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EIGHMEY, Charles H.
EIGHMEY, Charles H. (Greenfield, NY, Nov. 28, 1834-Dubuque, IA, Aug. 28, 1921). Bank president. Eighmey came to Dubuque with his parents in 1850. Educated as an attorney in the law office of ex-Governor Stephen HEMPSTEAD, Eighmey practiced law in Dubuque from 1860 to 1870 as an associate of Judge D. N. COOLEY. During the CIVIL WAR, Eighmey had the particularly disliked job of local tax collector.
One of the original directors of FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE, Eighmey became the bank's cashier in 1870 and later vice-president. He became president of the bank in 1890 and held the position for twenty-five years. In addition to his interest in banking, Eighmey was a stockholder in the Novelty Iron Works Company and was president of the NORWEGIAN PLOW COMPANY.
Interested in politics, Eighmey boosted the political fortunes of William Boyd ALLISON by writing highly favorable articles for the press when the latter chose to run for public office. His service as president of the LINWOOD CEMETERY Association is remembered by the grand columns bearing his name at the cemetery's entrance.