Samuel P. Cox William Thornton Kemper, Sr. who went on to found two of the largest banks headquartered in Missouri (Commerce Bancshares and UMB Financial Corporation). Cox's business relationship with Kemper only lasted one year, dissolving in 1866. When Cox had first joined the Missouri Militia, his commanding officer was James H.B. McFerran who would found the Daviess County Savings Association. On December 7, 1869, two men (reported to be Frank and Jesse James) robbed the Daviess County Savings Association Bank and in the process shot the cashier John W. Sheets in the head and heart. Although there was $700 in the bank
Avidia Bank Avidia Bank Avidia Bank is a mutual community bank headquartered in Hudson, Massachusetts and founded in 2007, from the merger agreement between Hudson Savings Bank and Westborough Bank, both founded in 1869. Through an agreement between Assabet Valley Bancorp, parent of Hudson Savings Bank established in 1869, and Westborough Financial Services Inc., owner of Westborough Bank, also established in 1869, Hudson Savings Bank and Westborough Bank merged to become Avidia Bank. The agreement stated that all employees would retain employment, the mutual holding company Westborough Financial Services Inc. would be eliminated and there would be a complete name change of