Bio of UPDIKE, Clyde E. (b.1884), 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 745-746
C. E. UPDIKE (Clyde E. Updike)
For the past nine years C. E. Updike has engaged in the sale of stocks and bonds
in Minneapolis and he is now at the head of one of the leading investment firms
in the city, displaying keen sagacity, enterprise and determination in the
conduct of his business interests. He was born in Flint, Michigan, August 14y
1884, a son of Frank and Ida (Kessler) Updike, natives of New York state. In
early life they moved from the Empire state to Michigan, settling near Flint on
a farm which is still their home, and in the community where they reside they
are widely known and highly respected.
The country schools of Genesee county, Michigan, afforded C. E. Updike his early
educational opportunities and he afterward completed a course in a
correspondence school. At the age of twenty-two years he left the home farm and
obtained employment in the Durant-Dort carriage factory at Flint, afterward
entering the service of the Buick Automobile Company of that city. Going to
Detroit, Michigan, he secured work as an automobile trimmer and in 1910 he
started for the west, stopping at Fargo, North Dakota, where he became connected
with the International Textbook Company. In the interests of that firm he went
to Jamestown, North Dakota, and thence to St. Cloud, Minnesota, where he
remained for about a year and a half. In the fall of 1912 he came to
Minne­apolis and in the following year he established his present business and
is now controlling one of the most successful bond houses in the city. He deals
in high grade securities and combines a detailed knowledge of the business with
executive ability and sound judgment and success has rewarded his efforts. He
also has directed his energies into other fields, being secretary and treasurer
of the Kassan Gold Company and a director of the Northern Minnesota Oil Company,
the American Ore Corporation and the Republic State Bank.
On the 12th of April, 1916, Mr. Updike was united in marriage to Miss Florence
Menzel of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and they are well and favorably known in
social circles of the city. Mr. Updike is connected with Zuhrah Temple of the
Mystic Shrine and is a member of all of the Masonic bodies except the
consistory. He is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks,
the Minneapolis Automobile Club and the Lincoln Club. In business affairs he has
made steady progress, his capable management and indefatigable industry
constituting the basis upon which he has built his prosperity. He is highly
regarded in business circles of the city, for he has made the "square deal" a
principle of his life, and is loyal to all those interests which make for
honorable man­hood and progressive citizenship.