Pub. 14 2023 Issue 1

On Dec. 21, 1896, W. E. Chilton, Secretary of State, issued a charter to the Pleasants County Bank with an authorized capital of $25,000. Incorporators were Newton Ogdin, Dr. A. S. Grimm, Dr. George T. Gale, I. O. Reynolds, C. C. Schauwecker, John Schauwecker and D. W. Reynolds. At the time, St. Mary’s was a […]

I marvel at my good fortune. When I was a child, I do not remember dreaming about growing up to be a banker or drawing pictures of vaults. Even in high school when my entrepreneurial father started a tiny bank in my hometown, I had no thoughts of ever working there. Through a significant amount