BIOGRAPHIES:  Carl E. OVERBY, Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI

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Transcribed by Kate Wilson. 
Edited and submitted by  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  14 September 2003
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Carl E. Overby, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Rice Lake,
and member of the Hoppe-Overby Orchestra, was born in Menomonie, Wis.,
April 6, 1885, son of Christian and Juliana Overby, who brought him to Rice
Lake when he was two years old. He received a good education in the graded
and high schools of Rice Lake. In 1903 he entered the First National Bank
as clerk and bookkeeper, and is therefore now the oldest bank employee in
point of service in Rice Lake. With this institution he has since remained,
being promoted to second assistant cashier in 1908, and to his present
position in 1914. He has won his way entirely on his own merits, and is one
of the promising young men of the city. His business holdings include stock
in the First National Bank, in the Barron County Telephone Co., and in the
Rice Lake and Northeastern Telephone Co. He is one of the twelve owners of
the Rice Lake Dancing Pavilion. From boyhood he has been actively
interested in music and is now regarded as one of the best trap drummers in
the county. His services are greatly in demand, and his work on the drums,
bells and xylophone has been an important feature in the success of the
Hoppe-Overby Orchestra. Mr. Overby is an active member of the Rice Lake
Commercial Club. His recreation is found in hunting and fishing and in
music. He is well regarded throughout the community. His efficiency, his
integrity, his wide acquaintance, his accommodating spirit, and his genial
personality are important factors in the upbuilding of the bank, and being
yet a young man, his friends predict for him in future years a still wider
success.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 803.

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