State Security Bank - Gemekon, WI

Episode Information

Episode UID: 1460125890716
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Bank ID: 146012589 hash
Start Date: August 23, 1859
Location: Gemekon, Wisconsin

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 9a1d8ff3dd2dc50a

Response Measures

None

Description

Article lists the bank among Wisconsin banks 'winding up' (securities assigned for redemption).

Events (1)

1. August 23, 1859 Suspension

Cause: Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details: Listed by the Bank Comptroller as 'winding up' with securities assigned to State Treasurer for redemption
Newspaper Excerpt: State Security Bank, Gemekon; ... are now winding up in this State
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. August 23, 1859 The Lansing State Republican Lansing, MI

Article from The Lansing State Republican, August 23, 1859

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Article Text

WISCONSIN BANKS WINDING UP.—According to the report of Bank Comptroller Squires, the following banks are now winding up in this State: Badger State Bank, Janesville; Bank of the City of La Crosse; Farmers' Bank, Hudson; Germania Bank, Milwaukee; Globe Bank, Milwaukee; Janesville City Bank; Kankakee Bank, Black River Falls; Marathon County Bank, Eagle River; Merchants' Bank, Milwaukee; Northern Wisconsin, Aurora; Oshkosh City Bank; Peoples' Bank, Milwaukee; Producers' Bank, Janesville; State Security Bank, Gemekon; Union Bank, Milwaukee; Wisconsin Bank, Mineral Point. For the redemption of the outstanding circulation of these banks, securities have been assigned in trust to the State Treasurer, amounting in the aggregate to $870,760.—Milwaukee Sentinel.