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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Lidgerwood, Farmers NB, W8230
Fr. 656 $20 1902PB
Grade: PMG VF 20 Net    

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This note is new to the bank census and is only the fourth large note reported with this, the second title. The condition is evenly circulated and there is a minor stain. Pen signatures of M. Lynch, President and J.S. Mathews, Assistant Cashier. PMG notes: stains. Mathew Lynch was born near Berlin, Wis. on the 26th of November, 1857. In 1879 he became a resident of Richland county, North Dakota, and took up a homestead and tree claim. He removed to Wyndmere in the spring of 1886 and there engaged in general merchandising in partnership with W.H. Morgan. He organized the Lidgerwood State Bank, which was later known as the Lidgerwood National Bank and which subsequently bought out the Farmers Bank, to become Farmers National Bank; he was president of the institution. He was appointed postmaster of Lidgerwood, February 1, 1890, was elected to the state legislature in November, 1898, and after serving one term was again appointed postmaster Feb. 1, 1900 serving until May 15, 1916. Lynch had four children one of whom, Mathew Hoyt, was also employed in the Farmers National Bank at Lidgerwood. Lidgerwood, Richland County, is in the Wahpeton metro area in the southeast corner of North Dakota. The population was 652 at the 2010 census. This town was founded in 1886 as the Great Northern Railroad and Soo Line Railroad built westward with nearly parallel lines. It was named for George I. Lidgerwood, the right-of-way agent for the Soo Line Railroad who platted the site. The post office was established March 2, 1887 with Jacob A. Rickert as Postmaster. The village incorporated in 1895, and became a city in 1900 with J. D. Mulloy mayor and a peak population of 1,147 was reached in 1950. Historical author Z'Dena Trinka (1893-1967) was born near here, and sculptor Ida Bisek Prokop Lee began her career in this city.

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