Husband Robert Gilfillan Lamberton 1 2 3
Born: 14 Feb 1848 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1 2 3
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Died: 7 Nov 1923
Buried: 9 Nov 1923 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Father: Robert Lamberton (1809-1885) 4 5 6 7
Mother: Margaret Seaton (1815-1911) 4 7 8 9 10 11
Marriage: 21 Oct 1880 1 3
Other Spouse: Luella J. Chess ( -1877) 1 3 12 - 23 Dec or 30 Dec 1873 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1 3 13
• Additional Image: Robert G. Lamberton.
• Business: Lamberton National Bank: Franklin, Venango Co, PA.
• Business: Lamberton National Bank: Franklin, Venango Co, PA.
• Business: Lamberton National Bank: Franklin, Venango Co, PA.
• Business: Lamberton National Bank: Franklin, Venango Co, PA.
Wife Jessie King Judson 3 12
Born: 21 Sep 1852 12
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Died: 27 Dec 1921
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Father: Dr. William Judson (1807-1895) 12 14 15 16
Mother: Clarissa King ( - ) 12 17
Children
1 M George Judson Lamberton 3 12
Born: 9 Jan 1882 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 12
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Spouse: Helen Elizabeth Elvin ( - ) 12 18
Marr: 27 Oct 1909 12
2 M Robert Lamberton 19
Born: 4 May 1886 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 20
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Spouse: Myra Morehead Plumer ( - ) 19
Marr: 29 Sep 1909 - ? Venango Co, PA 20
General Notes: Husband - Robert Gilfillan Lamberton
After receiving a preliminary training in the local schools he entered Westminster College, at New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, where he studied for four years, later attending Monmouth College, in Illinois, from which institution he was graduated in 1868. On his return to Pennsylvania he took up the study of law with Hon. C. W. Gilfillan, was admitted to the bar of Venango County Sept. 12, 1870, and engaged in legal practice until 1884, during a year or more in partnership with his brother, Edwin H. Lamberton. In September, 1884, he practically relinquished his professional work in order to devote himself to the demands of the Lamberton Bank in Oil City, becoming its president. He had an advantageous opportunity to purchase the banking house and business of Reynolds, Lamberton & Co., changing the name to the Lamberton Bank, and he has been the executive head of the institution from that time to the present. S. H. Lamberton is vice president, Charles M. Lamberton cashier, and R. G., S. H., C. M., Chess and Harry Lamberton directors. With a capital of $100,000, this bank according to the report made Sept. 17, 1917, has a surplus of over $400,000, circulation of $100,000 and deposits of $3,300,193.74 (the total resources now-1918-are over four million), and a business record which places it among the "Roll of Honor" banks-those "possessing surplus and profits in excess of capital, thus giving tangible evidence of strength and security." Less than ten per cent. of the national banks in the United States are so listed. In points of surplus and undivided profits to capital in the year 1915 the Lamberton National Bank of Oil City was first in the city and county, twenty-seventh in the State, and fifty-sixth in the United States. The Lamberton National Bank is a depository for State, United States and United States Postal funds. It was reorganized in 1900 under the present title, the Lamberton National Bank of Oil City.
Mr. Lamberton is also vice president of the Lamberton National Bank of Franklin, the oldest bank in Venango County, and the largest National bank in the city of Franklin. It had its inception before the Civil war in the crude banking business done by Hon. Robert Lamberton in connection with his general merchandising business, in the building known as the "National Hotel," on the corner of Thirteenth and Otter streets, as above related. This bank was conducted until March, 1873, when owing to Mr. Lamberton's failing health he retired, and his interests were purchased by his son, R. G. Lamberton, C. W. Gilfillan and R. L. Cochran, the latter formerly cashier of the First National Bank of Franklin. These gen-tlemen organized The Lamberton Savings Bank, Mr. C. W. Gilfillan being made president and Mr. R. L. Cochran cashier. They conducted this bank until 1883, when W. J. Lamberton and Harry Lamberton purchased the interest of R. L. Cochran and Harry Lamberton became the cashier.
About 1887 the owners of the bank found that it had outgrown its facilities, and R. G. Lamberton built what was then considered the finest banking room in the county. The bank occupied this new building in the fall of that year. This institution continued as The Lamberton Savings Bank until October, 1899, when the owners, finding the national banking laws attractive, organized The Lamberton National Bank of Franklin, with a capital of $100,000. C. W. Gilfillan was elected president, Harry Lamberton vice president, and W. L. Gilfillan cashier. At the death of C. W. Gilfillan, in 1901, Harry Lamberton was elected president and R. G. Lamberton vice president. In August, 1903, W. L. Gilfillan retired as cashier to accept the position of vice president of The Austin National Bank of Austin, Texas, and Chess Lamberton, who had been assistant cashier, was made cashier. The business of this institution grew to such an extent that in 1910 it purchased its present site on the corner of Thirteenth and Liberty streets, and in July, 1912, moved into its present quarters, which are most modern and elaborate in every detail and considered the finest bank building in northwestern Pennsylvania.
The bank is really a monument to the name of Lamberton, which has been synonymous with stability and conservatism in Venango County for more than half a century. From the inception of this institution until the present time wisdom has always characterized its policies, and during the fifty-eight years of its existence it has performed its full duty toward its customers, the public, and, in a marked degree, toward the progress of Venango County and its material interests. It is eminently a safe, reliable banking house, and throughout its long history has never been known to embark in any questionable enterprise or deviated from the true principles that should govern every institution of this kind. The present officers of the bank are: President, Harry Lamberton; vice president, R. G. Lamberton; cashier, Chess Lamberton; assistant cashier, George J. Lamberton. These, with L. T. Lamberton, a retired merchant, compose the board of directors. This bank's present capital, surplus and undivided profits are $363,489, and its present total resources are over $2,678,183, showing a gain since July, 1912, when it moved into its new building, of $96,489 in capital, surplus and undivided profits, and of $778,183 in total resources.
In addition to his banking interests, Mr. Lamberton is connected with the Petroleum Telephone Company, of which he is a director. Like his father, he has been a good citizen, and he has been a valued member of the city council in Franklin, officially and unofficially doing much to further the best interests of the municipality. His business hours have been largely devoted to financial concerns, and if he has a hobby it may be said to be scientific agriculture, in which he interested himself seriously for a number of years, conducting a large farm between Franklin and Oil City, where he spent much of his leisure experimenting with results valuable not only to himself but to this entire section. The farm was sold a few years ago to Hon. Joseph C. Sibley. Mr. Lamberton now passes most of his time at the beautiful home which he built along French creek, in Sugarcreek Township, at what is known as Argeon Hill, from which location there is a charming view of the surrounding country. His Franklin residence is at No. 1321 Otter Street. For a number of years he was very prominent in the Knights and Ladies of Honor, holding the high position of supreme protector of the United States. [CAB, 459]
General Notes: Wife - Jessie King Judson
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