”PEOPLES BANK.

The records of this bank not having been preserved its history will necessarily be short. It was organized in 1855 with Paul L. Chandler as president and Sumner Percival, cashier. John R. Philbrick was president at one time and Homer Percival, father of the present cashier of the People’s National, succeeded his brother Sumner as cashier in 1859. John Ware was president in 1865 when the change to the national form was made.”

Reference Data:

The Centennial History of Waterville, Kennebee County, Maine, by Edwin Carey Whittmore, 1902, page 370