Grange National Bank, Spartansburg, PA (Charter 9110)

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Grange National Bank, Spartansburg, PA (Chartered 1908 - Liquidated 1934)

Town History

Spartansburg is a borough in Crawford County, in northwest Pennsylvania. Route 77 passes through the center of the borough, leading northeast 8 miles to Corry and southwest 28 miles to Meadville, the Crawford County seat. The population was 305 at the 2010 census and in 1920 it was 450.

Spartansburg is located on the glaciated plateau of northwestern Pennsylvania. The borough is drained by the East Branch of the Oil Creek, which begins at the outlet of Clear Lake, an impoundment of Patrick Run and Stranahan Run. The lowest elevation in Spartansburg is 1,430 ft. where East Branch Oil Creek flows south out of the borough. The highest elevation is 1,640 ft. at the southeastern corner of the borough.

Spartansburg had one National Bank chartered during the Bank Note Era, and it issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

• Organized March 18, 1908
• Chartered April 20, 1908
• Opened for business April 20, 1908
• Conservatorship March 17, 1933
• Liquidated November 13, 1934
• Absorbed by 14093 (National Bank, Union City, PA)

For more information on the Grange National Banks in Pennsylvania, this article provides a brief history of those twelve banks, why they were formed, and the men and women behind them.

• A Brief History of the Grange National Banks in Pennsylvania

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Grange National Bank of Spartansburg, PA

Bank Note Types Issued

1902 Plain Back $10 bank note with faded signatures. Courtesy of Lyn Knight Auctions, www.lynknight.com

1929 Type 1 $10 bank note with printed signatures of O.M. Thompson, Cashier and C.H. Tauber, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

1929 Type 1 $20 bank note with printed signatures of O.M. Thompson, Cashier and John M. Webb, President. Courtesy of Lyn Knight Auctions, www.lynknight.com

A total of $374,090 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1908 and 1934. This consisted of a total of 30,051 notes (24,792 large size and 5,259 small size notes).

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

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s	Sheet Comments
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 700
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 1510
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	1511 - 5498
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 652
1929 Type 1	6x20	1 - 182
1929 Type 2	10	1 - 187
1929 Type 2	20	1 - 68

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1908 - 1934):

Presidents:

• Willis E. Rice, 1908-1918
• Charles H. Tauber, 1919-1929
• John M. Webb, 1930-1932

Cashiers:

• John M. Webb, 1908-1911
• Ora Mortimer Thompson, 1912-1919
• Samuel Newton Kelso, 1920-1920
• Wallace Wells Wellman Sr., 1921-1922
• Ora Mortimer Thompson, 1923-1932

Other Bank Note Signers

• There are currently no known Vice President or Assistant Cashier bank note signers for this bank.

Wiki Links

• Pennsylvania Bank Note History
• General information on Spartansburg (Wikipedia)
• General information on Crawford County (Wikipedia)
• General information on Pennsylvania (Wikipedia)

Sources

• Spartansburg, PA, 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