18308. First National Bank (Denison, TX)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
2099
Charter Number
2099
Start Date
April 26, 1894
Location
Denison, Texas (33.756, -96.537)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
385fd3f00a44fb27

Response Measures

None

Description

Contemporary reports (Apr 26, 1894) state the stockholders decided to wind up the affairs / bank 'goes into voluntary liquidation.' No run is mentioned; this is a voluntary suspension leading to closure/liquidation.

Events (3)

1. April 7, 1873 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. April 26, 1894 Suspension
Cause
Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details
Stockholders voted to wind up affairs; bank goes into voluntary liquidation (reports: 'First National bank of Denison goes into voluntary liquidation').
Newspaper Excerpt
The stockholders of the First National Bank, of Denison, Tex., have decided to wind up its affairs at once.
Source
newspapers
3. April 30, 1894 Voluntary Liquidation
Source
historical_nic

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Evening World, April 26, 1894

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Article Text

Wire News in Brief. The Colorado smelter at Butte, Mon., was burned to the ground last night. The loss is estimated at over $100,000. The stockholders of the First National Bank, of Denison, Tex., have decided to wind up its affairs at once. Rev. C. E. Butler, an Episcopal clergyman, was yesterday found hanging to the bed-post in his room at the Lockner House, at Fort Meade, Fla. His wife and family are at Atlantic City, N. J. The foundry and machine shops of E. Marsh & Brothers, near Snyderville, Pa., were destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss $10,000. Mrs. Adam Longenecker, of Maytown, Pa., hanged herself to a rafter in the garret of her house yesterday. No cause is assigned for the suicide. The fourth annual reunion of Confederate veterans was formally opened yesterday at Birmingham, Aia. There were 500 camps represented. An ecelesiastical council of Congregational ministers at Lowell, Mass., yesterday dismissed Rev. Dr. N. M. G. Dana from the Kirk Street Church.


Article from San Antonio Daily Light, April 26, 1894

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Article Text

LATE TELEGRAMS Mexican exchange is 94 premium. Paris rigidly quarantines against Texarkana. Bills pass for bridges at St. Louis and Duluth. Salvation Army holds council of war at Temple. The I. O. O.F. convention meets in Dallas today. Mrs. M. P. Bowles, of Uvalde, dies at Del Rio. No small pox cases on the Texas side of Texarkana. Beeville has a political blowout on Saturday night. Little Rock, Ark., quarantines against Texarkana. Hays county reports cotton and corn as growing finely. House continues consideration of consular and diplomatic bills. Two 17-year old boys fight near Paris and Tom Shaw is killed. Owens Miller, Gatesville, prominent Democrat, joins the Pops. Senate accomplishes nothing in the way of tariff consideration. Mexican exportations from Vera Cruz for March were $4,000,000. Powder explosion wounds five and kills one in City of Mexico. First National bank of Denison goes into voluntary liquidation. Rain and hail fall.at Runge, the hail very large, but not much of it.