El
Dorado County
Biographies
ROLON T. IRISH
One
of the representatives of the younger group of successful business men of El
Dorado County is Rolon T. Irish, who has been a cashier of the Placerville
National Bank since the year 1924. He
has had abundant experience in banking methods, and his capabilities in this
financial field are widely recognized.
He is a native of El Dorado County, his birth having occurred at
Georgetown, September 3, 1893. He is a
son of Charles F. and Anna (Arvidson) Irish, the father also a native of
California and now engaged in farming.
The grandfather of Rolon T. Irish on the paternal side came across the
plains from Maine in pioneer days.
Charles F. Irish is now the oldest living secretary of the Native Sons
of the Golden West. On his maternal side
the grandparents of Rolon T. Irish came to California by way of Cape Horn.
Having
received his education in the grade and high schools of Placerville, Mr. Irish
then entered the banking house of A. Mierson & Company, with which he
remained for six years, or until he joined the United States Army for service
in the World war. He was in the army for
a period of twenty-seven months, in the medical corps, and during a portion of
this time was in France. After receiving
his honorable discharge, he remained in France until the year 1924 and then
returned to Placerville, where he accepted the position he now fills, that of
cashier of the Placerville National Bank.
Mr.
Irish was married overseas, to Miss Rose Lucas of France, and they are now the
parents of two children, Charles and Helene.
Mr. Irish is a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West and the
American Legion. His favorite recreation
is hunting and fishing.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 2 Pages 235-236. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010 Gerald Iaquinta.
Golden Nugget Library's El Dorado
County Biographies