WHITING,  TIMOTHY, banker;
President  of  the  National  State  Bank
of  Mt.  Pleasant ;  was  born  in  the  town
of  Bremen,  Hancock  Co.,  Me.,  Feb.  7,
1809 ;  when  only  6  years  of  age,  his
father.  Col.  John  Whiting,  removed  to
Western  New  York,  and  located  in  Steu-
ben Co. ;  lived  on  a  farm  until  1 5  years
of  age ;  completed  his  education  in  the
Prattsburg  Academy;  entered  a  store  as
clerk,  and  after  serving  in  that  capacity
for  about  five  years,  and  at  the  age  of  20,
in  company  with  another  young  man,  he
engaged  in  business  at  Painted  Post ;  he
continued  in  business  in  that  county
until  April,  1857,  when  he  came  to  Iowa,
and  settled  in  Mt.  Pleasant,  and  engaged
in  banking;  in  1858,  in  company  with
other  parties,  started  a  branch  of  the
State  Bank  ;  he  was  Cashier,  and  repre-
sentative of  the  bank  in  the  State  Board
of  Directors  during  the  time  it  was  in
operation  ;  in  May,  1865,  this  institution
was  changed  into  the  National  State
Bank,  one  of  the  solid  institutions  of
Iowa,  and  he  has  held,  from  the  time  of
its  organization,  the  office  of  President ;
has  held  few  offices  except  those  con-
nected with  the  bank  and  church.  Has
never  been  a  strong  partizan,  and  has
steadily  refused  to  accept  political  offices.
