Bank of Prairie du Chien (Prairie du Chien, WI)

Episode Information

Episode UID
7397751290823
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
739775129 hash
Start Date
July 13, 1868
Location
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (43.052, -91.141)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
56e1e89df4937d97

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple sheriff's notices name receivers of the bank, indicating it was in receivership; no run or reopening is described.

Events (1)
1. July 13, 1868 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
P. S. Bibbs and J. H. Jewell, Receivers of the Bank of Prairie du Chien, vs. John N. Conger.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)
1. July 14, 1868 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI
Article from Grant County Herald, July 14, 1868

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Article Text

Sheriffs Sale.-Conger. TATE OF WISCONSIN, 88 Grant County, P. S. Bibbs and J. II. Jewell, Receivers of the Bank of Prairie du Chien, vs. John N. Conger. By Virtue of an execution issued out of the Circuit Court of Crawford county, Wis., upon a judgment rendered in said court on the 20th day of November, 1867, a transcript of which judgment was docketed in said Grant county, Wis., on the 1st day of June, 1868, in favor of said plaintiffs, and against def't, to me directed and delivered, and for want of sufficient goods and chattels of the said defen dant whereon to levy, 1 have by direction of plaintiffs levied upon all the right, title and interest which the said defendant had on the 1st day of June 1868, or has since acquired in and to the following described real ests te, to wit: Fractional section lot in Section fifteen (15) Town six (6) Range six (6) containing nearly 175 acres in Wisconsin Bottom. And the north west quarter of north east quarter of section thirteen (13) Town eight (8) range one, (1) and the north half of south west quarter of section fourteen (14) Town eight (8) Range one (1) and the south east quarter of the south west quarter of section fourteen (14) Town eight range one (1) and the north east quarter of the north east quarter of section twenty-three (23) Town eight (8) Range one (1)-ail west of the Fourth Principal Meridian in Grant County, State of Wisconsin, which said real estate I will on the 20th day of August, 1868, at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, offer for sale and will sell at, ublic auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the front door of of the Court House, in the village of Lancaster, Grant County Wisconsin. Said sale will be made to satisfy said judgment, costs and interest and the eosts accruing. JAMES P. COX, Sheriff. Dated Sheriff's Office, Lancaster, Wis. July 13, '68. 6w6

2. July 21, 1868 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI
Article from Grant County Herald, July 21, 1868

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Article Text

# Sheriffs Sale.-Conger. STATE OF WISCONSIN, Grant County, } SS P. S. Bibbs and J. H. Jewell, Receivers of the Bank of Prairie du Chien, vs. John N. Conger. By Virtue of an execution issued out of the Circuit Court of Crawford county, Wis., upon a judgment rendered in said court on the 20th day of November, 1867, a transcript of which judgment was docketed in said Grant county, Wis., on the 1st day of June, 1868, in favor of said plaintiffs, and against def't, to me directed ana delivered, and for want of sufficient goods and chattels of the said defendant whereon to levy, 1 have by direction of plaintiffs levied upon all the right, title and interest which the said defendant had on the 1st day of June 1868, or has since acquired in and to the following described real estate, to wit: Fractional section lot in Section fifteen (15) Town six (6) Range six (6) containing nearly 175 acres in Wisconsin Bottom. And the north west quarter of north east quarter of section thirteen (13) Town eight (8) range one, (1) and the north half of south west quarter of section fourteen (14) Town eight (8) Range one (1) and the south east quarter of the south west quarter of section fourteen (14) Town eight range one (1) and the north east quarter of the north east quarter of section twenty-three (23) Town eight (8) Range one (1)-all west of the Fourth Principal Meridian in Grant County, State of Wisconsin, which said real estate I will on the 26th day of August, 1868, at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, offer for sale and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the front door of of the Court House, in the village of Lancaster, Grant County Wisconsin. Said sale will be made to satisfy said judgment, costs and interest and the costs accruing. JAMES P. COX, Sheriff. Dated Sheriff's Office, Lancaster, Wis. July 13, '68. 6w6

3. July 28, 1868 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI
Article from Grant County Herald, July 28, 1868

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Article Text

Sheriffs Sale.-Conger. TATE OF WISCONSIN, SS Grant County, P. S. Bibbs and J. H. Jewell, Receivers of the Bank of Prairie du Chien, vs. John N. Conger By Virtue of an execution issued out of the Circuit Court of Crawford county, Wis., upon 9 judgment rendered in said court on the 20th day of November, 1867, a transcript of which judgment was docketed in said Grant county, Wis., on the 1st day of June, 1868, in favor of said plaintiffs, and against def t, to me directed ana delivered, and for want of sufficient goods and chattels of the said defen dant whereon to levy, 1 have by direction of plaintiffs levied upon all the right, title and interest which the said defendant had on the 1st day of June I868, or has since acquired in and to the following described real esta te, to wit: Fractional section lot in Section fifteen (15) Town six (6) Range six (6) containing nearly 175 acres in Wisconsin Bottom. And the north west quarter of north east quarter of section thirteen (13) Town eight (8) range one, (1) and the north half of south west quarter of section fourteen (14) Town eight (8) Range one (1) and the south east quarter of the south west quarter of section fourteen (14) Town eight range one (1) and the north east quarter of the north east quarter of section twenty-three (23) Town eight (8) Range one (1)-all west of the Fourth Principal Meridian in Grant County, State of Wisconsin, which said real estate I will on the 26th day of August, 1868, at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, offer for sale and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the front door of of the Court House, in the village of Lancaster, Grant County Wisconsin. Said sale will be made to satisfy said judgment, costs and interest and the eosts accruing. JAMES P. COX, Sheriff. Dated Sheriff's Office, Lancaster, Wis. July 13, '68. 6w6