Biography of Stuart G. Aldhizer

STUART G. ALDHIZER is one of the younger bankers of
the state, is cashier of the First National Bank of Kimball,
and his associates and friends regard him as one of the com-
ing men in the financial affairs of his native state.

Mr. Aldhizer was born at Broadway, Virginia, October
1, 1894, of an old Virginia family and of Welsh and Irish
ancestry. His parents, George S. and Alice A. (Moore)
Aldhizer, were both natives of Virginia. His father was one
of the early settlers of Broadway, made his start in the
drug business, but eventually that became a side line in
his varied enterprises as banker and manufacturer. He be-
came president of the bank at Broadway, and operated a
flour and feed milling establishment. For a number of
years he was a member of the council, but never accepted
the office of mayor. He was a deacon in the Baptist Church
and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Stuart G. Aldhizer had a common and high school educa-
tion at Broadway, graduating from high school in 1913.
His higher education was acquired in the Richmond Col-
lege, a Baptist institution, now the University of Richmond, 

where he finished his course in 1915, but did not
graduate, owing to the death of his older brother. In that
year he became bookkeeper for the McDowell National
Bank at Welch, West Virginia, and subsequently was pro-
moted to teller.

He left his duties with the bank to enlist on December
15, 1917, joining the Aviation Corps at Kelly field in
Texas, and remained there in the ground school of instruc-
tion for eight months. He was then transferred to the
Field Artillery at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, was in training
eleven weeks, and on November 28, 1918, after the signing
of the armistice, he accepted his discharge instead of a lieu-
tenant's commission. Returning to Welch, he resumed his
duties as teller in the bank, and seventeen months later
came to Kimball as cashier of the First National Bank.
He is also one of the directors of the bank, and his personal
popularity is an important factor in the prosperity of the
institution.

Mr. Aldhizer is a member of the Baptist Church, is a
Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason and Shriner and
exemplifies a thorough progressiveness in all community af-
fairs.


The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 22-23

Submitted by Valerie F. Crook <vfcrook@trellis.net>

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