Bio of WELCH, Charles I. (b.1879), 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 399-400
CHARLES I. WELCH
Charles I. Welch, assistant manager of the Lincoln office of the Northwestern
National Bank, doing business at the corner of Eighth and Hennepin avenue in
Minneapolis, was born in Wauconda, Illinois, July 30, 1879, and is a son of P.
N. and Mary Welch. The father arrived in Minnesota at an early period, settling
at Glencoe, where he engaged in the creamery business, establishing the first
enterprise of that character in this part of the country. He later turned his
attention to the grain trade and through his business enterprises contributed to
the material upbuilding and the development of the section in which he located.
Charles I. Welch was educated in the public schools and when his textbooks were
put aside he started out in the business world, facing the possibilities and the
opportunities that confront every individual, and early realizing the fact that
progress depends upon individual effort, intelligently directed. He first
entered the Sibley County Bank at Henderson, Minnesota, in the capacity of
bookkeeper and general utility man and he resolved that he would win promotion
by making his service worth while to the bank. He therefore applied himself
diligently and earnestly to his task and gradually worked upward to the position
of assistant cashier. Later he went to Jordan, Minnesota, where he was cashier
of the First State Bank and in 1906 he came to Minneapolis, where he entered
financial circles as assistant cashier of the Minnesota National Bank, which was
later consolidated with the Midland National Bank. In 1913 Mr. Welch was
appointed to the position of state bank examiner and continued to act in that
capacity until May, 1918, when the Lincoln National Bank was organized and he
became its cashier, continuing to fill the position until the consolidation of
the bank with the Northwestern National Bank on the 2d of August, 1922, at which
time he was made assistant manager. He has been engaged in the banking business
throughout practically his entire life and his steady progress is undoubtedly
due in large measure to the fact that he has never dissipated his energies over
a broad field but has concentrated his efforts along a single line and has
therefore gained the mastery of each duty that has come to him. He is now well
known in the banking circles and enjoys the high respect and confidence of the
leading representatives of financial interests in his adopted city.
On the 15th of June, 1905, Mr. Welch was united in marriage to Miss Mayme
Dretchko of Henderson, Minnesota. They have two children: Roland and Vernon. Mr.
Welch is a Mason and has attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite,
loyally following at all times the teachings and purposes of the order. He also
belongs to the Elks Club and to the Minneapolis Athletic Club and the Automobile
Club. His social qualities make him popular in the different organizations to
which he belongs, while his loyal support is considered an asset to any
organization with which he becomes identified.