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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust celebrated its 
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140th anniversary on April 17, 2005; and
 

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    WHEREAS, On April 17, 1865, President Lincoln signed bank 
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charter #1024 to establish the First National Bank of Mattoon; 
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on May 1, 1865, the bank opened for business as the 25th 
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nationally chartered bank; and
 

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    WHEREAS, The First National Bank of Mattoon merged with 
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Mattoon National Bank to form the National Bank of Mattoon in 
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1910; in 1911, this new bank took over The Mattoon Trust 
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Company; and
 

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    WHEREAS, J. Stanley Weis was appointed President in 1945 
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and held the position until 1953; M.F. Behrend was President 
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from 1953 until 1956; and Melvin C. Lockard was President from 
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1956 until 1973; and
 

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    WHEREAS, In 1955, the bank purchased property between 
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Charleston and Wabash Avenues; in 1965, the building on 
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Charleston Avenue opened for business and the National Bank of 
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Mattoon was renamed First National Bank, Mattoon; and
 

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    WHEREAS, In the 1980s, shareholders of First National Bank, 
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Mattoon, founded First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.; Mattoon 
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Bank was acquired by First Mid-Illinois Bancshares Inc.; State 
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Bank of Sullivan, Cumberland County National Bank of Neoga, 
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First National Bank & Trust Company of Douglas County, and 
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Charleston Community Bank joined First Mid-Illinois; Mattoon 
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Bank consolidated with First National Bank of Mattoon; and a 
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banking facility was opened on Lakeland Boulevard; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Daniel E. Marvin, Jr. was appointed President in 
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1983 and held the position until 1997; and
 

 


 






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    WHEREAS, In the 1990s, First National Bank, Mattoon, State 
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Bank of Sullivan, Cumberland County National Bank of Neoga, 
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First National Bank & Trust Company of Douglas County, and 
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Charleston Community Bank merged to form First Mid-Illinois 
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Bank & Trust; Heartland Federal Savings & Loan joined First 
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Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. with the Charleston and Sullivan 
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offices merged with First Mid-Illinois; Downstate National 
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Bank with offices in Altamont and Effingham merged with First 
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Mid-Illinois; the Arcola branch was opened; the Charleston 
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branch of First of American Bank and the Monticello, 
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Taylorville, and De Land branches of Bank One were acquired; 
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and
 

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    WHEREAS, In 1999, Dan Marvin retired as Chairman and the 
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Board of Directors appointed Bill Rowland as Chairman and CEO 
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and  John W. Hedges as President; and
 

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    WHEREAS, In the current decade, branches were opened  in 
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Decatur, Champaign, and Maryville; American Bank with branches 
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in Highland and Pocahontas was acquired; The Checkley Insurance 
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Agency, Inc. was acquired; and a second banking location in 
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Highland was opened; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Division Heads and Executive Officers include 
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William S. Rowland, Chairman and CEO; John W. Hedges, 
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President; Michael L. Taylor, EVP & CFO; Stanley E. Gilliland, 
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EVP, Lending; Robert J. Swift, Jr., EVP, Wealth Management 
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Division; and Laurel G. Allenbaugh, SVP & Cashier; the Board of 
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Directors includes William S. Rowland, Chairman; Charles A. 
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Adams, Kenneth R. Diepholz, Steven L. Grissom, Richard A. 
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Lumpkin, Daniel E. Marvin, Jr., Gary W. Melvin, Sarah J. 
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Preston, R. Anthony Sparks, John W. Hedges, and Joe Dively; 
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Christie L. Wright is the Secretary to the Board; therefore, be 
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it
 

 


 






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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we congratulate First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust on the occasion 
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of its 140th anniversary; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust with our best 
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wishes for its continued success.