Citizens National Bank & Trust, Blossburg, PA (Charter 13381)
Citizens National Bank & TC, Blossburg, PA (Chartered 1929 - Open past 1935)
Town History
Blossburg is a borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The population was 1,536 at the 2020 census. In 1900 the population was 2,423, falling to 1,696 by 1930.
In 1792, a party of immigrants who were building the Williamson Road from Williamsport, in Lycoming County, to Painted Post in New York, under the leadership of Robert and Benjamin Patterson, discovered coal within the present town limits of Blossburg. When the group reached the Tioga River, they established a supply camp at its banks.
In 1801, Aaron Bloss moved to Tioga County. In 1802, he settled at the area known as "Peter’s Camp". He is considered the first settler of Blossburg. Sometime between 1818 and 1820, Bloss made the first attempt to found a town, changing the name of Peter's Camp to Blossburg. Blossburg was finally recognized and incorporated as a borough in August 1871.
For more than 150 years, coal has played a vital role in the development of Blossburg. Today many of the existing mines are dormant. But Ward Manufacturing is a descendant of the Blossburg coal mining industry and is the largest business operating in the Blossburg area.
Blossburg had two National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and both of those banks issued National Bank Notes. In addition to The Citizens National Bank of Blossburg (Charter 13881), there was The Miners National Bank of Blossburg (Charter 5007).
Bank History
- Organized Oct 2, 1929
- Chartered Oct 4, 1929
- Bank was Open past 1935
In January 1931, the officers were: president, Charles G. Morgan; vice president, Frank S.Hughes; cashier and trust officer, George B. Allen; assistant cashier and assistant trust officer, Miss Katherine O'Donnell. The directors were: M.F. Jones, chairman; M. C. Bermingham, secretary; Dr. Daniel S. Brazda, S.J. Hudzinski, Frank S. Hughes, John V. Jankiewiez, John F. Keefe, Charles Morgan, A.J. Richards, J.R. Stratton, and C. J. Weaver.
In January 1942, the directors elected the following officers: president and cashier, John A. Weller, formerly of Wellsboro; vice president, Daniel S. Brazda; assistant cashier, Abram M. Snyder. The directors were: Charles G. Morgan, Daniel S. Brazda, John A. Weller, Stanley J. Hudzinski, Morton F. Jones, Frank Kurzejewski and Robert M. Jones.
On January 5, 1944, Charles Grier Morgan, 68, veteran engineering expert and prominent Blossburg citizen, died after an extended illness. He was born in Danville and graduated from Kingston High School, Wyoming Seminary, and Cornell University with an engineering degree. He lived in Johnstown, had served in an engineer's capacity in Montana and Washington, and came to Marsh Run in 1913 as superintendent of the Marsh Run Coal Mining Company resigning in 1939. He served a short term as vice-president of the concern. Mr. Morgan became president of the Citizens National Bank and Trust Company at Blossburg in 1930, resigning in 1941. He moved to North Williamson Road, Blossburg, in 1938 when he was made president of the Blossburg Water Company. He retired in April 1943 because of ill health. At the time of his death, he was a director of the Marsh Run Coal Mining Company at Wilkes-Barre.
Official Bank Title(s)
1: The Citizens National Bank and Trust Company of Blossburg, PA
Bank Note Types Issued
A total of $514,200 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1929 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 64,431 notes (No large size and 64,431 small size notes).
This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments 1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 5222 1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 2706 1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 786 1929 Type 2 5 1 - 6882 1929 Type 2 10 1 - 3885 1929 Type 2 20 1 - 1380
Bank Presidents and Cashiers
Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1929 - 1936):
Presidents:
Cashiers:
Other Bank Note Signers
- There are currently no known Vice President or Assistant Cashier bank note signers for this bank.
Wiki Links
- Pennsylvania Bank Note History
- General information on Blossburg (Wikipedia)
- General information on Tioga County (Wikipedia)
- General information on Pennsylvania (Wikipedia)
Sources
- Blossburg, PA, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blossburg,_Pennsylvania
- Don C. Kelly, National Bank Notes, A Guide with Prices. 6th Edition (Oxford, OH: The Paper Money Institute, 2008).
- Dean Oakes and John Hickman, Standard Catalog of National Bank Notes. 2nd Edition (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990).
- Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://spmc.org/bank-note-history-project
- The Wellsboro Gazette Combined with Mansfield Advertiser, Wellsboro, PA, Wed., Jan. 28, 1931.
- The Wellsboro Gazette Combined with Mansfield Advertiser, Wellsboro, PA, Wed., Jan. 21, 1942.
- Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, PA, Fri., Jan. 7, 1944.