18822. Farmers & Miners Bank (Marianna, PA)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
December 9, 1913
Location
Marianna, Pennsylvania (40.025, -80.100)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
d469d540

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles report the Farmers & Miners Bank of Marianna was closed Dec 9, 1913 with the state bank examiner taking charge; interests tied to the Pittsburgh-Buffalo Coal Company (which had receivers appointed) are noted. A 1917 court notice references a receiver and final audit/distribution, confirming the bank remained in receivership/closed. No run is mentioned.

Events (3)
1. December 9, 1913 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The Farmers' and Miners' Bank here was closed today and Bank Examiner James W. McBurney, took charge. It is a state institution... Interests identified with the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company... receivers were appointed in Pittsburg last Saturday, are closely identified with the bank.
Source
newspapers
2. December 9, 1913 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank had close ties to interests identified with the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company, which had receivers appointed in Pittsburgh; implicated adverse connections led to closure.
Newspaper Excerpt
ANOTHER BANK FAILURE Marianna, Pa., Dec. 9.-The Farmers' and Miners' Bank here was closed today and Bank Examiner James W. McBurney, took charge.
Source
newspapers
3. December 4, 1917 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned auditors appointed by the Court of Common Pleas... to audit the first and final account of David M. McCloskey, Receiver of the Farmers and Miners Bank of Marianna, Pa., and to make distribution of the balance shown due thereby... at Marianna... on Tuesday, the 4th day of December, 1917, at 10:30 o'clock A. M.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. December 10, 1913 The Sentinel=record Hot Springs, AR
Article from The Sentinel=record, December 10, 1913

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Article Text

ANOTHER BANK FAILURE Marianna, Pa., Dec. 9.-The Farmers' and Miners' Bank here was closed today and Bank Examiner James W. McBurney, took charge. It is a state institution, with a capital of $50,000, deposits of about $100,000 and reserves of $5,000. Interests identilied with the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company, for which receivers were appointed in Pittsburg last Saturday, are closely identified with the bank.

2. November 26, 1917 Harrisburg Telegraph Harrisburg, PA
Article from Harrisburg Telegraph, November 26, 1917

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Article Text

# NOTICE OF AUDIT In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania - No. 177 Commonwealth Docket, 1913 - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Ex Rel. John C. Bell, Attorney General, vs. Farmers and Miners Bank of Marianna, Pa. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned auditors appointed by the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pa., to audit the first and final account of David M. McCloskey, Receiver of the Farmers and Miners Bank of Marianna, Pa., and to make distribution of the balance shown due thereby in accordance with the provisions of the Act of April 23, 1909 (P. L. 167), will attend to the duties of their appointment at the banking room of the Farmers and Miners Bank of Marianna, Pa., at Marianna, Washington County, Pa., on Tuesday, the 4th day of December, 1917, at 10:30 o'clock A. M., when and where all parties interested may appear if they so desire. GEORGE L. REED, ALVAN E. DONNAN, Auditors.