Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Matteson, William E. 1869 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   William E. Matteson, assistant cashier of the Farmers' Bank, Mt. Hope,
Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born September 28, 1869, in Germany, of which his
parents were both natives. His parents came to the United States in 1872 and
located at Moline, Ill., where the father farmed for eight years. In 1880 the
family removed from Illinois to Sedgwick county, Kansas, where the father bought
an eighty-acre tract, which he farmed up to the time of his death, which
occurred on December 5, 1904. His widow is now living with her son, William E.
At the time of the father's death he was the owner of 240 acres of improved land
in Sedgwick county. William E. Matteson is one of a family of seven children, of
whom six are now living. Their names are: John P., deceased; William E.; Tenna,
now Mrs. D. C. Howe; Emma, now Mrs. Elmer Howe; George, living in Holy, Colo.;
Sophia, at home, and Henry, also at home. During the life of the father he was a
Democrat. The early education of William E. Matteson was acquired in the common
schools of Kansas (fall 1890 and 1891). After leaving school he took a course in
the Southwestern Business College, of Wichita, Kan., after which he attended the
opening of the Cherokee Strip and resided there from September 16, 1893, until
June, 1898, when he proved up, after which he came back to Mt. Hope, Sedgwick
county, Kansas, and farmed until in 1899 he went with the McCormick Harvesting
Machine Company as traveling salesman and afterwards became connected with the
Champion Harvester Company. He afterwards returned to the old home place in
Sedgwick county and looked after the interests of his folks. In 1909 he sold all
of his personal effects in the farm and organized the Farmers' State Bank, of
Mt. Hope, Kan., with a capital of $12,000, and was afterwards appointed its
assistant cashier, which position he now holds. Mr. Matteson is a bachelor. He
is a member of the Masonic Order, Mt. Hope Lodge, No. 238, of Mt. Hope, and its
present secretary, and of Wichita Consistory No. 2. Politically he is a Democrat
and takes an active part in the affairs of his party. He is now the county
committeeman of Greeley township. He was turnkey at the jail for three years
under Cogswell's official time, and has been a delegate often in county and
state conventions.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from 

History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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