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��Banks and Bankers of Concord.

��June 22, 1853, aiul its affairs were closed ill 1865. The last otticers were Josiali Miuot, president ; Charles Mi- not, cashier.

MiNOT & Co., consisting of Josiah and Charles Minot, commenced bank- ing business in January, 186G. Their business was incorporated January 3, 1880, as the Mechauicks National Bank, with a capital of $100,000. Jo- siah Miuot was the first president ; B. A. Kimball, vice-president ; James Mi- not, cashier ; Josiah Minot, Benjamin A. Kimball, Joseph B. Walker, Ed- ward H. Rollins, Charles H. Amsdeu, John M. Hill, and Sargent C. Whitch- er, directors. At present Benja- min A.' Kimball is the president ; Jo- seph B. Walker, vice-president ; James Minot, cashier; and B. A. Kimball, J. B. Walker, Josiah Minot, C. H. Amsden, E. II. Rollins, John Kim- ball, and J. M. Hill are directors. The three last named directors have received notice in former numbers of the Granite Monthly. A few lines here may not inappropriately be de- voted to the quiet and gentlemanly cashier, with whom the business pub- lic in their dealings with the bank come most in contact.

JAMES MINOT,

son of Jonas and Ann (Bartlett) Mi- not, and grandson of James Minot of Bristol, was born April 12, 1843, in Clarkson, Monroe county. New York, and received his education at the Col- legiate Institute, in Brockport, New York. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the 140th Regiment New York Volunteers, and went to the frout. He served with his regi- ment through many hard fought bat- tles, including Chancellorsville, until

��in the first day's battle of the Wilder- ness, May 5, 1864, he was severely wounded, and captured by the enemy. He had a bit of experience in South- ern prisons until he was paroUed the following September. He was ex- changed in Januar}', 1865, and re- ceived an honorable discharge, on account of wounds received at the Wilderness, the following June. In November, 1865, he entered a bank- ing office in Brockport, where he re- mained nearly two years, or until he came to Concord, in April, 1867, and went into the employment of his uncles, Minot & Company.

Upon the organization of the Me- chanicks National Bank, in January, 1880, he was appointed cashier.

He married May 15, 1874, Fanny E., daughter of Hazen and Martha A. (Drew) Pickering, of Concord. He is an Odd Fellow, a member of the South Congregational church, and belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, of which organization he is a member of the National Council of Administration

Mr. Minot belongs to a family many members of which have been noted financiers, and he sustains the family reputation. One sees in him a representative veteran of the grand old army of the Potomac, modest, quiet, brave, fearless, patriotic, intelligent, such as the South at first under-esti- mated, but soon learned to dread from their dauntless courage and cool determination.

THE NATIONAL STATE CAPITAL BANK

was organized January 26, 1853, as the State Capital Bank. The first directors were Samuel Butterfield, Abrara Bean, R. N. Corning, Hall

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