James A. Grinstead and Thomas Bradley announced on July 8, 1863 their partnership as private bankers and securities dealers. Mr. Grinstead had previously been Cashier of the old Agricultural Deposit Bank and Mr. Bradley was a farmer and standardbred breeder. Their offices were located on Jordan's Row in the Agricultural Deposit Building (Upper between Short and Main Streets).
They later moved in 1875 to the old residence of James Morrison, on the Northwest corner of Short and Upper Streets. Oliver L. Bradley was the firm's teller. After the retirement of Thomas Bradley, the firm suffered several reversals, prior to being nationalized as the Third National Bank in 1883.
References:
William M. Ambrose, First Security National Bank & Trust Company (1835-1992), Limestone Press, Lexington, 2007.
