E.W. WILBUR
History of Arizona, 1896

Although established at a comparatively recent date, it must 
be admitted that one of the most notable banking houses in 
Arizona is the Mesa City Bank which was organized and opened 
February 1893 with a paid up capital of $20,000.  William 
Christy holds the responsible position of president, C.W. 
Crouse, vice-president and E.W. Wilbur cashier.  E.W. Wilbur 
was born in Greenwood, McHenry County, Illinois, April 16, 
1845, son of O.G. and Elizabeth (Willis) Wilbur, natives of 
Massachusetts.  The parents moved to the Prairie State in 
1843, settled in McHenry County and there the father tilled 
the soil all his life.  The mother is also deceased.

Young Wilbur, after growing to sturdy manhood on the farm and 
after securing a fair education in the common schools, began 
the study of medicine and was graduated from the medical 
department of the University of Philadelphia in 1870.  The 
same year, he commenced practicing at Rockford, Iowa and 
remained in active practice until the spring of 1892, when 
he made his way to Arizona.  While a resident of Rockford he 
was president of the School Board and served six years in the 
State Legislature. He was a member of the Iowa State Medical 
Society and others, and was surgeon for the Burlington, Cedar 
Rapids and Northern Railroad for about twenty years.  Mr. 
Wilbur was a well known and popular man in Iowa and is also 
influential in Arizona.

In 1892 he located at Mesa City and there he has since resided. 
He was the organizer of the Mesa City Bank and has been its most 
efficient cashier since its organization.  He has retired from 
active practice and has turned his entire attention to the 
banking business. Mr. Wilbur owns considerable ranch property, 
is engaged in buying and selling land and established the Mesa 
Real Estate Company with E.W. Wilbur manager and T.E. Pomeroy 
secretary.  They do all kinds of real estate and loan business 
and are wide awake men. In all his enterprises Mr. Wilbur has 
met with unusual success.

In the year 1871 he married Miss Delia Hoy, a native of McHenry 
County, Illinois and they have four children living--George H., 
Walter H., Ethel and Everett.

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