Bank of Elkhart (Elkhart, IN)

Episode Information

Episode UID
277331590658
Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
private
Bank ID
27733159 hash
Start Date
October 22, 1854
Location
Elkhart, Indiana (41.682, -85.977)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
869832ed9749f4b1

Response Measures

None

Description

Contemporary lists claim failure/suspension but sources warn of possible inaccuracies; additional local reports would help.

Events (2)

1. October 22, 1854 Suspension
Cause Details
Listed by the Detroit Daily Free Press (22 Oct 1854) among banks reported as having recently failed; specific cause not given in article.
Newspaper Excerpt
Bank of Elkhart, Indiana.
Source
newspapers
2. December 6, 1854 Suspension
Cause Details
Included in a compiled list of banks suspended within a few months past (Cadiz Democratic Sentinel, 1854-12-06); no specific trigger described.
Newspaper Excerpt
Bank of Elkhart,
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from Plymouth Banner, October 26, 1854

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Article Text

Banks gone under. The Detroit Daily Free Press of the 22nd inst., publishes the following list of Banks as having recently failed. We have looked for, and may reasonably expect that one of the worst Bank panics the country ever experienced, is just upon us, butas to the correctness of the fate of the following we very much doubt. But here is the list published by the Free Press: Patchin Bank, Buffalo. Farmers and Merchants' Bank, Oswego. Farmers Bank of Canandagua. Drovers Bank. Ogdensburgh. Bank of Carthage. Farmersand Merchants' Bank, Maryland. Bank of Milford, Delaware, Furmers and Merchants' Bank, Memphis. Massillon Bank, Ohio. Ohio Savings Institute, Tiffin. Cochituate Bank, Boston. Bank of West Killingly, Connecticut. Eighth Avenue Bank. New York. Merchants Bank of Macon, Georgia. Bank of Ellsworth, Maine. Elkhart County Bank, Indiana. Bank of Elkhart, Indiana. Bank of Northern Indiana. Bank of Washtenaw, Michigan. Erie and Kalamazoo Bank, Michigan. Knickerbocker Bank, New York. Suffolk Bank, New York. Kentucky Trust Company Bank. Newport Safety Fund Bank. Bank of Connersville, Indiana. Bank of Plymouth, Indiana. Commercial Bank of Kentucky. Bank of Kanawha, Virginia. Ohio Savings Bank, Cincinnati.


Article from The Cadiz Democratic Sentinel, December 6, 1854

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Article Text

suspended within a few months past. For the benefit of our readers, in these times of bank suspensions, we shall keep it standing, and make weekly additions thereto: Lewis County Bank, of New York. Carthage Bank, do Milrose Bank, do Drovers' Bank, do Bank of Carmel, do Ogdensburg, do Exchange Bank Buffalo, do Patchin Bank, Buffalo, do Eighth Avenue Bank, do Bank of West Killingly, Connecticut. Bank of Ellsworth, Maine. Bank of Circleville, Ohio. Clinton Bank of Columbus, Ohio. Canal Bank of Cleveland, do. Miami Bank, Dayton, do. Woodbury Bank, Connecticut. Shipbuilders' Bank, Maine. Merchants' and Mechanics's Bank, Chicago. Union Bank, Chicago, Ill. Knickerbocker Bank, do Farmers' Joint Stock Bank, Buffalo, N. Y. Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, Oswego. Farmers' Bank of Canandaigua. Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, Maryland. Merchants' Bank of Macon, Georgia. Milford Bank, Deleware. Merchants' Bank Burlington, Vermont. River Bank Connecticut. Cumberland Bank, Maine. Kentucky Trust Company Bank, Covington. Newport Safety Fund, Covington, Ky. Commercial Bank, Paducah, Kentucky. Trans Allegheny Bank, Virginia. Kanawha Bank, Va. Massillon Bank, Ohio. Ohio Savings Institute, Tiffin. Cochitute Bank, Boston. Elkhart county Bank, Indiana. Bank of Northern Indiana. Bank of Washtenaw, Michigan. Erie and Kalamazoo Bank, Michigan. Arlington Bank, Washington, D. C. Bank of Connersville, Indiana. Bank of Hallowell, Maine. Akron Branch, Ohio. Merchants and Trader's Branch, Cin., O. City Bank, Columbus, Ohio. Commercial Branch, Toledo, Ohio. Ashtabula Branch, Ohio. Napersville Bank, Illinois. Merchants Bank, Bridgeton. Government Stock Bank, Ann Harbor, Mich. Cuyahoga Falls Branch Bank, O. Licking Branch Bank, Ohio. Phล“nix Bank, Chicago, Illinois. Du Page county Bank, Illinois. Bank of Ottawa, Illinois. State Stock Bank, Peru, Indiana. Stock Bank, Lafayette, Ind. Bank of Elkhart, " Plymouth Bank, " Fayette county Bank, " Delaware county Bank, " Logansport Insurance Company, Indiana. Indiana Stock Bank, Laport. Savings Bank, Cincinnati. Scituate Bank, Rhode Island. Wollborough Bank, New Hampshire. Bennington Bank, Vermont. Mousum River Bank, Maine. Bank of Ellsworth, " Bank of Milford, Delaware.