Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Gardiner, James B. 1878 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   James B. Gardiner, cashier of the Valley Center State Bank, Sedgwick county,
Kansas, was born March 30, 1878, at Garden Plain, Kan. His father, who is now
deceased, was George H. Gardiner, and his mother's maiden name was Laura V.
Pope. Both parents were natives of Illinois. Mr. Gardiner obtained his education
in the public schols [sic] of Wichita, Kan., afterward taking a business course
at the Southwestern Business College, St. Louis, Mo. He began his business
career in the private bank of S. F. Greene & Co., of Kane, Ill., and afterward
holding a position for a few years with the Continental & Commercial National
Bank of Chicago, Ill. Upon his return to Kansas he was made cashier of the State
Bank of Peck, Peck, Kan., and in 1908 accepted his present position. Besides
being cashier of the Valley Center State Bank he is director in five other banks
in Sedgwick county. Fraternally Mr. Gardiner is a member of the Masonic
order-King Solomon's Lodge, No. 197, Kane, Ill., A. F. & A. M.; La Fayette
Chapter No. 2, R. A. M., Chicago, Ill.; Palestine Council, No. 66, R. and S. M.,
Chicago, Ill.; Wichita Consistory, No. 2; thirty-second degree and Midian
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, Valley Center Lodge, No. 164. In politics Mr. Gardiner affiliates with
the Democratic party.

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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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