1913 Who's Who in Arizona
This book by Jo Conners was published in 1913. A small sampling of extractions are provided below.
- Greenlee County, pages 97-99
- Arizona Copper Company & Shannon Copper Company, pages 138-143
- First National Bank of Clifton, pages 250-253
- Biographies
The First National Bank of Clifton
The First National Bank of Clifton was organized in 1901. Its capital is
$30,000, which is fully paid, and while this bank does not rank among the
large institutions of Arizona, it does rank foremost among the soundest. Its
management is able and experienced, and its directorate and stockholders are
found among some of the leading business and professional men of that
section. E. M. Williams, president, is also one of the founders and a
charter director. As general manager of the Arizona Copper Company store, he
is known through-out the state as a responsible business man. Henry Hill,
vice president, is a well known business man of Clifton. W. J. Riley,
cashier, is also director of the State Bank of Morenci and the Bank of
Duncan, and since he has grown to manhood, has been almost continuously
employed in banking, while J. J. Kelly, assistant cashier, is a native of
the state, and has grown up in the banking business, and although a young
man has attained to prominence in banking circles.
The board of directors consists of the foregoing officials, together with
John R. Hampton, vice president of the Valley Bank, Phoenix, George Frazer,
John Webster, J. T. McClay, C. O. Billingsley, and Sam Abraham, proprietor
of the Clifton Hotel.
E.
MILTON WILLIAMS, president of the First National Bank of Clifton, and
general manager of the Arizona Copper Company store, is well known in
commercial and financial matters generally. He was one of the founders; and
a charter director of the bank, which opened for business May 14, 1901. Mr.
Williams was born October 26, 1862, in Rockford, Ala., and reared in that
state. Having graduated from high school, he took a course in the
Agricultural & Mechanical College, at Auburn, was graduated in 1883, and for
ten years was employed in commercial life in the vicinity of his home. He
then decided to try his fortunes further west and has spent some time in
Chicago, Denver, and the State of Washington. In 1893 he came to Arizona to
accept a position as salesman in the dry goods department of the Arizona
Copper Company store at Clifton, and in 1897 he was made manager of the
Morenci branch of this store, and later general manager of the department
stores of the company, in charge of all three of their houses. In each
capacity in which he has served affairs under his jurisdiction have shown
the results of ability and thoroughness. Air. Williams is a stockholder in
the Arizona Copper Company and one of the most substantial and well known
men of affairs in that section of Arizona. Fraternally he is a member of the
Masons and Elks, and politically is a Democrat, but with no aspirations to
office, although at the instance of his friends, he served one term in the
Territorial Legislature. Mr. Williams was married November 14, 1900, to Miss
Margaret Lee Harris, daughter of Judge George Harris, of San Saba, Texas.
WILLIAM
J. RILEY, cashier of The First National Bank of Clifton, is well known
throughout Arizona financial circles, as he is also a director of the State
Bank of Morenci and of the Bank of Duncan. He is the son of Francis S. and
Frances Webb Riley, of San Diego, and in the latter city he was born and
educated. Having completed a commercial course, his first position was as
bookkeeper in a bank in San Diego. On coming to Arizona, Mr. Riley located
in Yurra, where he was employed in a bank, and soon became as well known in
the political as in the business life. During his residence there he served
a term as Deputy County Recorder of the County. In 1904 he went to Clifton
to accept a position with The First National Bank, was promoted to the place
of assistant cashier, and after three years service to his present position.
In addition to his banking associations, Mr. Riley is interested in various
enterprises of a different nature, and is secretary and treasurer of Clifton
Lumber and Improvement Company. He has also served a term as city treasurer.
He is a member of the Masons, and Master of Clifton Lodge, and is treasurer
of Clifton Lodge No. 1174 B. P. O. E. Mr. Riley married Miss Jessie C.
Cummins, and they have one child, Frances E.
J.
J. KELLY, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Clifton, although
one of the youngest, is one of the best known bankers in the state, and no
doubt enjoys as wide an acquaintance among the financiers of the Southwest
as any banker in Arizona. He began his business life in a bank and has
gradually advanced from minor positions to the one he now holds. His
training has, therefore, been thorough, and he has mastered all the details
of the business. Mr. Kelly is the son of pioneer Arizonans, Michael and
Julia Sullivan Kelly, and was born in the historic town of Tombstone on
January 26, 1887, when this was the metropolis of the Territory, and his
father was one of the important figures of that day. Mr. Kelly is one of the
best known politicians of Greenlee, and has served a term as United States
Commissioner. He was recently appointed receiver of a large establishment in
Clifton, and the manner in which he disposed of the property and the amount
made available to the creditors, as a result, elicited much commendation.
Mr. Kelly is also well known in the social and fraternal life of the state
and is one of the youngest men who ever held the position of Exalted Ruler
of the Elks. His administration in that capacity was, like his other
undertakings, a complete success. During that time the order was placed on a
sound financial basis, and the membership increased in a most gratifying
degree. Mr. Kelly was united in marriage to Miss Grace Grey, also a native
of Arizona, who is a favorite in the community. They have a bright and
interesting little son, who has been named for his father.