Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Talcott, Charles H 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

Charles H. Talcott, for twenty-two years connected with the Will County 
National Bank, of which he is now cashier, sustains an unassailable reputation 
in financial circles as a man of excellent executive ability and of thorough 
understanding of the banking business. He was born in Silver Creek, New York, 
August 19, 1854, and is a son of William D. and Persis B. (Gage) Talcott, the 
former a native of New York and the latter of Connecticut. The mother was a 
daughter of General Gage, of Revolutionary war fame, who served with the 
British forces. William D. Talcott was engaged in the lumber business in 
Buffalo, New York, for a number of years and owned several fleet boats on Lake 
Erie, becoming captain on a Lake Erie steamer. He served as supervisor for 
some time and was a man of more than local prominence because of his business 
success and the influence which he exerted in public affairs. He died in 
Silver Creek, New York, and his wife has also passed away. They were the 
parents of seven sons and one daughter. Charles H. Talcott was educated in the 
public schools at Silver Creek, New York, and continued his studies in Clinton 
College of that state. After putting aside his text-books he went to New York 
city, where he was employed in a lumberyard, performing all kinds of labor 
incident to the conduct of the business. There he remained for several years 
and his ability and diligence won him ready recognition in promotion until he 
became superintendent of the yards and bookkeeper for the firm. He was thus 
identified with business interests in the metropolis until 1876, when he came 
to Joliet and was made car accountant of the Michigan Central Railroad 
Company, filling that position until 1882, when he was employed by the Chicago 
Telephone Company as manager of the Joliet office. He remained with that 
corporation until 1884, when he entered the Will County National Bank as 
bookkeeper, which position he filled for two or three years. He was then made 
assistant cashier and a year later was chosen cashier, in which capacity he 
has since remained to the entire satisfaction of all concerned—both the owners 
and the patrons of the bank. During this period he has thoroughly mastered the 
banking business in principle and detail and the success of the institution is 
attributable in no small measure to his labors. On the 17th of November, 1880, 
Mr. Talcott was united in marriage to Miss Hattie A. Clayes, a native of 
Joliet, and they have four children: Ethel M.; Clarence E. and Raymond G., who 
are now college students; and Persis E. The parents hold membership in the 
Central Presbyterian church, in which Mr. Talcott is now a trustee and also 
director of music. He is a gentleman of broad humanitarian principles, taking 
an active and helpful interest in the various departments of church work, and 
he was also one of the founders of the Silver Cross hospital and is now its 
treasurer and a trustee. He is identified with various fraternal organizations 
and has attained the Knight Templar degree of Masonry, belonging also to the 
Mystic Shrine. He is likewise connected with the Elks, the Woodmen and the 
White Cross and for a number of years he has been treasurer in the Knight 
Templar commandery. He stands for all that is ennobling and uplifting in man's 
relations with his fellowmen and in his life has been actuated by high 
principles, while his conduct has been governed by worthy motives. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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