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LIBRARY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
AT URBANA-CHAMPAICN
1865
"'Kightx-One Years of Hdukiii^ Progress'
1946
MATTOON, Origin and Growth
A Concise Historical Sketch of Mattoon and Coles County With
a Special Chapter on Banking
NEW MODERN BANKING QUARTERS
Published By
THE NATIONAL BANK OF MATTOON
Malloon. Illinois
JULY, 1 946
1865
"Eighty-One Years of Banking Progress"'
1946
Page Two Mattoon, Origin and Growth
INTRODUCTION
In this concise historical sketch of Coles County and the City of Mat-
toon, including early Mattoon Banking, no attempt has been made to pre-
sent a scholarly, documented study. Several excellent reports of that type
have been written in earlier years. Among the most detailed and inter-
esting are "The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Coles
County"; "A History of Coles County of 1879"; a niunber of souvenir book-
lets published for special civic occasions; and a documented history pre-
pared by the Mattoon Journa] -Gazette.
I have relied on these publications for much historical information.
The many exhibits of old documents, pictures, official papers and manu-
scripts contributed by citizens in response to requests by The National
Bank of Mattoon have been invaluable. Tlianks to them, we have been
able to Include in this booklet some information never before published.
A brief account such as appears here cannot do justice to the fas-
cinating history of Mattoon and the county. Yet its very brevity may serve
to sharpen the perspective of events that created the city we know today.
This account compiled and written by he undersigned, makes no ef-
fort to include modern history of Mattoon, which would be a voluminous
report in itself. We have dealt only with the birth and early years of an
interesting personality — the City of Mattoon.
—ALEXANDER SUMMERS, Author
SOUVENIR BOOKLET — FORMAL OPENING
NEW AND MODERN BANKING QUARTERS
THE NATIONAL BANK OF MATTOON
OPEN HOUSE
JULY 26-27-29-30
1946
The National Bank of Matloon
Page Three
"HISTORY AT A GLANCE"
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-IX HIS HONOR
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Chronologry of Important Events in His-
tory of Coles County and Mattoon.
1830— Charter granted for organizing
Coles County 12 years after Illinois
was admitted into Union; named in
honor of Gov. Edward Coles.
1831 — Lincoln family settles in Coles
County three miles southeast of site
later chosen for city of Mattoon.
1832— Close of Black Hawk War: signal
for rapid settlement by White Man.
1836-37 — Passage of Internal Improvement
Act leading to railroad construction.
1843— Name of "Coles Coiu-t House"
changed to Charleston, county seat.
1851 — Illinois Central Railroad is incor-
porated by Eastern capitalists.
1854 — Town site of Mattoon is mapped
out; plat filed May 15, 1855.
1855— Terre Haute & Alton Railroad and
Ilhnois Central R. R. right of ways
cross at Mattoon.
1856 — Mattoon's first newspaper, the
Weekly Independent Gazette, begins
publication.
1857— By vote of 65 to 25. Mattoon votes to
incorporate as village; elects board
of trustees.
1858 — Lincoln-Douglas debate is held at
fair grounds in Charleston.
1860 — Lincoln wins presidency; Lincoln
electors carry Coles County by 28-
vote plurality.
1861 — Mattoon receives charter as city.
1864 — Dole's Opera House, first real the-
atre of Mattoon, is opened.
1865 — The First National Bank of Mattoon
^ is established with capital of $60,-
000; first successful banking insti-
tution in Mattoon.
1865 — Broomcorn first grown in county;
becomes impMDrtant cash crop in 70's.
1866-70 — Mattoon experiences greatest
building boom.
1871— Northern Coal & Mining Co. given
permit to mine on land then south
of city <now area of Marshall Ave-
nue and 21st Street); coal mined in
1880.
The City of Mattoon was named to
honor 'William B. Mattoon, Eastern-
born railroad contractor.
1874 — The Mattoon National Bank, city's
second successful banking institu-
tion, is organized.
1878 — Railroad known as Peoria, Decatur
& Evansville begins service.
1891 — First sidewalks of concrete, then
known as "artificial stone", laid on
Broadway.
1897 — ^First great street fair is held in
Mattoon; first of kind in state.
1898 — Cornerstone is laid for new Odd
Fellows Old Folks' Home.
1899 — Eastern Illinois State Teachers Col-
lege opens at Charleston.
1903 — Mattoon dedicates new public li-
braiy; Lewis L. Lehman, president
of "The First National Bank, ne-
gotiates grant from Andrew Car-
negie.
1906— Memorial Methodist Hospital is
dedicated.
1911— The Fu-st National Bank and The
Mattoon National Bank merge.
1913— Illinois Central Railroad tracks are
lowered to present level.
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Mattoon. Origin and Growth
MATTOON! WILLIAM MATTOON! WE WANT MATTOON!" These words
rose above the sultry din in a crowd of three thousand people on that beautiful June
day, 1855. Others took up the call. The name Mattoon rolled across the
monotonous, untamed prairie.
Smilingly, William Mattoon acknowledged the cries. He was visibly proud of
this day — prouder still that a town of the "Big Prairie" was being named after him.
Minutes later, Harrison Messer, an associate of Mr. Mattoon in railroad con-
struction work, announced from the top of a freight car that the train was stocked
with beer and other refreshments to which all were welcome. Tincups glinted in the
sun like fireflies at dusk as they were passed among the happy crowd.
Later in the day the hardy pioneers staged horse races, wrestling matches, foot
races and other contests. Horses even were matched in a race with the locomotive, but
historv does not record the outcome. So a town was born — in the good-natured,
boisterous fashion of the pioneer.
Mattoon had been the product of an almost fantastic collision of happy circum-
stances. Ll^ntil a few months before, the site of the town had been a dismal panorcma
of swamp grass, quagmire, dog-fennel and a single tree, the later-
to-be historic Lone Elm at "^
32nd and Western Avenue.
Nothing marked it as a
Lone Elm
Marker
town site — until the routes
of two projected railroads
intersected at that point in
land survey maps. The his-
tory of this coincidence
carried back almost 20 years.
In 1836-37 Illinois passed the Internal
Improvement Act. Among other improve-
ments, it called for construction of new rail-
roads. At that time, Illinois was only 18
years old, having been admitted into the
Union in 1818. Only a small number of
white people had set foot on the rich, swamp-
dotted prairie land of eastern central Illinois.
Beginning in the late twenties, people
came from Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia
as if drawn by a magnet to the rich and vir-
gin soil of the state. They fell heir to land
which had been held in years past by most of
the leading Indian tribes — the Kaskaskias,
Cahokias, Michigamis, Tamaroas, Shawnees,
Potawatomis, Sacs, Foxes, Peorias, Illinois
and Kickapoos. The straggling remnants of
these tribes bowed out in the thirties after the close of the Black Hawk War in 1832.
still a majestic landmark of the early
Mattoon town-site is the historic Lone
Elm at 32nd and Western Avenue.
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As farmers swarmed to "Tlie (jraiid Prairie," Yankee ingenuity solved tlie prob-
lem of its cultivation. Oramel Clark, a Connecticut blacksmith who had settled in
Sangamon Countv. invented in 1830 an efficient prairie-breaking plow. Clark's "sod-
buster" and later improved models subdued the wire-tough prairie grass and the net-
works of bristling roots. The early settlers worked doggedly to drain the swamps. Fol-
lowing in the wake of increased farming came numerous mills.
Coles County, carved out of territory originally in Clark County, was organized
in 1830. Charleston, then known as "Coles Court House", the only sizeable settle-
nrent in the new county, became the county seat. For the next quarter of a century
the influx of settlers from the South and East was accelerated. Coles County grew
in eminence, particularly after Abraliam Lincoln, the gifted young leader of men
who had driven his parents to Coles County in an ox-drawn wagon in 1831, became
an important political figure. Lincoln never lived in this county, but he was well
known here because he visited his relatives frequently and was active in politics.
'"METEORS" AND "THE FREEZE"—
Several rather fantastic caprices of Nature gave the early history of the county a
legendary flavor. One was "the meteoric shower" of November 12, 1833. Hiram
Tremble, later one of the builders of the Illinois Central Railroad and a pioneer
Mattoon business man, left a vivid description of this phenomenon.
"The air was full of falling drops of fire. . . . sometimes they would alight
on a leaf of a bush or tree and go out with a peculiar noise that sounded
like 'tchuck' . . . the meteors were falling all around me as thick as hail or as rain-
drops in an ordinary shower . . . the opinion that tiie end of the world was at hand
strongly prevailed."
The "sudden freeze" of December 20, 1836, was another startling freak of
natural events. Ori that mild afternoon a storm cloud approached from the north-
west. As it passed over the country, everything was frozen al-
most instantly. Elisha Linder, pioneer settler of Mattoon, re-
ported that "it was so piercing in its coldness that I could not
walk against it. . . . The water was frozen as it blew into little
ridges . . . and mud and slush became as hard as stones. . . ."
Practically all of Coles County was well settled before Mat-
toon was founded. Early communities such as Magnet, Old
Richmond, Paradise, Fuller's Point, Wabash Point, and the rural
areas of the surrounding townships supplied the bulk of the
pioneer organizers of the new town.
Mattoon was born in the fifties — the period of greatest
growth in the State, when the population doubled. The whole elisha linder
nation was coming of age and entering a turbulence which was
to erupt into a civil war. New industries and new inventions spurred expansion.
Railroading already was one of the greatest industries in the middle period
of the 1800's. The Illinois Central Railroad was organized in 1851 by a group of
Eastern capitalists. Work began in 18.53. Ephraim Jennings, later a prominer.t
Pas.e Six Mattoon. Origin and Growth
business man of Mattoon, was employed by the railroad as civil engineer to survey
for the right of way. Later in the same year he resigned to take the contract for the
f^rade and bridge work north of the city. He and a partner, Hiram Tremble — a
versatile Methodist minister — sold their equipment to James and Edmund True who
did the same kind of work for the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad from Charleston
to Mattoon. The Trues later became leading figures in the building of Mattoon.
THE RACE TO THE CROSSING—
The track for both railroads was laid in 1855. By accepted practice, the first
railroad to effect a crossing at any intersection was exempt from maintenance of the
bed and trackage at that point. A spirited race was thus launched between crews
of the Illinois Central and the Terre Haute & Alton. The latter won by a margin of
four days, early in the month of June. Word spread that a locomotive would ar-
rive in a few days. On June 9, 3,000 people swarmed over the ridge that was to
nuture Mattoon and enacted the scene described in the beginning of this story,
Mattoon had actually been born almost a year earlier. The route of the Illinois
Central, in doubt for many months, became fixed in the summer
of 1854. Feverishly, the early architects of the town made plans
to plat the site and subdivide the property. Land prices jumped
from 69 cents an acre to $25 an acre when the railroads actually
crossed a year later. Ebenezer Noyes, a wealthy Yankee trader
from Massachusetts, purchased the whole of section fourteen
from the Illinois Central for $30 an acre. This was known later
as Noves addition and embraced roughly the area west of 19th St.
But Mattoon was still merely a dream — or rather, a de-
termination in the minds of a tough knot of pioneers. The Illi-
nois Central had other plans. Its officials and David A. Neal, a
pioneer from Massachusetts, had hoped to locate a town three
EBENEZER miles north of the intersection — had even chosen the name of
NOYES
Arno for it. The pioneers were cool to this proposal. They
wanted to locate at the intersection of the railroads.
In December, 1854, John Meadows of Charleston surveyed section thirteen,
known as "Original Town of Mattoon," and mapped out the town site. Thirteen
owners of land in the section were present during the survey. The native owners
were Linder, Noyes. Cunningham, Dole and Allison. Early in 1855 the site was
staked off. This earned section thirteen the name of "Pegtown", a label which
persisted for two years after it was officially named Mattoon. The map was filed
on May 1 5 and the town was known as Mattoon from that day forward.
Mattoon, incidentally, was not a name drawn from a hat or hit upon as a
happy inspiration. It was deliberately chosen by the founders to honor a man
who had helped to build the railroads. William B. Mattoon was the active mem-
ber of a Springfield, Mass., construction company named Phelps, Mattoon & Barnes.
New Y ork born and educated in Connecticut, Mattoon had come West when his com-
pany won a contract to lay track for the Terre Haute & Alton Railroad, later to be
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The Essex House— Lincoln spoke there in 1858: and the Mattoon Hotel at Broadway and
r^th Street. Shown at the left is the First National Bank of Mattoon.
known as the Big Four. An urbane man with much charm, Mattoon impressed his
associates from the first day he came to Coles County. The founders honored him by
giving the town his name at a meeting on May 15, 1855, in the Bunnell House in
Charleston. Ebenezer Noyes cast the only dissenting vote, choosing the name Essex
in honor of his native county in Massachusetts.
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Mattoon, Origin and Groivth
An early historian tells that a lot sale in "Pegtown" or Mattoon was held on
May 16. ''Hundreds of persons attended and prices that were regarded as enormous
were bid for desirable locations."
One anonymous early settler has left a record of early Mattoon. "It wasn't
a town to begin with — just a crazyquilt of buildings. Temporary looking, they were.
The first house wasn't built in Mattoon. It was moved in from the Benjamin Turney
farm three miles east of town. Then Sexton & Fleming built a house on Charleston
avenue (now 1717 Charleston) in which they opened a store in April, 1855. Later,
the Cartmell family bought this property and kept it up for many years. The first
marriage, by the way, was held in the Turney home, which had been converted into
a boarding house.
"■Benjamin Turney owned the first business house, a brick building where the
Ilulman & Co. warehouse is now located. In 1856 more than a hundred buildings
were put up in Mattoon. The Pennsylvania House, a hotel, was the first big build-
ing in town. The wood frame was made in Terre Haute and shipped here for
erection. It stood on high posts over a quagmire on Broadway where the Buck-
Middlesworth building now stands", he added. "There was a cob walk leading
from the street to the hotel entrance. The Kentucky House, or the Union House as it
was sometimes called, was built earlier, though."
The most famous of all early hotels, however, was the Essex House, built in
1857-58 by Ebenezer Noyes. It stood as a monument to the early history of Mat-
toon for more than 50 years. Long remembered by early residents was the visit
paid the hotel by Abraham Lincoln in the spring of 1858. From a window space
at the south side of the Essex. Lincoln spoke to a throng of local people. He was
to return later in the year when he and Stephen A. Douglas held their memorable
debate at the Charleston Fair Grounds. Both stopped in Mattoon for several hours
before driving to Charleston.
Growth of the settlement was so rapid that the founders
decided to incorporate as a village in 1857. On June 6 the
town board met, formulated rules for the village government
and elected trustees. Michael T. Tobey was the first president of
the board. He had been one of the earliest settlers, having cut
timber in the winter of 1854 from his farm on the Kickapoo for
a home he built in 1855 in the new town.
The first ordinance enacted by the board required all male
citizens to work four days annually on the streets, or to pay a
fine of four dollars. Later, ordinances were passed to curb the
sale of intoxicating liquors and to provide penalties for misde-
meanors such as Sunday labor, drunkenness, gaming, leaving
carcasses in streets, digging in streets, fast driving, or obstructing
sidewalks. One of the earliest ordinances, passed in 1859. stipu-
lated that dogs would not be permitted to run free on the streets.
Mattoon was now a village. At least 500 persons were res-
idents in 1857. In 1860 the population had vaulted to 1,500.
M. T. TOBEY
Grandfather of R.
P. Tobey and W.
T. Miller, now liv-
ing on Western
Ave.
The ISational Bonk of Matloon
Page !\ine
In lo()l the people voted to charter Mattoon as a city, which was formally coiii-
j)leted on April 2. The town was on its way to energetic growth. ( iilniinating in a
ajreat construction boom after the Ci\il W ar. After serving hoii-
orablv for the Union in the Civil War, scores of Mattoon men
came back to give the city new impetus. Among them was Col.
Jonathan Richmond, who later became president of the Mattoon
National Bank.
Mattoon was an established city by 1865. Its population
was Hearing 3.500; by the year 1870 it was to increase another
thousand. Business activity skyrocketed and home building
reached a level of intensity probably never since attained.
A great deal of vital and even romantic history has been
made in Mattoon since 1865. Most of it, however, was the prod-
uct of natural growth, both in the State and in the locality. Of
considerable economic importance was the building of another
railroad, hiter to be known as the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville, now a branch
line of the Illinois Central. This enterprise had its beginning in two short lines built
in the seventies. The Decatur, Sullivan and Mattoon Railroad was under construc-
tion by 1873. It ran afoul of financial problems, went into receivership and finally
was reincorporated as the Decatur, jNIattoon & Sullivan Railroad. This line was
consolidated in 1880 with the Grayville & Mattoon Road and received its present
name. The Illinois Central took over both sections of the road in 1902.
The Terre Haute & Alton Railroad went through a series of reorganizations be-
fore affiliating with the New York Central System in 1900. In the course of its
growth the name of tlic line was changed three times, being known successively as
the St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R. R., the Indianapolis & St. Louis R. R., and
the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, or "Big Four."
An interesting electric rail venture was the Mattoon City Railway Company
JONATHAN
RICHMOND
AT LEFT— The Mattoon National Bank, left to right, Thomas W. Gaw, S. M. Owings,
Clara Shafer Ownby and George Richmond; AT RIGHT— The Dole Hall, 1601 Broadway,
Mattoon's first theatre.
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which linked Charleston and Mattoon as early as 1902. Passenger service opened
in 1904. Three serious wrecks in consecutive years beginning in 1905 hampered
growth of the interurban. Eighteen lives were lost in the last collision.
One of the more ambitious ventures in Mattoon was an attempt during the
seventies to mine coal at the south edge of the city. Although the city subsidized
the effort, it collapsed in the eighties for want of profit.
As the town expanded, educational
and spiritual institutions grew apace.
The Yankee settlers from the East in-
sisted on the best and most beautiful
schools and churches. The first pub-
lic schools were the West Side School —
now Hawthorne — erected in 1864-65
in the 2400 block between Richmond
and Champaign Avenues and the East
Side School — now Longfellow — which
opened in 1866 in the 1200 block of
Prairie Avenue.
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Shown here are the West Side School and the
East Side Scliool, Mattoon's first public school
buildings, erected during the GO'S.
An Academy and a business college were other earlv successful institutions.
Mattoon leaders were instrumental in having a teachers college located in Eastern
Illinois, Charleston being,
chosen as the site.
EARLY CHl^RCHES- -
The first church build-
ing in Mattoon was erected
in 1856 by the "Old Line"
Baptists at what later was
known as 1421 Wabash Avenue.
Five other denominations had
erected churches by 1861.
They were the First Pres-
byterian Church, the First
Methodist Episcopal Church,
Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, Catholic Church and
First Christian Church. Many
religious faiths were represent-
ed only by circuit riders in
the 60's. Services were held in
private homes.
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Representative of the beauty in early Mattoon architec-
ture is the Trinity Episcopal Church building at 2200
Western Ave. Note board walks in foreground. The orig-
inal church building, then owned l)y the Unitarians, was
built in 1S73.
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Page Eleven
Of romantic interest was Mattoon's famous Street Fair, first of its kind ever
held in Illinois. Beginning in 1897 Mattoon held six consecutive events. They
attracted thousands of
visitors annually, in-
cluding a delegation of
political leaders from
Mexico.
The panoply of
tliese events formed an
appropriate link be-
tween the two cen-
turies. Shortly after-
ward, the nation en-
tered a new era. In-
dustrialization soon was to keynote the times. Mattoon
adapted itself and grew steadily away from its earlier
customs. At the close of the 19th century, population hov-
ered near the 10,000 mark; Mattoon was prepared for the
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(>sl)orne. driving one of the float.s in
an early Street Fair.
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troducing Mrs. William
Mattoon at 17th St.
and Broadway during a
Street Fair.
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Street Fair
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on Broadway;
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part of throng
viewing fes-
tivities.
industrial era. Events and personalities were cut to a new and less spectacular
pattern after 1900. Mattoon had come of age.
"RIVERS OF OIL"
Mattoon ... "is surrounded by farms as rich as any in the country, and
underlaid not only with coal but, as I believe, with rivers of oil and gas await-
ing development."
These prophetic words were used by Charles E. Wilson in 1906 to conclude
his detailed historical account in the "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and
Histoiy of Coles Coimty". Mr. Wilson was president of the Mattoon National
Bank at the time he wrote the history of the county.
Forty years after his prophecy, Mattoon is reaping the harvest of a robust
oil boom. Early in 1946 Mattoon was an important producing area in Illinois.
Drilling operations continue unabated as this is written.
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Mer^hants Bank; at bottom are business building at southeast comer of Broadway and
16th Street and Gibbs Livery Stable west side of Illinois Central between Broadway and
Charleston Avenue.
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SOME PEOPLE LIVING HERE NOW WHO LI\':ED IN OR NEAR MATTOON IN 1S65
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MRS. E. W. KEITH
Mrs. Anna Beall, 404 North Twenty-second Street. Born in Moultrie County 1S60. Mrs. Mary
E. Clavan, 2221 Prairie Ave. Born Moultrie County 1857. Miss Harriett Riddle, 3500 Western Ave.
Born 1861, has lived at above address G3 years. Mrs. J. T\^ Sanders was born in 1862, moved
to Mattoon in 1863, and lived in log school house. Mrs. E. W. Keith, 2012 Shelby. Born in 1864.
S. A. D. HARRY
J. H. BELL ROBERT C. GOAR
MR. AND MRS. H. C. ALLISON
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Allison of Pleasant Grove Township were born in that township in 1860.
S. A. D. Harry was born May, 1860, in Humboldt Township. He now resides at 1312 Charleston
Avenue. J. H. Bell has resided at his present address R. R. 2, Mattoon, for 65 years. Robert C
Goar was born August, 1S60. south of Mattoon. Now resides at 3113 Pme Avenue.
REV. EDWARD D.
CHAMPION
DR. O. W.
FERGUSON
MRS. CARRIE B.
SCOTT
THOMAS JOS.
FIELDS
ALBERT HOOTS
Rev. Edward D. Champion resides at 2901 Western Avenue, born in Paradise Township. Dr. O.
W. Ferguson, was a resident in this community in 1S65, resides at 1401 W^abash Avenue. Mrs.
Carrie B. Scott, born in 1865, Paradise Township, now resides in Windsor, Illinois. Mr. Thom.as
J. Fields, born in 1865, at 1804 Champaign Avenue, his present address. Mr. Albert Hoots,
born February. 1860, in Humboldt Township, his present address.
The National Bank of Mattoon
Page Seventeen
LINKS BETWEEN THE PAST AND PRESENT
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The number one stock certificate of Tlie National Bank of Mattoon was
purchased by Jesse D. Andrews.
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The First National Bank issued this advertisement in the early 1870's;
note service offered in buying passage tickets to Euroi>e.
Page Eighteen
Mattoon, Origin and Growth
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One of the earliest checks drawn on the First National Bank of Mattoon is shown here.
EARLY MATTOON BANKING
Mattoon banking history dates back to
1858. James T. and John Cunningham of
Mattoon and Thomas A. Marshall and 0. B.
Ficklin of Charleston joined to open a pri-
vate bank at what later became 1713 Broad-
way. Using the trade style of Marshall, Cun-
ninghams, True & Ficklin, this institution did
business until the middle of 1860. John W.
True, a member of the first bank, was ap-
pointed cashier of a successor, The Mattoon
Bank, the history of which is obscure. It
apparently served until 1862 when Pilking-
ton & Green, another private bank, began
operations in the building used by Marshall,
Cunninghams, True & Ficklin.
Banking in this period was a hazardous pursuit for banker and depositor alike.
The problem was national — one which plagued Lincoln in his efforts to raise money
First
Bank
National
building —
at 1613 Broadway.
The Mattoon Na-
tional Bank build-
ing—at 1704 Broad-
way.
H. P. McNAIR
Retired and now living at Lake Mattoon, Mr.
McNair was cashier of the First National Bank,
1904-1909; vice-president of Mattoon National
Bank, 1909-1910; and vice-president and di-
rector of the National Bank of Mattoon 1911-
1918. Mr. Brewster, a resident of North Okaw
Township when the First National Bank was
organized in 1865, is now president of the Cen-
tral National Bank of Mattoon. He was a loyal
customer of the First National Bank prior to
the organization of the bank he now heads.
Of special mention also are Charles S. Hoots of
Western Ave. road and F. R. Jones, 1020 Lafay-
ette Ave, both former employees of The Mattoon
National Bank.
JOHN F.
BREWSTER
The Notional Bank of Mattoou
Page Nineteen
for the war effort. The value of money fluctuated almost daily. More than 1700
types and denominations of notes were in use. Many were counterfeit. Few private
institutions could weather the ebh and flow of values.
Congress in 1864 established a uniform system of banking under legislation
known as "An Act to Provide a National Currency." A new era of banking began
near the close of the Civil War. The product
-^' ;^^^^^H Hi ^*^ ^^^^^ stability in Mattoon was a new bank —
;^^|i^^P "^g the First National Bank of Mattoon. Thirty-
two of the most influential men in western
Coles County organized this bank in 1865. The
capital stock was S60.000. The first board of
directors, elected on February 21. 1865, was
composed of C. M. Dole, Alonzo Eaton, Samuel
Smith, William Miller, S. W. True. J. C. Dole,
I. R. Herkimer, Hiram Cox and L. Chapin.
Abuve is tlie front of the Spitler Noble
Insurance Agency. The three men in
the center doorway are A. Spitler,
Jolin Thode and Joe Witliington. Miss
Merle Spitler, now Mrs. Harvey
Wright, in front.
On the following day the directors elected
C. M. Dole as president. Mr. Dole thus headed
the first permanent banking house in Mattoon,
the history of which is carried into the present day by The National Bank of Mattoon.
The First National Bank succeeded Pilkington & Green, whose trade style had
been changed to Pilkington & Co. when Mr. Green withdrew and W. B. Dunlap and
C. G. Townsend became partners in 1863. The new bank bought the business, safe,
furniture and fixtures of its predecessor for S1,000, began business in that com-
pany's offices, and took over its accounts.
During the same year the directors voted to buy property for a new bank.
Choosing the '"Hiram Cox lot" at 1613 Broadway, the bank paid $1,800 for the
property, then considered a high price. Capital stock was increased to SIOO.OOO with-
in a few months and the bank moved to its new quarters in 1866.
CAPTAIN'
WITHINGTON
DR. C. B. FRY
COLONEL BOGGS
Three of the most colorful and influential leaders in early Mattoon history are pictured above.
At left is Captain Joseph "Cap" "Withington. descendant of a noble English family, pioneer
business man in Mattoon. mayor and historian; in center is Dr. Charles B. Fry, mayor of
Mattoon from 1899 through 1902 and a prominent civic leader; at right is Col. Hoggs, colorful
personalit\ in MatJoons early history and a companion of "Buffalo" Bill Cody
Pfiae Twenty Mattoon. Origin and Grouth
Favored by rapid growth of Mattoon and good times generally, the bank grew
steadily and accumulated a heavy reserve. Its strong position was an asset in 1878-
79 when the nation staggered through a severe depression. A competing bank, the
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Mattoon, crashed and carried with it the deposits of
many business men and several farmers. By passing dividend payments for those
two years the First National Bank conserved its earnings. These were the only
lapses in dividend payments in the 81 years' history of the institution and its suc-
cessor, The National Bank of Mattoon.
Another competitor, the Mattoon National Bank, also rode out the storm
without serious damage. This bank, organized in 1874, had a meteoric rise — once
boasted honestly that it had "two dollars of surplus laid by for every dollar of capi-
tal stock." This affluence placed it seventh on the national roll of honor in the na
tion and second in Illinois.
The Mattoon National Bank was chartered on May 20, 1874, and placed its
management in the hands of the following directors: E. B. McClure, Moses Kahn,
Jonathan Richmond, Ambrose Kern, G. T. Kilner, Michael Walsh, Joseph H. Clark,
and W. B. Dunlap. Choosing an experienced man for the presidency, the directors
named W. B. Dunlap, a former partner in Pilkington & Co. and cashier of the
First National Bank until he resigned in 1874. Joseph Clark, later to be president,
was chosen cashier. This bank erected a building at 1704 Broadway and conducted
business there continuously until 1911.
Banking was an influential profession by 1880. Salaries scarcely matched the
prestige, however. Fifteen hundred dollars a year was the average income of a
president. Bookkeepers were paid S30 a month. Bank officials were cautious
with loans. During its first year of business, the First National loaned money to
the individual directors of the West Side School rather than to the school district,
which was newly organized. Thus a way was found to promote the growth of public
institutions.
That the two leading banks of Mattoon should ever merge seemed a remote pos-
sibility to Mattoon citizens. Both were powerful institutions, expertly managed and
financially secure.
The delicate health of one man and the ambition of another were the agents
of the merger. Kentucky-born, shrewd Chas. E. Wilson was president of the Mattoon
National in 1911. Lewis L. Lehman, immigrant from Germany and a former pres-
ident of the Mattoon National, headed the rival concern.
Mr. Wilson's health had been frail for a number of years. As early as 1903 he
had told the board of directors that he must spend less time at the bank. He offered
to give up one-third of his salary if a vice-president could be installed and repeated
ibis request in 1905. Still, his zeal for banking never ebbed. In 1910 he reported
to the board that he had purchased for the bank the premises at 1632-34 Broadway
for S30,000. He had thwarted his rival, Mr. Lehman, who had offered $27,500.
The board approved and authorized the construction of a new three-story building,
the cost of which was approximately $60,000.
Late in the year 1910 President Wilson despaired of regaining his health and
The National Bank of Mattoon -^oge Twenty-one
decided to sell his stock. Working quietly, lie arranged to sell to George W. Parker,
a St. Louis stockholder. Mr. Lehman heard of the proposal and, sensing the chance
for a sensational coup, got in touch with Mr. Parker. He reached terms quickly. Not
until two months later did Mr. \^ ilson know of the transaction. Mr. Lehman then
announced that the two banks would be merged and use the name, The National
Bank of Mattoon. A writer of that period remarked that the report of the con-
solidation ""caused the greatest sensation of any financial news ever published in the
county."
On July 1. 1911, the new bank opened for business in the beautiful new build-
ing wliich had been erected by the Mattoon National and occupied by that institution
for only two months. Mr. Lehman continued as president. Capital and surplus to-
taled S300.000 and deposits exceeded SI. 200,000.
One other bank was organized in Mattoon before the turn of the century. The
Mattoon State Savings Bank was founded in 1893, opening for business in the Mon-
tague building at the corner of Broadway and 17th Street. James H. Clark was the
first president. In 1911 it bought the Coles County State Bank which began business
in 1908 at 1618 Broadway with J. B. Cartmell a? president. The Mattoon State
Savings Bank changed its name to the State National Bank in 1912, became a state
bank again in 1921 under the name of the State Trust & Savings Bank, and closed
on January 7. 1924. Reorganized by E. T. Guthrie, the bank reopened on January
22 as the First State Bank of Mattoon, but voluntarily liquidated on December 9,
1926.
This concludes the history of the banking institutions organized prior to the
20th century. Today, Mattoon has two banks. The Central National Bank of Mat-
toon, organized in 1910 as the Central Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, has deposits of
S3, 600. 000. according to the last report on December 31. 1945. to the comptroller of
the currency. The National Bank of Mattoon showed deposits of SI 1,700,000 as of
the same date.
Total banking deposits of more than fifteen million dollars reflects the financial
progress of Mattoon during the 20th century.
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Pictured here is a freight receipt when Raihoad was three years old.
Page Tiventy-two
Mattoon. Origin and Growth
To the Public:
J. STANLEY WEIS, President
The National Bank of Mattoon
July, 1946
Mattoon has prospered in the past. We have faith in its future. It is our purpose not
only to keep pace but to lead as in the past.
Accordingly we have again provided additional and improved modern banking quarters.
Every change has had a definite purpose and underlying every purpose has been the aim of
"better service to the public," This, therefore, is a dividend to you for your loyal support and
splendid cooperation.
Being an integral part of the community and providing leadership shall remain our fixed
policy — meeting conditions as they arise but preparing for them in advance.
We invite and solicit full use of these new facilities.
President
The National Bank of Mat toon
Page Tnenty-three
TIME FOR DECISION
The four officers pictured here fomprise the management group of The National Bank
of Mattoon. They meet regularly to decide policy and plan for the future. Left to right are
J. Stanley Weis, Prebident; E. W. Vollmer. Vice-president; Francis A. Hoag, Vice-president
and Cashier- and Martin F. Behrend, vice-president and Trust Officer.
Mr. Weis was assistant cashier of the Farmers and Traders Bank at Manchester, 111., for
four years before caking a similar position with the Mattoon National Bank in 1910. After
consolidation of the two leading banks of the city in 1911. Mr. Weis moved steadily through
the executive offices of The National Bank of Mattoon and was named president on January
9, 1945. He has been a director since 1920.
Mr. Vollmer began his banking career with the First National Bank in 1911, five months
prior to the consolidation, became assistant cashier of The National Bank of Mattoon in 191S,
advanced to the position of ca.'-hier in 1939, became a director in 1940, and has been vice-
president since January 9, 1945.
Mr. Iloatr has been with The National Bank of Mattoon since 1915, became assistant
ca.<'hier in 1920, cashier in 1945, and was elevated to vice-president and cashier on January 8,
1946, at which time he also was elected a director.
Mr. Behrend, who started with the bank in 1916, has specialized in trust work. He became
an assistant cashier in 1924, assistant trust officer in 1939. trust officer in 1941, and vice-pres-
ident and trust officer on January 8, 1946.
Messrs. Weis, Vollmer and Hoag were born in Mattoon Township. Mr. Behrend is a native
of Humboldt Town.ship.
DISCUSSING RANKING OPERATIONS
Assistants to the Management Group, left to right— John W. Sheeks, Asst. Cashier and Asst.
Trust Officer. Began his employment in March, 1920. ^ ,aoj
Leo Scofield, Asst. Cashier and A.sst. Trust Officer, with the bank since December, 1924.
H. O. Phipps, Asst. Cashier. Began his employment in April, 1930.
Page Jicenty-joar
Mat toon. Origin and Growth
OFFICER'S QUARTERS
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Ijeft tc rigrht: (iiils — Elizabeth McVay, Anne Roberts. Marilyn Warren. Officers — J. Stanley
AVeis, E. V/. Vcllnier, F. A. Hoag, M. P. Bebrend.
THE ENTIRE PERSONNEL.
m~f-""mKm'V-
Men sitting: George Gray and Paul Volkman. Girls sitting: Norma Phelps, Anne Rob-
erts, Elizibetli McVay, Marilyn Warren, Mary Storm. Nancy Huckleberry, Barbara Stiff,
Margaret Eoston and Veronica Cruni. Girls standing: Idabelle Ely, Edna" Gannaway, Lois
Nichols, Betty Watts, Ille Fern Crane, Neva Hood and Jeanne Nevvland. Men standing:
George Bennett, Maynard Keenan, Gi-ant Pleenor, Eugene Bauer. Otis Pliipps, Leo Scofield,
M. P. Behrend, F. A. Hoag, E. W. Vollmer, J. Stanley Weis, John Beall and Don Gardner
(in foreground). J. W Sheeks and Burnita Bareither were on vacation.
NEW DOWN STAIRS BANKING and BOOKKEEPING ROOM— Statement Time
From left to right, sitting — Mary Storm. Norma Phelps, Barbara Stiff, Nancy Huckleberry,
Elizabeth McVay, Idabelle Ely, Anne Roberts, Marilyn Warren, Margaret Easton, Edna
Gannaway. From left to right, standing — Neva Hood, Grant Fleenor, Otis Phipps, Burnita
Bareitlier, Veronica Crum, Betty Watts, John Beall, Maynard Keenan. Gene Bauer, Leo Sco-
field, Lois Nichols. George Bennett, John Sheeks and Jeanne Newland.
The National Bank of Maltoon
Pd^e Tiieniy-jive
TO MEZZANINE FLOOR
TELLER'S SECTION
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Where directors room and employees Left to right: John Beall, Neva Hood, Grant Pleen-
lounge rooms are located. or. Gene Bauer, Maynard Keenan, Otis Phipps,
.John Sheeks.
SAFE DEPOSIT LOBBY AND VAULT BANK VAULTS AT CLOSING TIME
Stumiiny; Kdna Ciannaway
Sitting: Jeanne Newland
I^eft to riglu: utis Phipps, George Bennett
GEO. W. BOCK
G. F. DEGLER
JEWEL 1. DILSAVER
DIRECTORS — JULY, 1946
THE NATIONAL BANK OF MATTOON
FRED GR.ANT, Choirman
F. A. HOAG
FRED KUEHNE
W. H. OWNBY
E. W. VOLLMER
J. STANLEY WEIS
FRED WHITE
Page T wenty-six
Mattoon, Origin and Growth
This is sketcli of the mural painted by Mrs. M. C. Talbot for lobby of bank.
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ABOVE — The National Bank of Mattoon
manages this 160-acre farm for Mrs. Jessie
B. Kendall under agency agreement.
ABOVE — A 250-acre farm near Gays con-
tour-farmed under direction of the bank;
BELOW — 160-acre agency farm north of
Mattoon managed for owners.
\BOVE — Two farms near Mattoon managed
|.^ The National Bank of Mattoon; BE-
LOW — The Trust Committee of the bank
confers.
The National Bank of Mattoon
Page Tiventy-seven
SOME MATTOON PIONEER ADVERTISERS
MAITOON lixmoia. CTTT DIRWTOBT
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Enabl!ilud is 1880.
Taylcr Wm Jj, lab, d • oor » Sd ^rd HoaltiHe s^
Terrell Hirrj, bdn Dok- HouMt
Th^tcber J&me* A, engr K i } JrBDiD|7s, r d e cor B knd n td
Th« KAttoon Daily and WmUj Joarn&l, Wood« Broi,
pablialisn aiid proprietor*, a • • Ut 6 • Broadway av
The Mftttoon Oasette, C B Boatwick A Co, poblieber* and
propra, d « Broadway av opp « 1st
Tt>0(ie^John, carpenter, r n e cor Unioo and Moaltrie »v
Tbode INj^J Jnre A C o, r d w cor « 4U aid Dewia »t
Thotna* Dorcas, wid of Samuel, r d a Wabub •» 8 e e 6tk
ThoDiaa Hoaie, lab, r w « • 6lh 1 d Prairie av
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FRENCH MILLINERY
AND DRESSMAKING
Wedding Outfits and Mourning Costumes a Specialty
8. T Taylor's iygUm of Drei* Cutting and Pitting tanghu All
kinda of Hair Work made to order
MATTOON, ILLUfOIS.
BaM>l«« lto«*B<,
■V£
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ie78.
KAHN BROS.,
TSm OX.SSST AITS T.AKCaST
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
Good» made to order in first-clsB? style or ahon notice. An im-
menae stock of Hat« and Furnishing Goodp always od band.
MA-TTTOOIN,
Il^I^l^iOIS.
G. E. COLSON,
-DEALKB IN-
FLOUR, FEEO, Sec.
AIM eOAL ABB BUI&OBBS' ■AlBEIAK.
■■rtb Bid* Bn>adv>7 b«t S*M>d tat ThlrA,
>Ullh«r« 18TB
Boot & Shobj House
I^^ THK CITY!
M»oofMtor«. 10 ordn ud 4nli Is CMU.a>-oi»d» Boou kod Sbo« ud Habtx^
Ify mstt« If " 3ood 9ood», Qnkk SaIm and awaii Pnflti."
»» 4 iMt Broadwty, MATTOOK^. ILL
OBLINGER <fe COPPAGE;
No. 18 West Broadway. MATTdOIT, hl.
■ t'BALEaS IN-
Drugs, MEDICDTES, Cbmicals,
Pa;ot«, Oil* an* Glassware. Perfbmerj, Soaps, Brushes, C<.mb«,
NotioDgfJEtc. Pure Wii.e* and Liqnon" foi Meduir.al Purposes
FBTSICUOT' gBgOaiPTIOys CAaarULLT COitPOTO PE).
Photographic Abtist
And Millineiy Establishment,
Tkrte Poors Bast First JVahonal Bank,
^S-Jt^TTTOO
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XJ^J-.IT^OIJ3.
FineBogb. Elejaof Rote Paper
J. Z. A-TXK,
AXV NEWS OBALEK.
Complat* ftock of Muiic.
Plctur* Framaa, 4c.,
T> - T A TTTOO^T . TT.T,
ITTODrX BOVLTI,
Gradual^ o^ l^i* Wauhma-
king School of Geneva
Suntxtrland,
OtALta iM
VaTCHB, CL0CS8.
TrJriLB.1. SILVBB
And PLATH WAfil,
Eu> .f W».er • Dm. 8ior«.
MATTOOlf. ILLIK0I8
COX & SON,
Cleaning and Repairing Neatly
anoTromptly Done.
WMt Bid* Plrat BtTMt Ton Door* Booth Broadway
MAXTOOTN, . ILLIINOIH.
S. A CAMPBELL,
Th« Oldwt Pnctidsg BnUr la Ool« Ommty.
SPECIAL ATTENTION Tt FILLING ahd PRESERV
ING THE NATURAL TEETH.
GOLDGAHT BLOCK, SOUTH S)DE BROADWAY
These old advertisements are taken from a city directory of 1878. In the lower left hand
corner is a photostatic copy of the letterhead used by the famous Essex House Hotel ixi
the 1860's.
FORMER PRESIDENTS
C. M. DOLE, President
First National Bank
1865-1878
W. B. DUNLAP, Pres.
First National Bank 1883-
1894, Mattoon National
Bank 1874-1877.
J. H. CLARK, Pres.
Mattoon National Bank
1877-1880
J. RICHMOND, Pres.
Mattoon National Bank
1880-1881
C. E. WILSON. Pres.
Mattoon National Bank
1887-1911
L. L. LEHMAN, Pres.
Mattoon Nat. Bank 1881-
1887, First Nat. Bank
1894-1911, Nat. Bank of
Mattoon 1911-1920.
G. S. RICHMOND. Pres.
National Bank of Mattoon
1920-1931
W. H. OWNBY, Pres.
National Bank of Mattoon
1931-1939
FRED GRANT, President
National Bank of Mattoon
1939-1945
Mark Kahn, President First
First National Bank 1879-1883.
National Bank 1878-1879. W. B. Warren, President
Photographs were not available at time of publication.
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