First National Bank, Waverly, NY (Charter 297)

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First National Bank, Waverly, NY (Chartered 1864 - Receivership 1933)

Town History

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Waverly is located in Tioga County.

Waverly had three National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all three of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

• Chartered Mar 2, 1864
• Licensed prior to Mar 16, 1933
• Conservatorship Sep 1, 1933
• Receivership Oct 24, 1933

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The First National Bank of Waverly, NY

Bank Note Types Issued

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A total of $2,273,410 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1864 and 1933. This consisted of a total of 218,713 notes (196,512 large size and 22,201 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 - 5125
Series 1875	4x5	1 - 4250
1882 Brown Back	4x5	1 - 5725
1882 Brown Back	3x10-20	1 - 811
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 5700
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 9300
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	9301 - 27517
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 2846
1929 Type 1	6x20	1 - 798
1929 Type 2	10	1 - 325
1929 Type 2	20	1 - 12

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1864 - 1933):

Presidents:

• Richard Denton Van Duzer, 1864-1867
• Howard Elmer, 1868-1892
• Frederick Eugene Lyford, 1893-1922
• Frank Loring Howard, 1923-1932

Cashiers:

• Howard Elmer, 1864-1867
• C. A. Thompson, 1868-1870
• Richard Allison Elmer, 1871-1883
• Frederick Eugene Lyford, 1884-1892
• Percy L. Lang, 1893-1913
• Harry Arthur Ellis, Sr., 1913-1924
• Louie Catharine Jones, 1926-1932

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• C. A. Thompson (Asst Cashier 1868...1870)

Bank Note History Links

• First National Bank, Waverly, NY History (NB Lookup)
• New York Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Waverly, NY, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waverly,_New York
• 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