Maryville National Bank, Maryville, MO (Charter 4243)

Postcard of the Maryville National Bank (date unknown). Provided by Dan Dieter.

Maryville National Bank, Maryville, MO (Chartered 1890 - Liquidated 1913)

Town History

The Farmer's Trust Company constructed this building in 1918 on the site of the Maryville National Bank. As of April 2021 the building is still occupied and operating as Bank Midwest. Provided by Dan Dieter

Maryville is the county seat of Nodaway County, which is located in northwestern Missouri. The town was platted on September 1, 1845. Maryville's name originates from the town's first postmaster, Amos Graham. Graham was one of the original settlers of what would later become downtown Maryville, and the city was named after his wife, Mary. The city was incorporated in 1856, annulled in 1857, reincorporated in 1859, annulled during the Civil War, reincorporated in 1869, disincorporated again in 1869 and finally formally incorporated on July 19, 1869, when the Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluffs Railroad arrived.

During the National Bank Note Era (1863-1935), the population of Maryville was 1,682 in 1870, growing to 5,217 in 1930. It's highest population was 11,972 in 2010, and the current population is estimated at 11,599 (2019).

Maryville had two National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and both of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

Organized Feb 3, 1890
Chartered Feb 26, 1890
Succeeded Baker, Saunders & Co.
Liquidated Aug 1, 1913
Succeeded by Farmers Trust Co., Maryville

The Maryville National Bank was organized in 1889, but its history reaches back to 1874, when the banking business of Baker Saunders & Company was organized on the northwest corner of North Main and Fourth streets. The owners of the first banking house being George S. Saunders, John Saunders and Richard Saunders. In 1880 Richard Saunders sold his interest to George S. Baker and John Saunders. In 1887 George L. Wilfley and Elmer Fraser secured an interest in the business. John Saunders died in 1889 and the business was reorganized as the Maryville National Bank, with George S. Baker, president; George L. Wilfley, cashier. From 1892 to 1896 John Lieber was president and was succeeded in 1896 by Mr. Wilfley, and Elmer Fraser became the cashier. In the month of March 1902, S.G. Gilliam, C.D. Bellows and W.C. Pierce secured a large block of the stock and were elected directors. Mr. Pierce succeeded Mr. Fraser as cashier. Another change effected in January,1905, when S.H. Kemp who had been cashier in the First National Bank of Maryville for 15 years, was elected cashier to succeed Mr. Pierce. The first charter expired in 1910 and was renewed for a term of 20 more years. The bank's capital in 1910 was $100,000.

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Maryville National Bank, Maryville, MO

Bank Note Types Issued

1882 Brown Back $5 bank note with stamped signatures of S.H. Kemp, Cashier and G.L. Wilfley, President. Provided by Dan Dieter.

A total of $510,250 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1890 and 1913. This consisted of a total of 54,572 notes (54,572 large size and No 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	4x5	1 - 2745
1882 Brown Back	3x10-20	1 - 5460
1882 Date Back	4x5	1 - 265
1882 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 503
1902 Date Back	4x5	1 - 2720
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 1950

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

The Maryville National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1890 - 1913):

Presidents:

Cashiers:

Other Bank Note Signers

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

Wiki Links

Sources

A History of Nodaway County (Missouri), (1910).
Maryville, MO, 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://bbdata.banknotehistory.com