First Exchange Bank is the successor of three banks that served the once-bustling city of Mannington. They were The Bank of Mannington, First National Bank of Mannington, and the Exchange Bank of Mannington. Over a century ago, Mannington got its first financial institution when the Exchange Bank opened. John Blackshere was president and Charles E. Joliffe was cashier. The bank was needed because an oil and gas boom had swelled the city’s population.