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History of Buffalo & Pepin Counties, Wisconsin - Vol. 1
pub. H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Winona, MN - 1919

         [page 196-197]
         
         THOMAS S. SABY, cashier of the First National Bank of Alma,
       Wis.,is a man who for a number of years has been prominently
       identified with banking interests, both here and elsewhere,
       the sphere of his activities having steadily enlarged. He was 
       born at St. Croix, Wis., Dec. 29, 1872, son of ELLING and 
       BERTHA (HULL) SABY. Both parents were natives of Norway, but 
       were married in Wisconsin. ELLING SABY, when a young man came 
       to this country in a sailing vessel and settled at Baldwin, Wis., 
       where he opened a hotel. His career was cut short by death at 
       the early age of 24, and he left three children, of whom the 
       subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth. His 
       widow subsequently married THOMAS THOMPSON, a farmer of Baldwin, 
       St. Croix county. There THOMAS S. SABY grew to manhood, attend-
       ing district school in his early years, and afterwards the State 
       Normal School and the University of Wisconsin, being graduated 
       from the University in 1900. For some years after that event his 
       career was that of a teacher in Alma, Buffalo county, he being 
       principal of the high school during three years. His record in 
       that line of endeavor was highly creditable, but he had other 
       ambitions, and in 1903 began his banking career as an apprentice 
       in the Bank of Hammond, at Hammond, Wis. His next position was 
       that of cashier of the State Bank of Pittsville, where he re-
       mained until June, 1906. Then returning to Alma, he helped to 
       organize the First National Bank here, of which he has since 
       been the efficient and popular cashier. MR. SABY also aided in 
       organizing the First National Bank of Nelson, Wis., of which 
       he is a director, and the Bank of Pepin, of which he is both 
       vice president and director. He is also interested in the First 
       State Bank of Ferney, S. D., and is secretary and treasurer of 
       the Alma Investment Company. He located a homestead in Benson Co., 
       N. D., which he has since disposed of, having purchased other 
       farm property in that state. By enterprise and industry, backed 
       by a liberal education, he has steadily progressed until he is 
       now one of the leading business men and financiers of Buffalo 
       county, and as he has not yet passed the prime of life, the 
       future doubtless holds much more in store for him. He is affi-
       liated fraternally with Blue lodge of Masons in Alma, also with 
       the Eastern Star lodge and the Knights of Pythias here. MR. SABY 
       was married June 21, 1905, to ALMA E. SCHWY, a native of Alma, 
       this county, and daughter of MELCHOR and HELENA (SCHILLING) SCHWY. 
       Her father, who was a farmer, is now deceased.
       
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