First National Bank of Massillon, OH (Charter 216)

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First National Bank of Massillon, OH (Chartered 1864 - Receivership 1933)

Town History

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Massillon is located in Stark County.

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

Bank History

• Chartered Jan 25, 1864
• Succeeded Merchants Bank of Massillon
• Absorbed 1318 Nov 4, 1931 (Union National Bank, Massillon, OH)
• Conservatorship Mar 14, 1933
• Receivership May 23, 1933

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The First National Bank of Massillon, OH

Bank Note Types Issued

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A total of $5,108,140 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1864 and 1933. This consisted of a total of 471,000 notes (411,132 large size and 59,868 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 - 7000
Original Series	4x10	1 - 4500
Original Series	2x20-50-100	1 - 405
Series 1875	4x5	1 - 4750
Series 1875	4x10	1 - 2875
Series 1875	2x20-50-100	1 - 220
1882 Brown Back	3x10-20	1 - 10780
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 7000
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 9700
1902 Plain Back	4x5	1 - 14000
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	9701 - 51253
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 7827
1929 Type 1	6x20	1 - 2151

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

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

Presidents:

• Dr. Isaac Steese, 1864-1873
• Salmon Hunt, 1874-1892
• Charles Steese, 1893-1915
• Per Lee Hunt, 1916-1932

Cashiers:

• Salmon Hunt, 1864-1873
• Charles Steese, 1874-1891
• J. Melville Schuckers, 1892-1913
• Per Lee Hunt, 1914-1915
• William Andrew Krenrick, 1916-1932

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

• First National Bank of Massillon, OH History (NB Lookup)
• Ohio Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Massillon, OH, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massillon,_Ohio
• 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