First National Bank, Cumberland, MD (Charter 381)

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First National Bank, Cumberland, MD (Chartered 1864 - Open past 1935)

Town History

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Cumberland is located in Allegany County.

Cumberland had four National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all four of those banks issued National Bank Notes. Cumberland also had five Obsolete Banks that issued Obsolete Bank Notes during the Obsolete Bank Note Era (1782-1866).

Bank History

• Chartered Apr 15, 1864
• Succeeded Cumberland Bank
• Bank was Open past 1935

• Bankers Magazine Succession Info (1863-1909):
• Succeeded Cumberland Bank of Alleghany [?]

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The First National Bank of Cumberland, MD

Bank Note Types Issued

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A total of $3,079,860 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1864 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 289,384 notes (224,488 large size and 64,896 small size notes).

This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s	Sheet Comments
Original Series	4x5	1 - 3850
Original Series	3x10-20	1 - 2000
Series 1875	4x5	1 - 1470
Series 1875	3x10-20	1 - 1490
1882 Brown Back	4x5	1 - 5000
1882 Brown Back	3x10-20	1 - 5866
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 6400
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 10100
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	10101 - 30046
1929 Type 1	6x5	1 - 2948
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 3826
1929 Type 1	6x20	1 - 1056
1929 Type 2	5	1 - 11004
1929 Type 2	10	1 - 5462
1929 Type 2	20	1 - 1450

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1864 - 1935):

Presidents:

• Joseph Shriver, 1864-1885
• Robert Shriver, 1886-1911
• Henry Shriver, (Jr.), 1912-1935

Cashiers:

• Edwin Thomas Shriver, 1864-1885
• Joel Llewellyn Griffith, 1886-1920
• Harry Austin Pitzer, Sr., 1921-1935

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

• First National Bank, Cumberland, MD History (NB Lookup)
• Maryland Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Cumberland, MD, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland,_Maryland
• 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