Shawnee County KS Archives Biographies.....Downing, Charles S. 1868 - 
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Author: James L. King (1905)

CHARLES S. DOWNING.

    CHARLES S. DOWNING, vice-president of the Central National Bank of Topeka,
and one of the best known business men of this city, was born in Iowa in 1868
and is a son of Andrew Downing.

    Andrew Downing was a prominent citizen of Boone, Iowa, and was the first
postmaster there. He also served as county treasurer. During the Civil War he
was a captain in the Seventh Kansas Cavalry, making a fine record.

    Charles S. Downing was educated in the common and high schools at Kansas
City and then engaged with his father in a real estate business there. In 1891
he entered the office of Dun & Company as a clerk and remained four years with
the company as manager of the Kansas district. Since January, 1900, he has been
vice-president of the Central National Bank. He is also interested in other
important business enterprises, being treasurer of the American Oil & Gas
Company and also treasurer of the Franklin Oil Company. His identification with
these large corporations indicate his business capacity.

  In January, 1902, Mr. Downing was married to Juanita Oldham, who was born at
Kansas City, Missouri, and they have two children, viz: William, born June 6,
1893, and Mignon, born March 8, 1898.

    Fraternally, Mr. Downing is a Mason, and is past master of Siloam Lodge, No.
225, A. F. & A. M. He is also one of the directors of the Topeka Club. Mr.
Downing is one of the city's wide-awake and progressive men, active in support
of public enterprises, a factor in shaping business and social life, and a
citizen whose influence is felt on every side. In manner he is unostentatious
and courteous and he is held in very high esteem. In financial circles his
careful, conservative attitude is known and it adds strength to the bank with
which he is so prominently identified.


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HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.

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