Sedgwick-Mitchell County KS Archives Biographies.....Hadley, W. S. 1866 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   W. S. Hadley, president of the Citizens' State Bank, of Wichita, Kan., was
born in Richland, Ia., on January 18, 1866. His parents were Noah A. Hadley and
Louisna (Hadley). The elder Hadley was a native of North Carolina, who came to
Kansas in 1876, settling at Beloit. He died in 1905, at the age of seventy-two
years. W. S. Hadley acquired his education in the public schools of his county
and at Grelette Academy, Glen Elder, Kan. After graduating from the latter he
taught school in Mitchell county; as principal of Glen Elder High School for
five years and public schools for a period of five years. He was appointed
county treasurer of Mitchell county and served during the years 1892 to 1896, in
the latter year being elected register of deeds, in which office he served until
1900. At the expiration of his term he engaged in the drug business in Beloit,
Kan., which he conducted for a year. In 1901 he came to Wichita and organized
the Citizens' State Bank, with a capital of $10,000, which opened its doors for
business on the west side in 1902. This was in the days when there was no street
paving in that locality and the bank building was surrounded by sunflowers. The
officers of the bank at the time of its organization were as follows: 
President, W. S. Hadley; vice-president, J. H. Turner; cashier, A. H. Stout. In
1908 the cash capital was increased to $25,000, and W. C. Kemp succeeded Mr.
Stout as cashier. The year 1910 finds this banking house a prosperous
institution with a surplus of $10,000 and deposits amounting to $290,000. Mr.
Hadley is one of the progressive men of the west side. He has been president of
the West Side Commercial League since its organization in 1908, and takes a
lively interest in all that pertains to a greater Wichita. He is a member of the
Kansas Bankers' Association, the State Bankers' Association, and secretary and
director of the Friends University; also vice-president of the Y. M. C. A. and
chairman of the Religious Work Committee. Mr. Hadley was married August 29,
1888, to Miss Lillian E. Outland, daughter of Thomas and Mahalia Outland. From
this union one child has been born, Beulah M. Hadley.


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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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