The Carlisle independent., 1921-03-03
HEAD OF LEGRIS TRUST Al
 SAVINGS BANK DIES

Legrls Trust and Savings bank and one of the prominent citizens of this county, died last night at his home on College avenue, Bourbonnais.
 Mr. Legris, who has been identified with Kankakee's financial institutions for thirty years, had been i'll only two weeks and while it was known that his condition was serious, news of his death came as a distinct shock to the thousands who knew him.
 Mir. Legris was the son of pio- neer family of Bourbonnais and a leading citizen of his parish. He was born in Bourbonnais and he died there at i1:50 o'clock last night
 Mir. Legris had patiently suffered a two weeks illness which began with acute neuphritis, developing into IL ranic poisoning that caused other com plications that medical science could not overcome.
 During the last two days he had been in a semi-unconscious state. His children who were living with him and other immediate relatives were at his bedside when the end came
 Not only was Mr. Legris native son of Kankakee county, but he was a de- scendent of one of the oldest families which came to Bourbonnais. from St Leon, Province of Quebec, Canada, in 1S43. His grandparents, Noise and Sylvia (Flageole) Legris, left their na- tive parish in Canada with all the forceful determination of the French Canadian to seek a brighter future for their following generations, braved the primeval wilds of the central west to establish the first French Canadian colony along the Indian trails of Kan kekee county.
 Improved Opportunities
 Mr. Legris was the fifth oldest in a family of eight children born to Joseph and Celophe fSylvestre) Le- gris. MT. Legris, as we'll as the other members of the family, had excellent educational opportunities and fortu- nate business chances, both of which nate business chnces, both of which he improved to the best of his ability.
 From the then parochial school at the village of Bourbonnais, which was conducted by laymen, he afterwards entered St Viateur college. from which institution he was graduated in the commercial course in 188S
 Always a Banker
 He knew no occupation other than banking and he began to learn, fol- lowing his graduation from college, the first principles of banking in the private bank of Warren R. Hickox, Sr., where he remained as an employe for two years.
 In 1894 he assisted in opening pri- vate bank under the name of Legris Bros. & Fraser, which institution was largely patronized because of the high | character of the men directing its af- fairs.
 OrSdHlZe0 New Bank |
 In 1902 he resigned his position to accept the cashiership of the First National Bank, remaining as such un- til 1911, when, in the month of June, he organized the American State and Savings bank, becoming it's president and cashier.
 Recently this bank, with that of the Legris Bros private bank, merged to- gether, which is now known as the Le- gris Trust and Savings bank.
 On September 1T, 1889, Mir. Legris was united in marriage to Miss Louise Granger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | David Granger, both of whom are de- | ceased. Mrs. Granger made her home | with Mir. and Mrs. Legris until her | death on March 19, 1920.
 The Legris family lived in Kanka- kee until about twenty-two years ago, removing to Bourbonnais to make | their home with Mrs. David Granger. Later Mir. Legris purchased the prop erty of the college and constructed one of the finest homes in the village and surrounding country.
 Nine Children
 Nine children were born to them, five sons and four daughters Though ! not political factor in his community Mir Legris was a warm advocate of democracy and in politics, as in busi- ness, he always exerted conservative and modifying influence, supporting the side of order and justice.
 Mir. Legris contributed to a vast number of religious, social and paro- ehial deeds. He labored necessarily to promote the welfare of his church, his village and county as much as he could possibly devote his energies that required his attention.