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<ARTICLE>                     9
<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains  financial  information  extracted from the consolidated
financial  statements of FirstBank  Corp.  for the first quarter ended March 31,
1998 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                              FirstBank Corp.
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