EXHIBIT 23.5

                                                                     MCDONALD
                                                                     INVESTMENTS


                                                       MCDONALD INVESTMENTS INC.
                                                             800 Superior Avenue
                                                     Cleveland, Ohio  44114-2603




                                December 6, 2001

WesBanco, Inc.
One Bank Plaza
Wheeling, West Virginia  26003


We   hereby   consent   to  the   inclusion   as  an   exhibit   to  the   Proxy
Statement/Prospectus constituting part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4
of  WesBanco,  Inc.  of our  letter  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  American
Bancorporation  and to all references made to such letter and to the firm in the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus.  Our consent should not be construed as an admission
that we are a person  from whom a consent  is  required  under  section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933.

                                                     MCDONALD INVESTMENTS INC.


                                                By:/s/ RALPH M. DELLA RATTA, JR.
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                Senior Managing Director