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                                                                 EXHIBIT 99.2


                      COMMERCIAL BANCSHARES, INCORPORATED.
                           PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
                                      PROXY
                         SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                                 MARCH 19, 1998


The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Carter W. Strauss, Thomas L.
Thomas and John A. Welty, or any one of them, attorneys and proxies, with full
power of substitution to represent the undersigned at the special meeting of
shareholders of Commercial Bancshares, Incorporated to be held at the principal
executive offices of Commercial Bancshares, Inc., 415 Market Street,
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101, on March 19, 1998 at 9:00 a.m., and at any
adjournment or adjournments thereof, with full powers then possessed by the
undersigned, and to vote, at that meeting, or any adjournment or adjournments
thereof, all shares of stock which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if
personally present, as follows:

         1.  Approval and adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as
             of September 30, 1997 (the "Merger Agreement"), among WesBanco,
             Inc., a West Virginia corporation ("WesBanco"), CBI Holding Company
             ("CBI"), a West Virginia corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of
             WesBanco, and Commercial Bancshares, Incorporated, a West Virginia
             corporation ("Commercial"), and the transactions contemplated
             thereby, including the merger of Commercial with and into CBI,
             pursuant to which, among other things, each issued and outstanding
             share of common stock, par value $5.00 per share, of Commercial
             ("Commercial Common Stock"), immediately prior to the effective
             time of the Merger as defined in the Merger Agreement (except for
             shares of Commercial Common Stock issued and held in treasury of
             Commercial, or beneficially owned by CBI or WesBanco, other than in
             a fiduciary capacity by WesBanco for others, all of which will be
             canceled) will be converted into the right to receive 2.85 shares
             of common stock, par value $2.0833 per share, of WesBanco. A copy
             of the Merger Agreement is attached as Appendix I to the
             accompanying Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

                FOR ______    AGAINST _______   ABSTAIN _______

         2.   The transaction of such other business as may properly come before
              the Special Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY
THE UNDERSIGNED. IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF
COMMERCIAL REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR" PROPOSAL 1. IF ANY
OTHER BUSINESS IS PRESENTED AT SAID MEETING, THIS PROXY SHALL BE VOTED AT THE
DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES APPOINTED HEREBY.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE LISTED PROPOSITION. THIS
PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COMMERCIAL.

___________________________                   _________________________(SEAL)
          DATED

                                              _________________________(SEAL)

(Please sign exactly as your name(s) appears hereon. When signing as Attorney,
Executor, Administrator, Trustee, Guardian, etc., give full title as such. If
you are signing for someone else, you must send documentation with this Proxy,
certifying your authority to sign. If stock is jointly owned, each joint owner
should sign.)