Bank of Chester - Chester, SC

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 1, 1865*
Location: Chester, South Carolina (34.705, -81.214)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 9ad8c6d1

Response Measures

None

Description

Article states the cashier served until 1865 when the Bank suspended operations. No run or reopening is mentioned in the excerpt. Given lack of later reopening information in these articles, I classify this as a suspension that appears permanent (suspension_closure) but the permanent nature is inferred from absence of reopening details. The suspension year is 1865, likely tied to Civil War-related disruptions (classified here as macro_news).

Events (1)

1. January 1, 1865* Suspension

Cause: Macro News
Cause Details: Bank suspended operations in 1865, likely due to disruptions from the Civil War and its economic effects.
Newspaper Excerpt: he was elected Cashier of the Bank of Chester. This position he held until 1865, when the Bank suspended operations.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. November 1, 1877 Yorkville Enquirer York, SC

Article from Yorkville Enquirer, November 1, 1877

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Article Text

the case, to obtain a reëlection by the State Legislature. Gen. Butler would again be returned to the Senate, and his admission could not be refused. John A. Bradley, Sr., Esq., of our town, has recently published, in pamphlet form, a brief sketch of his own life. It is due to the prominence he once occupied in this county, and his host of friends, to state the prominent events narrated in this autobiographical sketch. At the age of nineteen he entered the Sheriff's office of Chester as Deputy of Colonel Daniel G. Cabeen, "at a salary of $250 per annum, furnishing my (his) own horse a great part of the time, and my (his) own board and lodging." In 1833 he was elected to the Sheriffalty, "more than doubling two opponents." In 1836 he was a member of the South Carolina delegation that attended the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Convention, which assembled in Knoxville on the 4th of July of that year. In 1838, he was chosen one of the Representatives from Chester county in the State Legislature. In 1841 he was defeated for the Sheriffalty by Mr. W. A. Rosborough, deceased, by a majority of three. votes. This defeat he attributed to "the defection of a portion of the nullification party." In 1846 he was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Company, which position he held until 1854, when he resigned. In 1850 he was a delegate from South Carolina in the Nashville Convention. In 1853 he was elected Cashier of the Bank of Chester. This position he held until 1865, when the Bank suspended operations. In 1863 he was chosen LieutenantColonel of the Fifth Regiment, State troops, commanded by Col. J. H. Williams, of Newberry, and remained with this regiment for six months, which was the time of their enlistment. He has been engaged for the greater portion of the time since the war in the