First National Bank, Hudson, WI (Charter 95)
First National Bank, Hudson, WI (Chartered 1863 - Closed (Merger) 2007)
Town History
Hudson is located in Saint Croix County in western Wisconsin, near the Twin Cities of Minneapolis & St. Paul, MN.
Hudson was originally called Willow River. It was later named Buena Vista by Judge Joel Foster, founder of River Falls, after returning from the Mexican War where he fought in the Battle of Buena Vista. In 1852, Alfred D. Gray, Hudson's first mayor, petitioned to change the city's name to Hudson, because the bluffs along the St. Croix River reminded him of the Hudson River in his native New York.
A large number of settlers arrived in the 1850s and 1860s. The lumber industry was the area's prime attraction during that time.
During the National Bank Note Era (1863-1935), the population of Hudson was 1,748 in 1870, growing to 3,259 in 1900, and dropping slightly to 2,725 in 1930. Its highest and current population was 14,755 in 2020.
Hudson had two National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and one of those banks issued National Bank Notes.
Bank History
- Chartered Oct 2, 1863
- Succeeded Alfred Goss, Banker
- Bank was Open past 1935
- For Bank History after 1935 see FDIC Bank History website
- Merged into Associated Bank, N.A. in Green Bay, WI Jun 29, 2007
Official Bank Title(s)
1: The First National Bank of Hudson, WI
Bank Note Types Issued
A total of $984,030 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1863 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 111,510 notes (102,232 large size and 9,278 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 - 5325 Series 1875 4x5 1 - 2700 1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 5533 1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 913 1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 2260 1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 3900 1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 3901 - 8827 1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 998 1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 286 1929 Type 2 10 1 - 1281 1929 Type 2 20 1 - 293
Bank Presidents and Cashiers
Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1863 - 1935):
Presidents:
- John Comstock, 1870-1889
- John Alexander Humbird, 1890-1896
- David C. Fulton, 1897-1898
- Amos E. Jefferson, 1899-1906
- William Henry Phipps, 1907-1924
- Stephen Carpenter Phipps, 1925-1935
- John Comstock, 1863-1866
- Alfred Jesse Goss, (Sr.), 1867-1869
Cashiers:
- Alfred Jesse Goss, (Jr.), 1863-1869
- Amos E. Jefferson, 1870-1889
- David C. Fulton, 1890-1896
- D. E. Hanna, 1897-1898
- J. R. Agnew, 1899-1902
- Joseph John Yoerg, 1903-1935
Other Known Bank Note Signers
Bank Note History Links
Sources
- Hudson, WI, on Wikipedia
- 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