Adolph H. Keiser, assistant cashier of the Bank of Mount Olive, is a
most promising young business man. His abilities would seem to give
every assurance of his being a worthy successor to the extensive
interests of his father, Cobus J. Keiser, one of Macoupin county’s
prominent citizens, whose biography appears elsewhere in this history.
Mr. Keiser is a native of Mount Olive, his birth having here
occurred on the 30th of November, 1881. In qualifying himself
educationally for the responsibilities of life he first attended the
public and Lutheran parochial schools. Recognizing the need of a more
comprehensive knowledge of commercial methods he later went to St.
Louis, pursuing a course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College, from
which institution he was graduated with the class of 1902. Immediately
thereafter he returned to Mount Olive fully prepared theoretically for
his business career, and entered his father’s bank in the capacity in
which he has ever since continuously served. He had previously been
identified with this concern, having worked there prior to going to St.
Louis. In addition to his duties in the bank, Mr. Keiser is treasurer of
the Mount Olive Brick & Tile Company, and is also a member of the board
of directors of both that enterprise and the Mount Olive Ice, Cold
Storage & Fuel Company. For the past six years he has been empowered to
act as notary public, having received his original commission from
Governor Yates in 1905, later renewed by Governor Deneen.
In
politics Mr. Keiser is a republican and takes a prominent part in
municipal affairs of a governmental nature. He has twice been nominated
by his party for the office of town clerk having been defeated on both
occasions, the first time by five votes and the second by nine. He is a
member of the German Evangelical Lutheran church and of the Mount Olive
Chess Club, while he is both a member and treasurer of the Liederkranz,
a German social organization. Of pleasing manner and genial personality,
Mr. Keiser is very popular both socially and in a business way in Mount
Olive, where he has many stanch friends.
Extracted 17 Nov 2018 by Norma Hass from History of Macoupin County, Illinois: Biographical and Pictorial, by Charles A. Walker, published in 1911, Volume 2, pages 589-590.
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