John P. Antony Biography


	This biography appears on pages 573-574 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				JOHN P. ANTONY. 

	John P. Antony, the efficient and energetic cashier of the State 
Bank of Goodwin, is also connected with a number of other financial 
institutions in that section of the state. He was born in Prussia, 
Germany, on the 19th of September, 1882, a son of Franz Antony, who 
brought his family to the new world in 1885. They became residents of 
St. Leo, Minnesota, where the father engaged in merchandising. He was 
prominently identified with the business growth of the city until 1906, 
when he retired and removed to New Ulm, Minnesota, where he has since 
resided. 

	John P. Antony was a child of less than three years when the 
family emigrated to this country and he therefore learned the English 
language in childhood. He was educated in the public schools of St. 
Leo, the high school of New Ulm and the Mankato Commercial College, 
completing his studies in July, 1906. He then removed to Perth, North 
Dakota, and secured a clerical position in the Bank of Perth. In 
November of the same year he was sent by his employers to a bank owned 
by them in Munich, North Dakota, and remained with that institution 
until the following March. At that time he was transferred to the Bank 
of Garrison, North Dakota, owned by the same people, and was made 
assistant cashier. He remained with that institution until January, 
1909, when he severed his connection with it and organized the Farmers 
Bank of Krem, Mercer county, North Dakota. After the organization was 
effected and the bank opened for business, Mr. Antony came to Goodwin 
in May to accept the cashiership of the State Bank, and has since 
directed the affairs of that institution. Under his management its 
policy has been to give the maximum service to the community compatible 
with a prudent conservatism that makes the safeguarding of funds 
entrusted to the institution the first consideration. He was one of the 
organizers of the State Bank of Waverly and is one of the directors and 
vice president of that bank. He is also a stockholder and a member of 
the directorate of the First National Bank of Gary, South Dakota. He 
has invested in real estate to some extent, owning one hundred and 
sixty acres two and a half miles northeast of Goodwin in Rome township, 
Deuel county, and also has a half interest in a quarter section in 
Waverly township, Codington county. His wife holds title to a quarter 
section in McLean county, North Dakota. 

	Mr. Antony was married on the 26th of May, 1909, at Garrison, 
North Dakota, to Miss Nellie L. Walsh, a native of Faribault, 
Minnesota, and they have a son, Ambrose R. They are devout communicants 
of the Catholic church, and Mr. Antony is a member of the Knights of 
Columbus and the Independent Order of Foresters. He gives his political 
allegiance to the republican party, and manifests the interest in 
public affairs characteristic of a good citizen. He is one of the 
foremost men in Goodwin in financial circles and has the full 
confidence and unqualified respect of his fellowmen.