Denver County, History of Colorado, BIOS: HAMPTON, Orville W. (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 160, 162
photo p. 161


ORVILLE W. HAMPTON.

	Orville W. Hampton, widely spoken of as a leading business man of 
Denver, is the president of the First National Bank of Englewood. He 
was born in Humphrey, Nebraska, June 8, 1888. His father, William A. 
Hampton, was a physician and surgeon, devoting his life to that 
profession until he turned his attention to the banking business. He 
was a native of Ohio and the son of an Ohio farmer who had formerly 
lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, before removing to the Buckeye state. 
The same pioneer spirit took William A. Hampton to the west and after 
living for some time in Nebraska he established his home in Denver, 
where he has now retired from active business. He married Emma Grigsby 
and she, too, survives. They have been residents of Denver since 1906 
and are highly esteemed in this city, having an extensive circle of 
warm friends here.

	Orville W. Hampton largely acquired his education in the public 
schools of Alliance, Nebraska, passing through consecutive grades to 
his graduation from the high school with the class of 1906, when he was 
a youth of eighteen years. The family then came to Denver and he became 
manager with the Denver Transportation Company. He later went to 
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and divided his time between Lancaster and 
Philadelphia, where he was engaged in the Jewelry and optical business 
for about three years. On the expiration of that period he removed to 
Newnan, Georgia, where he became manager of a jewelry store, and later 
he became a resident of Yuma, Arizona, where he founded the Yuma 
National Bank, of which he became vice president and manager. He spent 
two years in that office, after which he became vice president of a 
live stock company and devoted four years to these undertakings. He 
then transferred his activities to Los Angeles, California, where he 
was engaged in the brokerage business, having removed to the Pacific 
coast for the benefit of his health. He continued there for six months 
and then went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and on his way back to the 
coast stopped at Denver. He established the Hampton Hardware & 
Furniture Company at Alamosa, Colorado, actively continuing in the 
business for tour years. In October, 1916, he became Identified with 
banking interests, becoming president of the First National Bank of 
Englewood. He has since figured prominently in financial circles in 
Denver and he is a member of the American Bankers Association and the 
Institute of American Bankers. He closely studies every question that 
has to do with the business and is actuated by a most progressive 
spirit in the conduct of the institution of which he is the head. He 
also has stock raising and farming interests, owning an excellent tract 
of land in the San Luis valley of Colorado. This is well irrigated and 
drained and upon it he has high grade stock.

	Mr. Hampton is well known as a valued member of the Denver 
Athletic Club and also of the Lakewood Country Club. He is a Mason, 
having membership in Alamosa Lodge, A. F. & A. M., also in the chapter 
and commandery, and is a member of El Jebel Temple of the Mystic 
Shrine. He turns to golf for exercise, greatly enjoying a game on the 
links when his business Interests permit. His has been an active and 
useful life, his efforts being resultant, and his success illustrates 
the possibilities for accomplishment through individual activity.