Background
Brock, James Ellison was born on July 4, 1862 in at Richmond, Kentucky, United States. Son of John W. and Elizabeth J. (Ellison) Brock.
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James Ellison Brock
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Educated Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky.
Career
Began as accountant in Lexington, Kentucky. Afterward instructor in Commercial College of Kentucky U. Casr. southwestern distributing office of New Home Sewing Machine Company, Saint Louis, 1883-1891.
With Mississippi Valley Trust Company, since May, 1891 (now secretary and director). Vice president Municipal Improvement Investment Company of Saint Louis.
Vice-Consul of the Republic of Paraguay in Saint Louis.
Vice president for Missouri of the Trust Company Section of the American Bankers’ Association. Treasurer Child Welfare Exhibit of Saint Louis. Methodist (member of the board of stewards of Saint John's Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and on its finance committee).
Member board of trustees of Saint Louis Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Member Civic League of Saint Louis, Business Men's League of Saint Louis (commission on banks and banking), Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association of Saint Louis, Missouri History Society, Saint Louis Chapter of America Institute of Banking, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Economic Association, National Conservation Association, National Municipal League, American Society for Judicial Settlement International Disputes, American Political Science Association, The National Civic Federation, Academy of Science of Saint Louis, Washington University Association, Kentucky Society of Saint Louis.
Achievements
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Member of the board of stewards of Saint Member board of trustees of Saint Member Civic League of Saint
Connections
Married Elizabeth Duncan Trundle, of Paris, Kentucky, September 28, 1896.
