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Charles C. Hon for many
years identified with the banking and
financial interests of
Randolph County, is a Missourian, born near Belton,
Cass County, Sept. 23,
1878, the son of J. V. and Emma E. (Parrott) Hon.
The father was a native of
Kentucky and setled in Cass County in 1856,
where he bought land an
later became a man of prominence. He early
began breeding high grade
Hereford cattle and in later years entered the
realms of finance as he is a
heavy stockholder and vice-president of the
Pleasant Hill Banking. The
mother is deceased.
Charles C. Hon remained
on his father's farm near Pleasant Hill
until ten years of age. He
received his elementary education in the
Pleasant Hill school and
later graduated from the high school there.
Soon after completing his
education he began his career by entering the
bank at Pleasant Hill and
later accepted a position with the Citizens
Bank of that town. He had
already entered public life by being elected
and serving one term on
the city council. In 1905, Mr. Hon was candi-
date on the Democratic
ticket for county clerk and the next year he spent
in Oklahoma in the
banking business, On his return to Missouri in 1907,
he was made cashier of
the Citizens Bank of Higbee. He bought a con-.
trolling interest in the stock
of the bank and was the directing influence
of its policies. While at
Higbee, Mr. Hon served as vice-chairman of the
Randolph County Liberty
Loan Committee during the raising of- the
2nd, 3rd and 4th Liberty
Loans. He also served as chairman of the 2nd
Red Cross drive in
Moniteau township and as county chairman of Ran-
dolph County for the 5th
or Victory Loan, when it was necessary to
raise $760,000. Mr. Hon
located in Moberly in November, 1919, and since
assuming his official
position with the banking house all his time and
energies have been
devoted to the various demands of his business
In June, 1910, Mr. Hon
married Miss Carrie W. Tymony, the daugh-
ter of James B. and Binda
(Burton) Tymony. The father is a druggist
of St. Louis, though born
and i-eared in Randolph County, being the son
of Francis Mr Tymony, an
early settler near Highee, who was prominent
in county and state politics
and also was of a literary turn of mind as
he wrote a poem,
Remember the Poor, which will be recalled bv many
of the pioneer settlers of
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