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Farmers and Merchants Bank, Brillion, WI: failed August 21, 1937
Farmers and Merchants Bank in Brillion, Wisconsin, failed on August 21, 1937. It held $159,000 in deposits.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- August 21, 1937
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Total deposits
- $159,000
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
Other bank failures in Wisconsin, 1935 to 1939
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Farmers State Bank | Cato | September 15, 1939 | $97,000 | $82,000 | ||
| Bank of Hartland | Hartland | May 29, 1939 | $455,000 | $370,000 | ||
| Eden State Bank | Eden | March 18, 1939 | $179,000 | |||
| State Bank of Forestville | Forestville | March 8, 1939 | $342,000 | $281,000 | ||
| Bank of Hancock | Hancock | January 12, 1939 | $248,000 | |||
| Oconto County State Bank | Oconto Falls | January 4, 1939 | $386,000 | $346,000 | ||
| Farmers State Bank | Canton | December 31, 1938 | $51,000 | $30,000 | ||
| Coleman State Bank | Coleman | December 14, 1938 | $234,000 |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.