Biographical Sketch of G. V. Raker, Magnolia, Johnson County, Missouri

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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G. V. Raker, the efficient cashier of the Bank of Magnolia, was born in
Johnson county, Missouri, in 1889.  He is a son of R. N. and Martha 
Jane (Atkins) Raker, who were the parents of the following children:
Mrs. Viola Carmichael, Holden, Missouri; R. L., Holden, Missouri; T. C.,
Holden, Missouri; Mrs. Ural Fisher, Blairstown, Missouri; G. V., the
subject of this review; Gorman, Holden, Missouri; and gordon, Holden,
Missouri.  Mrs. Raker, the mother of these children, is a daughter of
James and Elizabeth Atkins and a sister of R. O. Atkins.  Mr. Raker,
whose name introduces this sketch, received his early education in the
district schools of Johnson county.  He later was a student at the
Warrensburg Business College.  After completing the business course, 
Mr. Raker was employed as clerk by the Magnolia Lumber Comopany, which 
position he held for some time when he accepted a position with the 
National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City, Missouri, and afterward with
the First National Bank of Kansas City.  In 1913, he came to Magnolia
to assume the duties of cashier of the Bank of Magnolia, of which 
financial institution he is a stockholder.  In 1915, G. V. Raker was
united in marriage with F. Flossie Farnsworth, daughter of W. R. and
Edna E. Farnsworth, a biography of whom appears elsewhere in this vol-
ume.  Mr. and Mrs. Raker reside in Magnolia, where they have a nice,
comfortable home, a house of six rooms.  In addition, Mr. Raker owns a
farm of 74 acres of land located west of Magnolia on which place is a
pleasant home and plenty of well built farm buildings.  This place Mr.
Raker owns but has never been engaged in farming on it, always renting
the farm.  The Bank of Magnolia is one of the sound financial institu-
tions of which Johnson county is proud.  The officers of the bank at
the present time are as follows:  G. B. Graham, president; F. P. 
Parrott, vice-president; G. V. Raker, cashier; and J. C. McDougal,
assistant cashier.  The official statement of the bank's business 
issued August 31, 1917, discloses excellent conditions.  The loans and
discounts amount to thirty six thousand two hundred twenty dollars and
ninety-two cents and the present capital stock of the Bank of Magnolia
is ten thousand dollars; surplus, two thousand dollars; undivided pro-
fits, three thousand nine hundred seventy-three dollars and forty-one
cents and the deposits at the close of business on the last day of
October of this year amounted to thirty-nine thousand dollars.  The 
people of the country surrounding Magnolia and the residents of Magnol-
ia have unbounded confidence in this bank and they attribute much of
the institution's success to the capable management and keen business
judgement of its splendid and well qualified officials.

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