HOWARD K. WEBER , cashier of the First National Bank, is one of a family of four children, and the younger of two living sons of William and Mary Weber nee Phillips; and was born in Maryland, June 27, 1843. His father was a Virginian by birth, and his mother is a native of his own state. Mr. Weber was educated in Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Owing to the excitement caused by the war of the Rebellion, he left school in the junior year, expecting to enter the Confederate army; but his father, being a War Democrat, opposed the measure, and by way of compromise induced him to come to Springfield, Illinois, in 1863, to visit some friends. He at once saw the struggle in a different light, became a Republican in politics, cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, and has voted with that party since. Soon after locating in Springfield, Mr. Weber was appointed Assistant Commissary Sergeant of the post of Camp Butler, and held the office till the war closed; then left it to become messenger in the First National Bank. In 1879, he was elected to his present position. He is a Master in the Masonic fraternity, and a member in the Knights of Pythias. In Denver, Colorado, on September 20, 1879, Mr. Weber was united in marriage with Kate M. Gaw, of Baltimore, Maryland. They have one son, James Horace. Mr. Weber is a member and trustee of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. His father and mother reside in Maryland, aged respectively seventy-four and sixty-six years. The brother, William E., is Cashier of the Third National Bank, Cumberland, Maryland.