Jesse B. McCargar was an American banker and industrialist.
Background
Jesse B. McCargar was born in Nord, Butte County, California on August 11, 1879. He was the son of Doctor Philander McCargar and Emily Lawson. He was born in Canada, and migrated with his father, Samuel McCargar, a prosperous rancher, from Rice County, Minnesota to Butte County, California. Philander McCargar met and married his wife, Emily Lawson, on a business trip for his father in Topeka, Kansas in 1874.
Education
Doctor Philander McCargar graduated from the U. C. Berkeley School of Dentistry in 1888.
Career
Doctor Philander McCargar was a dentist in Oakland, California. in 1861. Living in Oakland, California., Philander McCargar was very active in the Prohibition Party. He ran for mayor of Oakland twice and supported various committees and organizations for the Prohibitionist cause.
After the war and his father"s death, Jesse went into banking.
In 1905 Jesse married Addie Goodrich (1882-1920). They had 4 children. The youngest was the author, diplomat, and intelligence agent James Goodrich McCargar (1920-2007).
Jesse McCargar started his banking career early in his life. He worked for Crocker National Bank for 22 years.
At the time of his retirement in 1927, he was Vice President and Director.
He was, at various times in his life, director or on the board of many companies including: American Trust Company, Pabco Products, Incorporated., Moore Dry Dock Company, Pacific Securities Company, Pioneer Kettlemen Company, Honolulu Oil Corporation Pacific Transport Lincolnshire, Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Company, Paauhau Sugar Plantation Company, and others He was president of the Dumbarton Bridge Company, which opened the Dumbarton Bridge on the San Francisco bay in 1927.
He was also a trustee of the William G. Irwin Charity Foundation and a manager of the Irwin Estate.
Membership
He was a past president of the California Bankers Associate, and was a member of the executive council of the American Bankers Associate Jesse was an active member of the Pacific Union Club, Bohemian Club, the San Francisco Golf Club, and the Live Oak Lodge of Masons.