WALTON E. HOLMES

Sacramento County

Biographies

WALTON E. HOLMES

WALTON E. HOLMES--Prominent among the esteemed representatives of important financial interests in Sacramento may well be mentioned Walton E. Holmes, the assistant cashier of the Capital National Bank. A native son, he was born on a farm at Florin, near Sacramento, on June 12, 1890, the son of James W. and Flora (Camfield) Holmes, the former a pioneer who came here when he was fourteen years of age, with his parents, who came by steamboat to Davis, Cal., to the Schwingle ranch, where the family were employed by the Schwingles at farm work. Later the family removed to a ranch about five miles south of Sacramento and there the grandfather, Henry Holmes, passed away in 1900. J. W. Holmes worked for the Schwingles and then removed to a ranch he purchased about six miles east of Florin where he farmed until 1908; then he sold out and moved to a part of the Henry Holmes ranch, where he now lives. Mrs. Holmes, the mother of our subject, died in January, 1916, closing a beautiful and useful life.

Walton Holmes attended school in the Excelsior School district, and then the Sacramento high school for a year and a half; but at the end of that time he was offered a position in the California National Bank, which he accepted, and entered upon a four years’ service. He left the bank to sell real estate for O. H. Cope for four months; but in January, 1911, he joined the staff of the Capital National Bank, as bookkeeper, and through various successive grades he advanced to his present position. His fidelity, natural ability and developed experience were duly recognized in his promotion, in 1915, to the post of assistant cashier, and he is the manager and vice-president of the Sacramento Clearing Association. A Republican with respect to national political affairs, Mr. Holmes is broad-minded and non-partisan when it comes to local movements, platforms and candidates. He served as deputy city treasurer under F. W. Biewener, Jr., for eight and one half years, then for sixteen months was city treasurer, or until the city adopted the manager form of government.

In the year 1911, at Sacramento, Mr. Holmes and Miss Hazel Greenlaw were married, the latter a native daughter of Sacramento. Their union has proven a happy one and resulted in the birth of two children, Eleanor and Marjorie. Mr. Holmes is a past president of Sunset Parlor, N. S. G. W.; and he belongs to the Elks, and the Hermitage, and is a member of the Del Paso Country Club. He is a member and ex-treasurer of the Lions Club and a director of the Chamber of Commerce. He is fond of baseball and golf, and all outdoor life.

Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.

Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 933. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.