Sweetwater-Albany County WY Archives Biographies.....Kendall, Augustine 1863 - 
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AUGUSTINE KENDALL.

   In the life of Augustine Kendall whose honorable course as a business man and
citizen has conferred dignity upon himself and added to the good name of the
city in which he resides, the reader will find a practical exemplification of
those deep underlying principles of sterling manhood that seldom fail to win
success. Of strong mentality and invincible integrity, he has so entered into
the business life of this section as to make his presence felt as a director of
thought and molder of opinion in all matters coming within his special province.
Honored by being placed at the head of one of the important monetary institutes
of the state, he has now much more than local repute as an enterprising man of
affairs and is widely known among the leading financiers of Wyoming. His birth
occurred on July 26, 1863, in Ontario, Can., but his father, Daniel S. Kendall,
was born in Boston, Mass., in 1814, the son of a former mayor of that city who
owned a large and very valuable estate there and in the immediate vicinity. D.
S. Kendall was the owner of a line of ships and in the spice trade he acquired a
large fortune. At the breaking out of the Civil War he sold his vessels and
moved to Ontario, where he lived in retirement until his death in 1877. His
wife, Margaret (Greggan) Kendall, was born in Ireland, and departed this life in
1897 at the age of sixty-two and now lies by her husband in the beautiful
cemetery at Boston. Augustine Kendall passed the years of his childhood and
youth in Ontario with the best educational advantages his native place afforded.
At the age of eighteen he went to Laramie, Wyo., and accepted a clerical
position in the Wyoming National Bank, the duties of which he discharged for
about one year. He then entered the First National Bank of Laramie and after
remaining with that institution for four years came to Rock Springs as cashier
of the Sweetwater County Bank since then merged into the First National Bank.
Mr. Kendall continued in the capacity of cashier until the death of the
president, when at the earnest solicitation of the directorate he was elected to
the vacancy and has since been the executive head of the bank. He is familiar
with every detail of the banking business and possesses soundness of judgement,
keenness of discrimination and a comprehensive knowledge of the principles of
finance. He is active and vigilant in his care for the interests of stockholders
and depositors. Though prudent and at all times conservative in the management
of his important trusts, he has carried financial success with all his
enterprises, and by judicious investments and skillful oversight has acquired an
ample fortune. Aside from banking he is largely interested in the sheep
industry, which returns him a liberal income, and is connected with other
business enterprises. In a marked degree he possesses those sound and practical
qualities which secure and retain the confidence of the people, and his personal
and social habits win public esteem. His well balanced mind has been developed
and Strengthened by liberal culture and reading, and all who come within the
range of his personality pronounce him a true type of the courteous and
dignified gentleman. His friendships are deep and strong, his disposition
cheerful and genial, and his character open and frank. These admirable qualities
combined with a strong sense of honor, an earnestness of purpose that hesitates
at no difficulties, may be classified among the more prominent characteristics
in the make up of this man, whose life, measured by the true standard of
excellence, has been and is destined to be a potential power for good in the
business and social world. Although well informed concerning the great issues of
the day and having earnest convictions upon the public questions now before the
American people. Mr. Kendall has no political aspirations, preferring his
business and the domain of private, citizenship to any official honors within
the gift of the people. He is deservingly popular with the citizens of his town
and county and in a quiet and unobtrusive way has done many kind acts of charily
of which the world knows nothing. Fraternally he is a Freemason, being one of
the brightest members of the lodge meeting in Rock Springs.


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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
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CHICAGO, ILL.
A. W. BOWEN &CO.
PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS
1903


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