William C. Hollister Biography


	This biography appears on pages 737-738 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				WILLIAM C. HOLLISTER. 

	The name of William C. Hollister has come to be regarded as 
synonymous with business development and progress in Sioux Falls, for 
he is not only one of the largest real-estate dealers in the city but 
is also prominently known in financial circles as founder and president 
of the Dakota Trust & Savings Bank. He was born in Rockton, Illinois, 
November 18, 1862, and is a son of George H. and Fannie E. (Hooker) 
Hollister, the former a native of Vermont. 

	William C. Hollister acquired his early education in the public 
schools of Rockton, Illinois, and later attended high school at Beloit, 
Wisconsin, supplementing this by a course in a business college at 
Milwaukee, from which he was graduated in 1881. Following this he 
located in Sioux Falls and entered the First National Bank as assistant 
bookkeeper, rising in five years to be assistant cashier. Mr. Hollister 
resigned this position in 1886 and formed a partnership with John S. 
Lewis under the name of Lewis & Hollister, dealers in real estate and 
fire insurance. This partnership existed for one year, after which Mr. 
Hollister continued alone in the real-estate and loan business until 
1890. He then resumed his identification with financial interests, 
organizing the State Bank & Trust Company, of which he was made 
president. In July, 1906, he disposed of his interests in that concern 
and organized the firm of Hollister Brothers, dealers in real estate, 
loans and insurance. They today control one of the leading enterprises 
of that character in the city and have a large, representative and 
growing trade. In December, 1912, Mr. Hollister extended the field of 
his business activities, organizing the Dakota Trust & Savings Bank 
with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars. He has since been 
president of this concern and under his able management it has become 
in a short time one of the leading banks in Sioux Falls. Mr. Hollister 
is a resourceful, capable and farsighted financier and has made the 
policy of his institution one of progressiveness, tempered by a safe 
conservatism. He has met with a gratifying degree of success and 
occupies a position of precedence in financial circles of the city. 

	In Rockton, Illinois, October 12, 1886, Mr. Hollister married 
Miss Caroline H. Coller and they have become the parents of three 
children, William G., Louise and Eugenie. Mr. Hollister is a member of 
the Episcopal church, and his political allegiance is given to the 
republican party. He is well known in the Masonic order, holding 
membership in the commandery and Shrine, and he belongs to the Elks, 
the Country and the Dacotah Clubs. He keeps in close touch with 
financial interests and his ability in his chosen field is known and 
recognized.