Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Haskin, Elkanah Harley 1874 - 
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Author: Ed Blair

  Elkanah Harley Haskin, cashier of the Farmers State Bank of Lenexa, Kan., is 
well known in financial circles of eastern Kansas. The Farmers State Bank, 
while not one of the oldest financial institutions in the county, is one of 
the most substantial, some of the best men of Johnson county being interested 
in it. The Farmers State Bank was organized April 20, 1904, under the laws of 
Kansas, which are the most stringent in the Union in relation to banking 
institutions. The first officers were, E. H. Haskin, president and E. J. 
McCrary, cashier. In January, 1905, E. H. Haskins became cashier. S. B. 
Haskins, president and A. E. Wedd, vice-president and the directors are: W. P. 
Haskin, Herman Busch and C. E. Pincomb. The bank has a capital of $10,000, 
surplus of $5,000, and average deposits of $105,000. The bank owns its own 
building, which is of brick, and was erected in 1905. The stockholders of this 
bank consist of some of the most substantial business men and farmers in 
Lenexa and vicinity. They do a general banking business and it may be truly 
said of the Farmers State Bank of Lenexa that it is big enough to accommodate 
its customers and not too big to appreciate them. Mr. Haskin, the cashier, 
also handles insurance, and represents the Springfield of Massachusetts, Aetna 
and National. Elkanah Harley Haskin is a native of Johnson county and was born 
on a farm near Lenexa, November 21, 1874. He is a son of William P. Haskin, a 
Johnson county pioneer, a personal sketch of whom appears in this volume. E. 
H. Haskins was reared on the home farm and received preliminary education in 
the public schools. He then entered Baker University at Baldwin, Kan., where 
he was graduated in the class of 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and 
later the Master of Arts decree was conferred on him by that institution. He 
then entered the Northwestern University of Chicago, where he was graduated 
from the law department in the class of 1897, with the degree of Bachelor of 
Laws. He then returned to Johnson county and followed farming until October, 
1904, when he entered the banking business, becoming connected with the 
Farmers State Bank of Lenexa as above set forth. Mr. Haskin is an extensive 
land owner, owning 320 acres of valuable Johnson county land, and has a fine 
residence, located on spacious grounds in Lenexa. The grounds cover about six 
acres and his residence was built in 1906, at a cost of $7,000. Mr. Haskin was 
married September 21, 1898, to Miss Maud Wilson, of Saline county, Missouri. 
She is a daughter of S. T. Wilson, a merchant of Malta Bend, Mo. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Haskin have been born two children as follows: Miriam, born February 16, 
1901, now a student in the Olathe High School and Genevieve, born December 10, 
1903, a student in the Lenexa schools. Mr. Haskin is a Progressive Republican, 
and has served as chairman of the Republican county central committee. He and 
the other members of his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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