St. Johns National Bank, St. Johns, MI (Charter 3378)

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St. Johns National Bank, Saint Johns, MI (Chartered 1885 - Open past 1935)

Town History

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St. Johns is located in Clinton County.

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

Bank History

• Organized Jun 8, 1885
• Chartered Aug 15, 1885
• Succeeded 1539 (First National Bank, St. Johns, MI)
• Bank was Open past 1935

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The St. Johns National Bank, St. Johns, MI

Bank Note Types Issued

1902 Date Back $20 bank note with pen signatures of R.C. Dexter, Cashier and John C. Hicks, President.

Series 1929 Type 1 $10 bank note with printed signatures of R.C. Dexter, Cashier and John C. Hicks, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

A total of $328,010 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1885 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 26,249 notes (23,504 large size and 2,745 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	3x10-20	1 - 2542
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 500
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 1130
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	1131 - 2834
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 314
1929 Type 1	6x20	1 - 106
1929 Type 2	10	1 - 185
1929 Type 2	20	1 - 40

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

The St. Johns National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1885 - 1936):

Presidents:

• John Hicks, 1885-1903
• John Clayton Hicks, 1903-1934
• Coleman Chauncey Vaughan, 1935-1935

Cashiers:

• Galusha Pennell, 1885-1886
• Peter Edmund Walsworth, 1887-1903
• Roswell Chauncey Dexter, 1903-1935

Other Bank Note Signers

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

Wiki Links

• Michigan Bank Note History
• General information on St. Johns (Wikipedia)
• General information on Clinton County (Wikipedia)
• General information on Michigan (Wikipedia)

Sources

• Saint Johns, MI, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Johns,_Michigan
• 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