WITHERSPOON BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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WITHERSPOON, M. B.
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 443
residence: Fairview Twp

M. B. Witherspoon, cashier of the Bank of Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri, is a 
son of one of the oldest pioneer families in this section of Missouri. He was born 
near Gaines, Missouri, July 13, 1868, and is the son of H. B. and Amanda (Levy) 
Witherspoon, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Illinois. H. B. 
Witherspoon was a son of one of the first pioneers of this county who settled 
east of Deepwater as early as 1840. H. B. Witherspoon was born in Kentucky in 
1835 and died in 1914. He was a son of Isaac Witherspoon. Mr. Witherspoon 
followed farming during his entire life and died at Brownington, Missouri. His 
wife and mother of M. B. Witherspoon died in March, 1917. H. B. Witherspoon was 
twice married, there being two children by his first marriage: Mrs. J. N. Dunnin, a 
widow living in Deepwater, and Mrs. M. T. Beelor, Clinton, Missouri. There were 
four children born to the second marriage: M. B., subject of this review; B. H., Troy 
Mills, Iowa; R. L., died at Brownington in 1915, and Mrs. E. M. Beelor, living in 
Oregon. M. B. Witherspoon was educated in the district school and attended 
Lamkin's Academy at Clinton. For a number of years he was engaged in the 
mercantile business at Brownington, Missouri, and came to Deepwater in 1905 
and one year later (1906) he became cashier of the Bank of Deepwater. Mr. 
Witherspoon was married in 1893 to Miss Lena L. Taylor, a daughter of Dr. M. B. 
Taylor of Brownington, Missouri. He is a Democrat and he and Mrs. Witherspoon 
are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Witherspoon is affiliated with the 
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and other fraternal societies. The Bank of 
Deepwater was organized as a State banking institution on February 13, 1889. 
The principal organizers were W. F. White, C. N. White, J. H. Yentzer, Matthias 
Hageman and Isaac Shaffner. J. H. Yentzer was chosen president and served for a 
number of years, until his death in February, 1905. M. B. Witherspoon succeeded J. 
C. Smith as cashier in 1905. Mr. Smith is now in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. J. C. 
Yentzer was succeeded by Robert Terrill as president. Mr. Terrill was succeeded 
by Wesley Griffin, who was followed by J. M. Marmaduke, who in turn was 
succeeded by Jacob Rhoads, the present incumbent of the office, who is a 
substantial man of affairs. The Bank of Deepwater is in a very prosperous 
condition. This bank has a capitalization of $10,000; a surplus of $10,000; 
undivided profits of $9,000, and deposits exceeding $145,000. The present 
officers are Jacob Rhoads, president; Fred C. Hill, vice-president; M. B. 
Witherspoon, cashier; F. A. Houston, assistant cashier. The directors are: Jacob 
Rhoads, Fred C. Hill, George S. Hovey, F. A. Huston, M. B. Witherspoon and L. L. 
Shaffer.

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