Person:John McNeil (17)

John L. McNeil was the President of The Durango Trust Company. His brother-in-law (A.P. Camp) was the Vice-President.

From the work titled:
History of Colorado (Volume 1 of 4)
by Wilbur Fiske Stone
S.J. Clarke Publishing Co
Chicago. 1918

• The Denver Savings Bank was organized January 2, 1890, by the following directors: Dr. F. J. Bancroft, Isaac E. Blake, A. W. Chamberlin, H. B. Chamberlin, D. H. Ferguson, J. A. Ferguson, Joseph W. Gilluly, S. H. Hastings, C. Y. McClure, John L. McNeil, I. B. Porter, Charles H. Smith, and S. N. Wood. The bank opened February 9, 1890, at 1227 Sixteenth Street, later occupying quarters of the Union National at Sixteenth and Larimer streets. In the 1900s this bank went into the hands of a receiver.
• The Western Bank was incorporated November 13, 1891, by Frederick C. Kilham, John L. McNeil, Robert D. Thompson, Charles Hallack, Edward L. Raymond, E. S. Kassler, William R. Thompson, and W. A. Hover. The bank started activities shortly thereafter at 1640 Arapahoe Street, but in 1895 was removed to the northwest corner of Seventeenth and Arapahoe streets. This bank failed many years ago.
• The first bank in Glenwood Springs was started in 1885 by Geo. Arthur Rice & Company and was conducted as a private bank with a capital stock of $10,000. On December i, 1887, a consolidation with the Glenwood National Bank was effected. The First National Bank of Glenwood Springs began in the spring of 1887, with W. B. Devereaux as president and J. H. Fesler, cashier; capital stock, 100,000. The Glenwood National Bank was opened June i, 1887, with John L. McNeil, president, and C. N. Greig, cashier. In the summer of 1891 the latter bank was consolidated with the First National.
• The Bank of Durango was established by John L. McNeil, as a branch bank of Daniels, Brown & Company of Alamosa in 1881. In 1885 the charter of the First National was purchased and the two merged under the latter name. The Colorado State Bank at Durango was organized December 29, 1886, by Frederick L. Kimball, Benjamin N. Freeman, Thomas F. Burgess, William E. Morgan and James H. Hoskins. F. L. Kimball was the first president and the first capital stock was $30,000.

1.   1880 census
   Name: Jno. Mcneil
   Residence: Alamosa, Conejos, Colorado
   Birthdate: 1849
   Birthplace: New York, United States
   Relationship to Head: Self
   Spouse's Name: Ella Mcneil
   Spouse's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
   Father's Name:
   Father's Birthplace: New York, United States
   Mother's Name:
   Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
   Race or Color (Expanded): White
   Ethnicity (Standardized): American
   Gender: Male
   Martial Status: Married
   Age (Expanded): 31 years
   Occupation: Banker
   NARA Film Number: T9-0089
   Page: 165
   Page Character: C
   Entry Number: 724
   Film number: 1254089
   Household Gender Age
   Jno. Mcneil M 31
   Spouse Ella Mcneil F 28
   Alfred P. Camp M 28
2.   1900 Census
   Name: John L Mcneil
   Titles & Terms:
   Residence: Denver city, Arapahoe, Colorado
   Birth Date: May 1849
   Birthplace: New York
   Relationship to Head of Household: Self
   Spouse: Ella A Mcneil
   Spouse's Titles & Terms:
   Spouse's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
   Father:
   Father's Titles & Terms:
   Father's Birthplace: New York
   Mother:
   Mother's Titles & Terms:
   Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
   Race or Color (expanded): White
   Head-of-household Name: John L Mcneil
   Gender: Male
   Marital Status: Married
   Years Married: 20
   Estimated Marriage Year: 1880
   Mother How Many Children:
   Number Living Children:
   Immigration Year:
   Enumeration District: 0085
   Page: 13
   Sheet Letter: B
   Family Number: 258
   Reference Number: 55
   Film Number: 1240119
   Image Number: 00430
   Household Gender Age
   John L Mcneil M
   Spouse Ella A Mcneil F