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On the evening of August 29, 1899, nineteen business-minded citizens assembled at the Hancock County Courthouse for the purpose of organizing a bank for Bay St. Louis. The original minutes of the meeting name the subscribers who were present:	J.A.
Breath, Jos. F. Cazeneuve, L.A. deMontluzin, F.B. Dunbar, James V. Dunbar, Thomas L. Evans, John B. Fahey, Peter Hellwege, Peter E. Hellwege, E.H. Hoffman, August Keller, Charles Marshall, Richard Mendes, Charles G. Moreau, John Osoinach, Mrs. Agnes T. Phillips, Eugene H. Roberts, L.N.C. Spotorno, and John V. Toulme.