Jackson County IA Archives Biographies.....Kelso, Walter C. 
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Source: History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910
Author: J. W. Ellis

WALTER C. KELSO. 

Walter C. Kelso needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, for the 
name of Kelso has long figured prominently in connection with professional and 
financial interests of Bellevue. Born in this city on the 5th of December, 
1862, he is a son of Hon. Joseph Kelso, mentioned elsewhere in this volume. At 
the usual age he entered the public schools and therein continued his studies 
until he completed the high school course. He then entered the State University 
at Iowa City and on the completion of the classical course was graduated in 
1885. At once returning to Bellevue, he entered his father's bank, where he 
remained for a short time, but in 1886 went to Crookston, Minnesota, where he 
became connected with banking interests as a clerk in the Merchants National 
Bank. There his ability and fidelity soon won recognition in promotion, and 
when he left the institution in 1891 he was filling the position of cashier. He 
next went to Hallock, Minnesota, where he engaged in the private banking 
business with his father under the firm style of J. Kelso & Son. They became 
proprietors of a bank already established, which was later organized into a 
state bank, and Walter C. Kelso is still financially interested therein. 
In 1898 he returned to Bellevue, where he has since conducted a private banking 
business in connection with his brother Joseph, the bank being the property of 
the father's heirs. His long experience has made him well qualified for the 
duties that devolve upon him in this connection. He is thoroughly familiar with 
banking in every department and is conducting a business that is in entire 
harmony with legitimate banking methods, the safe and conservative policy 
followed commending the institution to the liberal patronage of the public. 
On the l0th of September, 1905, Walter C. Kelso was married to Miss Maggie 
Furgeson, a native of Drayton, North Dakota. They have three children: Ruth, 
Esther and Margaret. Mr. Kelso is well known in this, his native city, and has 
here a large circle of warm friends which includes many patrons of the bank as 
well as those whom he has met in different relations. 
-History of Jackson County, Iowa, J. W. Ellis, 1910 




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