National Bank, Cockeysville, MD (Charter 4496)
National Bank, Cockeysville, MD (Chartered 1891 - Open past 1935)
Town History
Cockeysville was named after the Cockey family who helped establish the town. Thomas Cockey (1676–1737) settled in Limestone Valley in 1725 at Taylor's Hall (an area now just north of Padonia Road and east of Interstate 83). Joshua Frederick Cockey (1765–1821) built one of the first homes in the area in 1798 and built the first commercial structure, a hotel, in 1810 in what would become the village of Cockeysville. His son, Judge Joshua F. Cockey (1800–1891), was a lifelong resident in the village. As a businessman before being appointed as judge, in the 1830s he built the train station and accompanying commercial buildings.
Cockeysville was the scene of some Civil War activity. Confederate soldiers pushed into the Baltimore area, intending to cut off the city and Washington from the north. On July 10, 1864, Confederate cavalry under General Bradley T. Johnson entered Cockeysville, destroying telegraph lines and track along the Northern Central Railway. They also burned the first bridge over the Gunpowder Falls, just beyond nearby Ashland.
After the war, Joshua F. Cockey III (1837–1920) founded the National Bank of Cockeysville (1891) and other commercial ventures in the community, as well as developing dwellings along the York Turnpike (now York Road) that made up the village of Cockeysville.
Cockeysville had one National Bank chartered during the Bank Note Era and it issued National Bank Notes.
Bank History
- Organized December 4, 1890
- Chartered January 6, 1891
- Conservatorship March 16, 1933
- Licensed April 29, 1933
- Bank was Open past 1935
- Merged with Fidelity-Baltimore National Bank on August 15, 1958
In December 1898, Alex. D. Brooks of Belfast, a deputy in the office of N. Bosley Merryman, clerk of the court, was appointed bookkeeper in the Cockeysville National Bank to take effect January 1, 1899.
In April 1901, the directors decided to establish a savings bank in connection with the national bank.
In January 1902, the directors elected Joshua F. Cockey, president; William H. Buck, Jr., cashier; Alexander D. Brooks, assistant cashier and Edward W. Tracey, clerk. In August, Messrs. Joshua F. Cockey, William H. Wight, and Arnold Elzey Waters, directors, were appointed members of the committee to locate a site for a new bank building to cost from $10,000 to $12,000. In June 1903, the directors decided to erect a new bank building and Messrs. Joshua Cockey, Wm. H. Wight and Arnold Elzey Waters were appointed a committee on selecting a site and a plan of building. They selected a site on the north side of the hotel on the Yorktown Turnpike opposite the railway station. The foundation was started on September 8, 1903 when president Joshua F. Cockey stuck a pick in the ground. The new building was expected to cost $17,000.
On February 5, 1906, the Cockeysville Perpetual Building and Savings Association at its annual meeting elected the following directors: Joshua F. Cockey, Sr., Hibberd E. Bartleson, Andrew J. Lentz, Dr. Joseph A. Carnes, Peter Mulcahey, William H. Buck, Jr., Dr. Joseph L. Rathie, Robert H. Bussey, Alexander D. Brooks, George Kelley, George McDonnell. The following officers were elected: Peter Mulcahey, president; Dr. Joseph L. Rathie, vice president; William H. Buck, Jr., secretary; Alexander D. Brooks, treasurer; and R. Harry Bussey, Counsel. Wed., Feb. 7, 1906.
In January 1911, the following directors were elected: Joshua F. Cockey, A. Elzey Waters, Robert A. Bussey, Dr. Benjamin R. Benson, Andrew L. Lutz, E. Gittings Merryman and Alexander D. Brooks. Mr. Cockey was chosen president; Arnold E. Waters, vice president; William H. Buck, Jr., cashier; N. Bosley Merryman, bookkeeper; and G. Milton Brooks, clerk. The National Bank of Cockeysville maintained $50,000 of circulation.
On 17 February, 1913, at a meeting of the stockholders of the Cockeysville Perpetual Building and Savings Association, held at the office of H.E. Bartleson, the following directors were elected: Peter Mulcahy, H.E. Bartleson, R.H. Bussey, W.H. Buck, J.A. Carnes, J.F. Kenny, A.H. Nofsinger, George B. Kenny, Alexander D. Brooks, W.B. Pindell and A.J. Leutz. The directors elected the following officers: President, Peter Mulcahy; vice president, J. A. Carnes; secretary, W. B. Pindell; treasurer, Alexander D. Brooks; and solicitor, R.H. Bussey.
On the morning of July 14, 1920, Joshua F. Cockey died at his home in Cockeysville. He was president of the Cockeysville National Bank since its organization in 1890 and one of the most prominent Democrats in Baltimore County. He began his business career as a merchant at Cockeysville in 1866. Besides his bank, he owned and operated several farms. He was ranked as one of the most successful business men of the county and was reputed to have property worth $500,000.
In 1930, a particularly dangerous crossing at Cockeysville on the old York-Baltimore Turnpike, known as the York road, was the intersection with the Northern Central railroad. The State Roads Commission authorized an underpass to be cut under the railroad tracks in the bed of the highway. The old bank building, almost directly opposite The National Bank of Cockeysville, was an old stone structure erected a few years before the Civil War by Joshua F. Cockey, III. It was used by him for many years as a store until 1891. The bank operated there until replaced by the new building.
On June 13, 1958 the merger of the National Bank of Cockeysville into Fidelity-Baltimore National Bank was announced in a joint statement by Hooper S. Miles, chairman of Fidelity-Baltimore, and T. Howard Price, president of the Cockeysville bank. Under the terms of the agreement, all directors of the Cockeysville bank would become members of an advisory board for the Cockeysville office of Fidelity-Baltimore. Mr. Price become chairman of the advisory board and G. Milton Brooks the senior officer in charge of operations. All employees of the Cockeysville bank were retained. Mr. Brooks was to be elected a vice president, Albert D. Cockey, an assistant vice president and E. Allan Zimmerman, Jr., assistant cashier of Fidelity-Baltimore National Bank. Total resources of Fidelity-Baltimore National Bank as of June 12 were $293,557,761 and total resources of the National Bank of Cockeysville were $4,002,790. Upon approval of the proposed merger, the Cockeysville office will bring to 21 the number of offices of the Fidelity-Baltimore National Bank in Baltimore City and the surrounding area.
On August 12, Stockholders of both banks approved the merger at special meetings. Subject to formal approval by the Comptroller of the Currency, the merger became effective at the close of business on Friday, August 15. The merger marked a continuation of recent moves by major city banks to spread out into rapidly growing Baltimore County. Earlier in the summer, the First National Bank of Baltimore acquired through merger the Second National Bank of Towson and at the same time absorbed the First National Bank in Parkton and the Whitehall Bank which had been merged into the Towson bank a month earlier. As a result, the First National Bank operated sixteen offices in Baltimore and the surrounding area.
Official Bank Title(s)
1: The National Bank of Cockeysville, MD
Bank Note Types Issued
A total of $741,310 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1891 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 65,404 notes (53,788 large size and 11,616 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 - 2235 1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 1546 1882 Date Back 4x5 1 - 165 1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 1275 1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 3940 1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 3941 - 8226 1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 1226 1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 342 1929 Type 2 10 1 - 1780 1929 Type 2 20 1 - 428
Bank Presidents and Cashiers
Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1891 - 1936):
Presidents:
- Joshua Frederick Cockey III, 1891-1919
- Arnold Elzey Waters Sr., 1920-1930
- Thomas Howard Price Sr., 1931-1935
Cashiers:
- William Hubert Buck, Jr., 1891-1919
- Alexander Dance Brooks, 1920-1929
- Grafton Milton Brooks, 1930-1935
Other Bank Note Signers
- There are currently no known Vice President or Assistant Cashier bank note signers for this bank.
Wiki Links
- Maryland Bank Note History
- General information on Cockeysville (Wikipedia)
- General information on Baltimore County (Wikipedia)
- General information on Maryland (Wikipedia)
Sources
- Cockeysville, MD, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockeysville,_Maryland
- 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
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Sat., Dec. 10, 1898.
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Thu., Apr. 18, 1901.
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Fri., Jan. 17, 1902.
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Fri., Aug. 29, 1902.
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Thu., June 25, 1903.
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Wed., Sep. 9, 1903.
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Thu., Jan. 12, 1911.
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Sun., Feb. 23, 1913.
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Thu., July 15, 1920.
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Sun., Feb. 9, 1930.
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Sat., June 14, 1958.
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Wed., Aug. 13, 1958.