NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 A. G. SAM Among the men who are conserving the commercial and financial welfare of Sioux City, and who are contributing in a very definite measure to the community's prosperity and advancement, stands Adolph Godfred Sam, president of the Live Stock Bank and treasurer of the Sioux City Stock Yards Company. A native of Norway, he was born on the 14th of October, 1882, and is a son of Andrew and Ann Gertrude Sam. The family came to the United States in 1883, first locating in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where the father engaged in the building and contracting business, in which he continued actively until 1916, when he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he passed away February 1, 1926, at the age of eighty-nine years. Adolph G. Sam received his educational training in the public schools of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and at the age of seventeen years he went to Chicago and soon thereafter began his identification with the banking business, his first position being with John R. Walsh, of the Chicago National Bank, with which institution he remained until December, 1906. He then went to Minneapolis and entered the First National Bank, where he remained five years, when he was appointed a clearing house bank examiner, in which capacity he served five years. He then accepted the position of cashier of the Stock Yards National Bank of South St. Paul, of which he later became vice-president. In 1919 he came to Sioux City to take charge of the Live Stock Bank, of which he is still serving as president and which has made an enviable record under his management, being one of the strong and influential financial institutions of this city. On August 24, 1910, Mr. Sam was united in marriage to Miss Ada Salveson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His is a member of Braden Lodge, No. 168, A. F. and A. M., of St. Paul, Minnesota; Minnesota Consistory, No. 1, A. A. S. R.; Abu-Bekr Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Sioux City, and Sioux City Lodge, N. 112, B. P. O. E. He also belongs to the Sioux City County Club and his religious connection is with the First Congregational church. A man of high moral character, unimpeachable integrity and sound business judgment, he has long held an enviable position in business circles and is recognized as one of the strong, virile, and progressive men of this community. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/