Petefish Skiles & CO Bank
Petefish Skiles & CO Bank
121 N 6th Street,
Petersburg, IL 62675
Phone:(217) 632-2247
Fax:(217) 632-7614
On August 1st, 1870, the private banking firm of Petefish, Skiles & Co. opened its' doors for business in Virginia, Illinois. Samuel H Petefish, Ignatius Skiles & Jacob Epler, all prominent local businessmen, started the firm with Richard Elliott as cashier. The private bank prospered for thirty-two years before selling shares and incorporating in 1902. The bank acquired the assets of the Farmers National Bank in 1918, the Centennial National Bank in 1930 and the Peoples Bank in 1938(all in Virginia) and branch offices of the Illini Bank in Tallula, Petersburg and Greenview in 2000. People's State Bank of Chandlerville and its branch office in Havana were acquired in 2007. From the humble beginning in a second story office on the town square in 1870 to a dynamic company with over $168,000,000 in assets 138 years later, the bank has prospered by serving the financial needs in Cass, Menard and Mason counties of Illinois.
FounderThe current Directors include Herbert C Snow, Bernard Devlin, Donald Newell, Thomas Prather, Nancy Cowen, Donald Gillmore and Stephen Bradley. Much of the stock in the bank is still controlled by descendants of the early owners and President Thomas J. Prather is a great grandson of Samuel Petefish.
Copyright 2005, Petefish, Skiles Co. Bank
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