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                                                                    Exhibit 23.5


                                                     [GRANT THORNTON LETTERHEAD]






                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS





     We have issued our report dated October 17, 1996, accompanying the
financial statements of Bank of Weirton as of December 31, 1995 and for each of
the two years in the period then ended incorporated by reference in Form S-4
regarding Commercial Bancshares, Incorporated, and WesBanco, Inc., dated
February 5, 1998. We consent to the incorporation by reference of the
aforementioned report in the joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and to the use
of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts".


                                   /s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP


Chicago, Illinois
February 5, 1998