First National Bank, Stewartville, MN (Charter 5330)

This should be a contemporary postcard or photo of the bank

First National Bank, Stewartville, MN (Chartered 1900 - Receivership 1931)

Town History

2019 photo of old bank building, Courtesy of Google Maps

Stewartville is a city in Olmsted County in southeastern Minnesota.

Stewartville was founded in the 1850s by Charles Stewart, and named for him. A post office has been in operation at Stewartville since 1858.

During the National Bank Note Era the population of Stewartville was 830 in 1900, 793 in 1930 and as of 2010 it is 5,916.

Stewartville had two National Banks and both issued bank notes.

Bank History

• Organized Apr 11, 1900
• Chartered May 4, 1900
• Receivership Oct 15, 1931

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The First National Bank of Stewartville, MN

Bank Note Types Issued

1882 Brown Back $10 bank note with pen signatures of Tobias Hogenson, Cashier and A. L. Brush, President, Courtesy of Lyn Knight Auctions, www.lynknight.com

Series 1929 Type 1 $10 bank note with printed signatures of Tobias Hogenson, Cashier and C.E. Fawcett, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, HA.com.

A total of $310,910 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1900 and 1931. This consisted of a total of 24,976 notes (22,372 large size and 2,604 small size notes).

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

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s	Sheet Comments
1882 Brown Back	3x10-20	1 - 1200
1882 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 1500
1882 Value Back	3x10-20	1501 - 2124
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	1 - 2269
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 347
1929 Type 1	6x20	1 - 87

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

First National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1900 - 1931):

Presidents:

• A. L. Brush, 1901-1905
• J. P. Myers, 1906-1906
• C. E. Fawcett, 1907-1930

Cashiers:

• Tobias Hogenson, 1901-1930

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

• First National Bank, Stewartville, MN History (NB Lookup)
• Olmsted County Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)
• Minnesota Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Stewartville, MN, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewartville,_Minnesota
• 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