Tulare County Biographies

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF VISALIA

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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This important financial institution occupies its own beautiful and substantial 
banking house at Main and Court streets, Visalia, where it has every requisite 
for the conduct of its large and growing volume of business. This bank was 
organized and began business in 1893. It is capitalized at $150,000, fully paid 
in, and has a surplus of more than $40,000. In 1907 its increasing business 
demanded more commodious quarters, and the present fine bank building was 
erected. Its premises are spacious, conveniently arranged and well lighted and 
its atmosphere is one of solidity and comfort. They are well equipped for the 
prompt handling of the bank's extensive business, and their facilities are at 
the disposal of friends and patrons, who are cordially invited to make use of 
them.
Included in the list of the officers and directors of the First National Bank of 
Visalia are the names of some of the best known financiers and men of affairs of 
the entire state, men of large capital, interests and influence, who are 
personally known to the business community for their individual integrity and 
for their ability as advisers in all matters in which considerable sums are 
involved or in which the welfare of the people at large is at stake. The 
officers are S. Mitchell, president; A. Levis, vice-president; C. M. Griffith, 
cashier; C. E. Coughran, assistant cashier. The directors are S. Mitchell, A. 
Levis, N. O. Bradley, W. R. Spalding, D. G. Overall, W. L. Fisher and C. M. 
Griffith. These men individually have done much for the advancement of Visalia 
and Tulare county. Mr. Mitchell, the president, is one of the best and most 
widely known of western financiers, and besides his heavy financial interest in 
this bank has large investments in other important business and monetary 
institutions. He is president of the Pioneer Bank of Porterville, the First 
National Bank and the Lindsay Savings Bank of Lindsay, the First National Bank 
of Delano and the Producers Savings Bank of Visalia. To such officials and 
directors, to its established reputation for reliability, to its strict 
adherence to correct and conservative methods, is due the high standing of the 
First National in business circles both at home and abroad.
 
History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - 
Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913, pp. 731-732