Cyrus D. Crites

As printed in 1906

YRUS D. CRITES, cashier of The First National Bank of Lima and a leading citizen of Lima and Allen County, is a member of one of the best known and most highly respected families of the county. He was born in German township, Allen County, Ohio, Mayn, 1855, and is a son of Jacob and Mary J. (Cremean) Crites. He remained on his father’s farm working in summer and attending the district school in winter until 20 years of age, except that the last three winters he taught school in Amanda township.

He then left the farm to accept the principalship of the schools at Cridersville, Auglaize County, in which position he served four

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1894, six weeks before the expiration of his second term. On April 1, 1895, he resigned the bank examinership to assume the management of The First National Bank of Lima as its cashier, which position he still holds.

Mr. Crites has always been active in Democratic politics of the State, district and county. He served as a member of the Democratic State Central Committee from 1889 to 1904 and as its chairman from 1892 to 1894. He directed as chairman the Ohio campaign of 1892, which resulted in a division of the electoral vote. He was a member of the Ohio Democratic Executive Committee of 1901, when Col. James Kilbourn was the candidate for Governor.

On June 17, 1891, Mr. Crites was married to Grace A. Cass, daughter of Dr. D. W. Cass, of Findlay, Ohio. He has two bright sons: Clarence Daniel, born January 23,

1893; and Virgil Cass, born January 15,

1895, both now enrolled at the Cloyne School, Newport, Rhode Island. Mr. and Mrs. Crites are prominent in the social life of Lima.

Mr. Crites is a truly representative citizen of Lima and Allen County, active in all things looking to the good of the city and community. He was one of a committee of three to plan the successful reception for the State commission and the presentation before this body of the claims of Lima for the proposed new State Hospital for the Insane. He is regarded as one of the best financiers in Ohio and has made The First National Bank what it is to-day, one of the soundest institutions in Ohio. A portrait of Mr. Crites accompanies this sketch.

As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.