MSS 858 Marion County Bank Records

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A I S T O R Y MSS 858
Marion County Bank
( Ohio) Records
30 c u b i c f e e t
Standard inventory
C o l l e c t i o n Synopsis
Provenance: The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y acquired the Marion
County Bank ( Ohio) Records as a g i f t of B a n k One, Marion, Ohio,
through the a u s p i c e s of Vice P r e s i d e n t Robert Hensel in J u l y
1984. P e t e r L u n d s k o w a n d Robert W . Viol processed the c o l l e c t i o n
in A u g u s t 1984.
P r o p e r t y r i g h t s : The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y owns the property
r i g h t s t o t h i s c o l l e c t i o n .
Copyrights: Bank One has d e d i c a t e d such c o p y r i g h t s a s i t possesses
in t h i s c o l l e c t i o n t o t h e p u b l i c . C o n s i d e r a t i o n of a l l o t h e r
c o p y r i g h t s i s the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of the author and p u b l i s h e r .
Access: This c o l l e c t i o n i s open under the r u l e s a n d r e g u l a t i o n s
of the Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y .
C i t a t i o n : Researchers are r e q u e s t e d t o c i t e c o l l e c t i o n name,
c o l l e c t i o n number, a n d the Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y in a l l f o o t n o t e
a n d b i b l i o g r a p h i c r e f e r e n c e s .
Chronology:
1839 Reed's New York Cash S t o r e , organized by J . S . Reed, Dr.
H . A . True and R . H . Johnson, Marion, Ohio.
1843- Reed's s t o r e reorganized as the Marion County B a n k with
1844 c a p i t a l o f 30,000 d o l l a r s .
1870 F i r s t b u i l d i n g e r e c t e d e x p r e s s l y f o r use by the bank.
1891 Marion County B a n k i s i n c o r p o r a t e d ; p r i o r t o t h i s the
i n d i v i d u a l owners were r e s p o n s i b l e f o r 1 i a b i l i t i e s .
1896 J . S . Reed, b a n k p r e s i d e n t s i n c e i t s o r g a n i z a t i o n , d i e s .
1908 Bank moves t o i t s f i n a l l o c a t i o n on t h e c o r n e r of Center
and Main S t r e e t s .
1978 aank s h a r e h o l d e r s approve a merger with F i r s t Bank Group
of O h i o .
1980 Marion County Bank becomes F i r s t B a n k Group, Bank of Marion.
S o u r c e s : Marion County Bank Records, MSS 858; H i s t o r y of Marion
County, 1883; Marion County, Ohio, and R e p r e s e n t a t i v e C i t i z e n s , m- 7
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