First National Bank, Marysville, PA (Charter 7353)

ca.1910 postcard of the First National Bank. Courtesy of Adam Stroup.

First National Bank, Marysville, PA (Chartered 1904 - Still in business (July 2021))

Town History

The Riverview Bank in Marysville, Pennsylvania, ca2019. Courtesy of Google Maps

Marysville is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,652 at the 2020 census. In 1900 the population was 1,463 climbing to 1,922 in 1930.

The Borough was settled in 1755, incorporated as the Borough of Haley in 1866, and re-incorporated as the Borough of Marysville in 1867.

The Rockville Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The stone-arch bridge crosses the Susquehanna River about 5 miles north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The eastern end is in Rockville and the western end is just south of Marysville.

Marysville had one National Bank chartered during the Bank Note Era, and it issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

Organized Dec 3, 1903
Chartered Aug 6, 1904
Opened for business Aug 10, 1904
Bank was Open past 1935
For Bank History after 1935 see the FDIC Bank History website
This bank is still in business (July 2021) as the Riverview Bank in Marysville, PA (a state chartered bank).

In March 1903, the Comptroller of the Currency approved the application for incorporation of the First National Bank of Marysville with capital stock of $25,000 and the following incorporators: P.F. Duncan, George Pennell, William Wills, of Duncannon; J.W. Beers and Elmer J. Sellers of Marysville. The bank opened for business on August 10th, 1904, with Jos. W. Place, president; Hon. J. Harper Seidel, vice president, J.W. Beers, vice president; and James E. Wilson, former teller for the Duncannon National Bank, cashier. The directors were J. Harper Seidel, J.W. Beers, J.W. Taubert, H.J. Deckard, E. Walter Snyder, C.S. Wise, Josiah W. Place, Alfred B. Potterton, and Jacob S. Bitner.

On January 14, 1919, the stockholders re-elected the old board of directors. They included J.W. Place of New York City, J.W. Beers, E.B. Leiby, H.J. Deckard, Dr. E. Walt Snyder, F.W. Geib, Z.T. Collier and Harvey Bratton.

In January 1939, the stockholders elected their directors as follows: J.H. Bratton, J.H. Shull, F.W. Geib, G.C. Bitting, Dr. C.R. Snyder, and H.J. Deckard. Officers elected were H.J. Deckard, president, J.H. Bratton, first vice president; John D. Shull, second vice president; F.W. Geib, cashier; Edgar S. Smith, assistant cashier, and Scott S. Leiby, solicitor. Mr. Deckard passed away in 1939 and J.D. Shull was elected president and Dr. C.R. Snyder, vice president in 1940.

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The First National Bank of Marysville, PA

Bank Note Types Issued

Series 1902 Plain Back $10 bank note with stamped signatures of F.W. Geib, Cashier and E.B. Leiby, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

Series 1929 Type 2 $20 bank note with printed signatures of F.W. Geib, Cashier and H.J. Deckard, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

A total of $490,490 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1904 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 39,400 notes (32,668 large size and 6,732 small size notes).

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

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s	Sheet Comments
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 856
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 2530
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	2531 - 7311
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 764
1929 Type 1	6x20	1 - 212
1929 Type 2	10	1 - 666
1929 Type 2	20	1 - 210

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

First National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1904 - 1936):

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

Marysville, PA, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marysville,_Pennsylvania
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
Altoona Tribune, Altoona, PA, Thu., Mar. 26, 1903.
The Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA, Sat., July 16, 1904.
The Perry County Democrat, Bloomfield, PA, Wed., July 27, 1904.
The Evening News, Harrisburg, PA, Wed., Jan. 15, 1919.
Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA, Tue., Jan. 10, 1939.
Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA, Thu., Jan. 11. 1940.