish Rite and
> thirty-second degree. He also holds membership in the Bankers’ Club of
> Cincinnati, the Business Men’s
> Club, the Queen City Club and the Avondale Golf Club. He has always been
> prompt and efficient in
> business and has shown a capacity and clearness of perception in meeting
> emergencies, which mark the
> true leader. He was fortunate in early receiving thorough instruction in
> his chosen vocation and there
> are few men in Cincinnati whose judgment in large financial matters is
> more readily accepted. Being now
> in the prime of life with apparently many years before him of increasing
> prosperity and usefulness, he
> may be regarded as peculiarly fortunate, and he sees no reason to regret
> his selection of Cincinnati as a
> home.
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