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A native of Ithaca, New York, Francis W. Wodoward (1830-1908) moved to is Eau Claire in 1869 and in 1872 organized the First National bank of Eau Claire. The financial institution had the following officers: F.W. Woodward, president; and George T. Thompson, cashier. In 1878 the bank was organized as the Bank of Eau Claire, which retained the same officers. Woodward retired as bank president in 1885, and later managed a 5,500 acre farm at Warren, Minnesota.
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HI41821
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