Bio of STRUTHERS, George G. (b.1887), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 417-418
GEORGE G. STRUTHERS
Prominent in the financial circles of Minneapolis is George G. Struthers,
cashier of the Union State Bank. He was born in Amiret, Lyon county, Minnesota,
in 1887, a son of James and Jane (Mitchell) Struthers, likewise natives of this
state. The Struthers were pioneers of Lynn county and the Mitchells located
there when there were but five families in the territory. For many years the
father engaged in agricultural pursuits and he was active in that connection
until about ten years ago, when, having achieved financial independence, he
retired from active business life. Mr. and Mrs. Struthers are now living in
Marshall, where they are highly respected and esteemed citizens. To their union
five sons were born, George G., whose name introduces this review, being the
fourth in order of birth.
In the acquirement of his early training George G. Struthers attended the public
schools of Amiret and was graduated from Marshall high school in Minneapolis,
with the class of 1905. He then took a law course in the night school of the
University of Minnesota, and after putting his textbooks aside accepted a
position in the Swedish-American Bank, where he remained for about five months.
In 1906 he came to the Union State Bank as messenger and he has worked his way
upward by close application
to the thing at hand, laudable ambition and innate ability, until today he is
holding the responsible position of cashier of the institution, to which he was
promoted in 1918. Mr. Struthers is a man of genial and pleasing personality,
inspires all with confidence and esteem, and has won many stanch friends for the
bank. Although the greater part of his time is given to his duties at the bank,
Mr. Struthers is a director in the Strutwear Knitting Company, a representative
concern of this city.
In Minneapolis, in 1916, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Struthers and Miss
Mary Barney, a daughter of F. E. Barney, a prominent real estate man and a
member of an old and honored family of Minneapolis. To their union three
children have been born: Jean, John and Mary. Mrs. Struthers is a woman of much
culture and refine­ment. She is prominent in club and social circles and
manifests an active interest in civic betterment.
In his political views Mr. Struthers is a stanch supporter of the republican
party and the principles for which it stands. He maintains an active interest in
party affairs, but has never sought nor desired political preferment.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, holding membership in Cataract
Lodge, No. 2, and his religious faith is manifest in his membership in the
Andrew Presbyterian church. Socially he is identified with the Minneapolis
Athletic Club and the Acacia Club, and along the lines of his business he is
affiliated with the Twin City Bankers Club and the American Institute of
Banking. During the World war Mr. Struthers gave generously of his time and
money in the furtherance of the government's interests. He served on various
committees for the promotion of Liberty Loan drives and other worthy causes. He
is a self-made man in the truest sense of the word. His life has been one of
great activity and for recreation he has turned to outdoor sports, being
particularly fond of hunting and fishing.