NUTT, JOSEPH RANDOLPH (9 March 1869-18 Dec. 1945), president and board chairman of the Union Trust Co. and treasurer of the Republican National Committee, was born in Uniontown, Pa., the son of Adam C. and Charlotte Frances Wells Nutt. He was educated in public schools and Madison Academy. Coming to Akron, Ohio, in 1893, he operated a jewelry store and four years later organized his first bank.
The NORTH AMERICAN BANK was incorporated in 1920 as the North American Banking & Savings Co. with $100,000 and 200 stockholders. The company, founded by ANTON GRDINA, was located at 6131 St. Clair to serve the needs of the Slovene neighborhood throughout the 1920s.