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Bank Info for NB Charter 4797 (1892 - 1926)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Merchants National Bank of
St. Cloud, MN
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1892-1897 Oliver Howard Havill Charles Marshall Hertig
1897-1897 Oliver Howard Havill Timothy Foley
1898-1899 Oliver Howard Havill Charles Marshall Hertig
1899-1910 Alphonse H. Reinhard Oliver Howard Havill
1911-1914 Carl Otto Bensen John Nicholas Bensen
1915-1917 Carl Otto Bensen George Edward Hanscom
1918-1919 George Abram Moore George Edward Hanscom
1920-1920 Thomas Paul Galarneault George Edward Hanscom
1921-1926 Thomas Paul Galarneault Louis Forest Cary
Other Known Bank Note Signers
Bank Note History Links
Bank Note Types Issued (VanBelkum)
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 5070
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 708
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 2000
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 2001 - 8110
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Jun 30, 1892
  • Chartered Sep 23, 1892
  • Assumed 3009 by consolidation Apr 20, 1897 (German American NB, Saint Cloud, MN)
  • Liquidated Dec 28, 1926
  • Absorbed by 11818 May 1926 (American National Bank, Saint Cloud, MN)
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1892) $55,914
High Bal (1920) $1,455,745
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1893) $22,500
High Bal (1924) $100,000
Total Out (1925) $100,000
# Large Notes 55,552
# Small Notes 0
# Total Notes 55,552
$ Large Size $694,400
$ Small Size $0
$ Total Issued $694,400
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-30-1892 $55,913.60 $0.00
Oct-03-1893 $185,791.19 $22,500.00
Oct-02-1894 $238,199.66 $22,500.00
Sep-28-1895 $288,499.23 $22,500.00
Oct-06-1896 $258,712.97 $22,500.00
Oct-05-1897 $592,957.14 $33,750.00
Sep-20-1898 $599,907.82 $45,000.00
Sep-07-1899 $585,286.37 $45,000.00
Sep-05-1900 $614,716.92 $50,000.00
Sep-30-1901 $640,462.93 $50,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $713,607.91 $50,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $613,223.21 $50,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $608,101.26 $50,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $629,636.00 $50,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $698,209.00 $50,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $760,605.00 $50,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $769,562.00 $50,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $826,244.00 $50,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $954,899.00 $50,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $864,191.00 $50,000.00
Sep-04-1912 $679,937.00 $50,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $707,410.00 $50,000.00
Sep-12-1914 $799,334.00 $50,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $857,031.00 $50,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $919,793.00 $50,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $1,001,618.00 $50,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $1,112,457.00 $50,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $1,247,198.00 $50,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $1,455,745.00 $50,000.00
Sep-06-1921 $1,115,438.00 $50,000.00
Sep-15-1922 $1,139,554.00 $50,000.00
Sep-14-1923 $1,295,508.00 $99,500.00
Oct-10-1924 $1,269,546.00 $100,000.00
Sep-28-1925 $1,125,395.00 $100,000.00

 

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