Union National Bank, Ames, IA (Charter 3017)

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Engraving of the Union National Bank building from the Ames Times, December 12, 1892. Courtesy Scott Hansen

Union National Bank, Ames, IA (Chartered 1883 - Liquidated 1932)

Town History

Photo of the old Union National Bank building 2019. Courtesy of Google Maps.

Ames is located in Story County in central Iowa.

The city was founded in 1864 as a station stop on the Cedar Rapids and Missouri Railroad and was named after 19th century U.S. Congressman Oakes Ames of Massachusetts, who was influential in the building of the transcontinental railroad.[12] Ames was founded by local resident Cynthia Olive Duff (née Kellogg) and railroad magnate John Insley Blair, near a location that was deemed favorable for a railroad crossing of the Skunk River.

Ames is home to Iowa State University which makes up around half of the city's population.

During the National Bank Note Era, the population of Ames was 1,153 in 1880, climbing to 2,422 in 1900, and expanding to 10,261 in 1930. It's highest and current population was 67,154 in 2018.

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

Bank History

  • Organized Jul 17, 1883
  • Chartered Jul 28, 1883
  • Succeeded Union Bank
  • Liquidated July 12, 1932
  • Succeeded by Union Story Trust & Savings Bank, Ames

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Union National Bank of Ames, IA

Bank Note Types Issued

1882 Brown Back $20 banknote with pen signatures of Henry Wilson, Cashier and Wallace M. Greeley, President. Courtesy of Scott Hansen
1929 Type 1 $10 banknote with engraved signatures of Elmer Joseph Engeldinger, Cashier and Julius Galen Tilden, President. Courtesy of Scott Hansen

A total of $809,070 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1883 and 1932. This consisted of a total of 73,878 notes (67,932 large size and 5,946 small size notes).


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

Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s
1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 3762
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 1200
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 2000
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 3540
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 3541 - 10021
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 769
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 222

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Union National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1883 - 1932):

Presidents:

Cashiers:

Other Known Bank Note Signers

  • No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

Sources

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