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Bank Info for NB Charter 8915 (1907 - 1929)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Griswold National Bank
Griswold, IA
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1908-1911 Arthur Garfield Arrasmith Hamilton Wilcox
1911-1913 Arthur Garfield Arrasmith James Boiler
1913-1916 Arthur Garfield Arrasmith Walter Lester Edwards
1917-1917 Arthur Garfield Arrasmith Richard Ralza Bell
1918-1920 Ross Henry Bell Richard Ralza Bell
1921-1928 Fred Baker DeWitt Wade Thomas Kirkpatrick
Other Known Bank Note Signers
  • No other known bank note signers for this bank
Bank Note History Links
Bank Note Types Issued (VanBelkum)
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
1902 Red Seal 4x10 1 - 450
1902 Date Back 4x10 1 - 3100
1902 Plain Back 4x10 3101 - 8363
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 101
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Sep 2, 1907
  • Chartered Oct 16, 1907
  • Opened for business Oct 17, 1907
  • Receivership Dec 13, 1929
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1908) $222,109
High Bal (1928) $598,704
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1908) $12,500
High Bal (1912) $30,000
Total Out (1928) $30,000
# Large Notes 35,252
# Small Notes 606
# Total Notes 35,858
$ Large Size $352,520
$ Small Size $6,060
$ Total Issued $358,580
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-23-1908 $222,109.00 $12,500.00
Sep-01-1909 $242,748.00 $24,100.00
Sep-01-1910 $270,723.00 $29,980.00
Sep-01-1911 $240,380.00 $29,400.00
Sep-04-1912 $242,093.00 $30,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $251,959.00 $28,920.00
Sep-12-1914 $226,053.00 $30,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $235,310.00 $29,400.00
Sep-12-1916 $267,067.00 $30,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $348,085.00 $29,400.00
Aug-31-1918 $381,060.00 $30,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $409,825.00 $30,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $445,629.00 $29,600.00
Sep-06-1921 $309,778.00 $29,980.00
Sep-15-1922 $348,619.00 $29,600.00
Sep-14-1923 $372,011.00 $30,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $401,586.00 $29,400.00
Sep-28-1925 $424,918.00 $30,000.00
Dec-31-1926 $449,657.00 $30,000.00
Oct-10-1927 $525,505.00 $30,000.00
Dec-31-1928 $598,704.00 $30,000.00

 

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