”STATE BANK OF JERSEYVILLE

In 1866 William Shephard opened a bank at Jerseyville under the firm name of William Shephard & Co., changing the style in 1867 to that of William Shephard & Son. In 1875 Stephen H. Bowman and George W. Ware, under the firm name of Bowman & Ware, purchased the bank of Shephard & Son. John A. Shephard & Co. organized a bank in 1883, and in 1890 this bank and that of Bowman & Ware were consolidated, and the State Bank of Jerseyville was organized, with a capital stock of $50,000.00 and a surplus of $5,000.00.”

Reference Data:

History of Jersey County, Illinois, by Oscar Brown Hamilton, 1919, page 231