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Tonganoxie State Bank
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The Laming family was a very prominent family, emigrating from England in 1881.
Whitsed Laming (Tonganoxie Mayor who was responsible for building the first sidewalks in Tonganoxie) helped to charter the first bank in Tonganoxie in 1889 - the Tonganoxie State Bank. However, it was reported that the First National Bank, Leavenworth (first bank chartered in Kansas), provided extended banking service to Tonganoxie as early as 1895. The Tonganoxie
State Bank was located for many years on the southwest corner of Fourth and Bury Streets. An article in a 1911 edition of the Tonganoxie Mirror indicated that “The Tonganoxie State Bank got through with remodeling its interior last week. The wood work on the inside has been made to match the mahogany fixtures, the floor in the lobby is marble tiled, and the partition between the lobby and business room is of marble.”
Foster (Bud) Laming, Jr., a descendant of the original Laming family, attributes the family’s involvement in the following early Tonganoxie businesses: banking, milk creamery, Inter-Urban Railroad, grain mill, Electric Telephone Co. and the first auto dealership. Bud Laming is retired and resides in Lawrence. It has been said that Charles Laming wrote to his girlfriend in England convincing her to join him in the small town as his wife. His thought was that it would be just a few years until Kansas City and Tonganoxie would grow together into one city. Bud’s nephew, and son of Tom Laming, Thomas Laming, Jr., now lives in Kansas City and manages several Mutual Funds.
It is unknown when the Phenicie family became involved with the Tonganoxie State Bank, but they were among the earliest settlers in the area. In 1929, G. L. And R. A. Phenicie both served on the Board of Tonganoxie State Bank. Both were sons of James M. Phenicie who came to the Tonganoxie area shortly after the Civil War. James was a farmer and businessman and served from 1884 to 1899 as a Leavenworth County Commissioner. He had a contract with the Union Pacific Railroad to provide the wooden railroad ties from Leavenworth to Lawrence. In 2005, the Phenicie heirs, Margaret Sanders Leighty and husband Pete Leighty left half of the original Phenicie 700 acres (three miles south of Tonganoxie) to a Perpetual Trust established at First State Bank and Trust for the purpose of providing grants to meritorious projects benefiting the community in and around Tonganoxie.
Creator: Unknown Date Made: c. 1910-1920
From the First State Bank & Trust Collection
Published by Tonganoxie Public Library
Format Black and white photograph
Rights: Public Domain due to never having been copyrighted
Caption courtesy of Bill New, Pres. of Tonganoxie First State Bank and Trust, 2013.
If published please credit the image as, "Used by
permission of the Tonganoxie Public Library's First State Bank & Trust Collection." Reuse Restrictions Apply.
Tonganoxie State Bank
TPL 1-0103a
The Laming family was a very prominent family, emigrating from England in 1881.
Whitsed Laming (Tonganoxie Mayor who was responsible for building the first sidewalks in Tonganoxie) helped to charter the first bank in Tonganoxie in 1889 - the Tonganoxie State Bank. However, it was reported that the First National Bank, Leavenworth (first bank chartered in Kansas), provided extended banking service to Tonganoxie as early as 1895. The Tonganoxie
State Bank was located for many years on the southwest corner of Fourth and Bury Streets. An article in a 1911 edition of the Tonganoxie Mirror indicated that “The Tonganoxie State Bank got through with remodeling its interior last week. The wood work on the inside has been made to match the mahogany fixtures, the floor in the lobby is marble tiled, and the partition between the lobby and business room is of marble.”
Foster (Bud) Laming, Jr., a descendant of the original Laming family, attributes the family’s involvement in the following early Tonganoxie businesses: banking, milk creamery, Inter-Urban Railroad, grain mill, Electric Telephone Co. and the first auto dealership. Bud Laming is retired and resides in Lawrence. It has been said that Charles Laming wrote to his girlfriend in England convincing her to join him in the small town as his wife. His thought was that it would be just a few years until Kansas City and Tonganoxie would grow together into one city. Bud’s nephew, and son of Tom Laming, Thomas Laming, Jr., now lives in Kansas City and manages several Mutual Funds.
It is unknown when the Phenicie family became involved with the Tonganoxie State Bank, but they were among the earliest settlers in the area. In 1929, G. L. And R. A. Phenicie both served on the Board of Tonganoxie State Bank. Both were sons of James M. Phenicie who came to the Tonganoxie area shortly after the Civil War. James was a farmer and businessman and served from 1884 to 1899 as a Leavenworth County Commissioner. He had a contract with the Union Pacific Railroad to provide the wooden railroad ties from Leavenworth to Lawrence. In 2005, the Phenicie heirs, Margaret Sanders Leighty and husband Pete Leighty left half of the original Phenicie 700 acres (three miles south of Tonganoxie) to a Perpetual Trust established at First State Bank and Trust for the purpose of providing grants to meritorious projects benefiting the community in and around Tonganoxie.
Creator: Unknown Date Made: c. 1910-1920
From the First State Bank & Trust Collection
Published by Tonganoxie Public Library
Format Black and white photograph
Rights: Public Domain due to never having been copyrighted
Caption courtesy of Bill New, Pres. of Tonganoxie First State Bank and Trust, 2013.
If published please credit the image as, "Used by
permission of the Tonganoxie Public Library's First State Bank & Trust Collection." Reuse Restrictions Apply.