Background
Hitt, Francis Guy was born on June 11, 1890 in DuQuoin, Illinois, United States. Son of Francis Marion and Olivia L. (Harriss) Hitt.
Hitt, Francis Guy was born on June 11, 1890 in DuQuoin, Illinois, United States. Son of Francis Marion and Olivia L. (Harriss) Hitt.
Graduate DuQuoin Township High School and Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University.
Served as assistant postmaster in city of DuQuoin, 1914-1920. Assistant cashier First National Bank, Christopher, Illinois, 1921-1926. President First National Bank Zeigler, Illinois, 1927-1937.
Chairman of the Board, president Bank of Zeigler, from 1951, Chairman of the Board, 1957-1964, chairman of the executive committee, from 1964.
Director of Bank of Saint Louis. President Bank of Benton, Illinois, 1951-1957, Chairman of the Board, from 1957.
Director Southern Illinois, Incorporated., General Bancshares Corporation, Saint Louis. Director Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis, 1932-1937, 1st vice president, 1937-1951.
Conservator First National Bank, East Saint Louis, Illinois, 1933-1934.
Vice chairman of the United States Treasury War Finance Company, 8th Federal Reserve District, 1943.
Served as assistant postmaster in city of DuQuoin, 1914-1920. Member Committee on Higher Education State of Illinois, 1959. Trustee Shurtleff College, 1950-1954.
Member board directors Saint Louis Convention and Publicity Bureau, 1938-1951.
Member Benton Chamber of Commerce (president 1951-1952, board directors 1951-1953). Mason (32 degree, Shriner).
Clubs: Benton Country, Rotary (president of chapter of Saint Louis 1948-1949.
Married Martha Lee Provart, May 15, 1917. Children: Frances Lee (Mistress Harry K. Sandhagen), Marian Louise (Mistress Harry T. Maltby), Robert, Lela Jeanne (Mistress C. A. Helzer), Martha Suzanne.