Maurice Callahan (Old Forge, NY)
Maurice Callahan (July 18, 1870 – January 22, 1956)
Biography
- Name: Maurice Callahan
- Birth: July 18, 1870 Warren County, NY
- Death: January 22, 1956 Rome, NY
- Spouse: Emma (Crapo) Callahan (Married 1905)
Obituary Source: Daily Sentinel, Rome, NY, Monday, January 23, 1956, p5.
Former Bank Head Dies In Old Forge
Maurice Callahan Succumbs at 85 After Long Illness
OLD FORGE, NY - Maurice Callahan Sr., 85, first and only president of the Old Forge (First) National Bank, now a branch of a Utica bank, died at his home here yesterday after a long illness.
Mr. Callahan was also formerly associated with the Blue Mountain and Raquette Lake steamship line, the Raquette Lake Railway Co., and the Fulton Chain Railroad Company.
Mr. Callahan was president of the bank from its inception in 1917 until his retirement when it merged with Oneida National Rank last spring. He was also a director of the Hamilton County National Bank, Wells, which he helped organize in 1929, until it was sold last year, and a past director of the former Herkimer National Bank. Mr. Callahan was one of the oldest active bankers in the state and one of the oldest members of the American and New York State Bankers Associations.
He came to the Adirondack region about 1895 as telegraph operator for the late William West Durant, financier. As steamship superintendent, he was best known as "Captain Callahan" to Adirondack visitors.
He was a member of St. Bartholomew's parish, Old Forge; president of the Central Adirondak Hotels Corp.; treasurer of Thendara Golf Club, Old Forge; for over 25 years a member of the Town of Webb Board of Education; a past trustee of Old Forge village; member of the BPOE and Knights of Columbus. He was formerly a partner in M. Callahan and Company and the Raquette Lake Supply Company which owned three hotels on Blue Mountain and Raquette Lakes.
Born in Warren County, July 18, 1870, he was the son of Thomas and Ellen Moran Callahan. In 1905 he married the former Emma Crapo, in Northville, who survives. He also leaves a son, Maurice Callahan Jr., Blue Mountain Lake; three grandchildren and two stepchildren, Mrs. Dorothy Grady, Encinitas, Calif., and Durant G. Thompson, Old Forge.
Bank Officer Summary
During his banking career, Maurice Callahan was involved with the following bank(s):
- First National Bank, Old Forge, NY (Charter 10964): President 1917-1935
References
- Maurice Callahan Obituary, Daily Sentinel, Rome, NY, Monday, January 23, 1956, p5.
- Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://bbdata.banknotehistory.com