Record #:

43499

Author(s):

Williams, T. Craig

Abstract:

The Bank of Commerce opened in New Bern in 1859. Alonzo Thomas Jenkins was appointed its first president. John Amos Guion, cashier worked to keep the bank open during the Civil War, but it eventually succumbed in 1867. Guion continued afterwards in his same role for the National Bank of New Bern until 1886.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021, p13-22, il, por, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Banking history--New Bern; Bankers; Bank notes--signatures; New Bern--banking history