History of Atchison County, Kansas (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...this position until 1909, when the Exchange State Bank was organized. This institution took over the Union Trust Company, and Mr. Linley was elected cashier. He remained with the Exchange State Bank until 1911. when he was elected cashier of the First National Bank, the institution in which he had received his first business experience some twenty years previous, and in the organization of which his father was an active factor. To the banking fraternity Mr. Linley is known as an energetic, able and progressive executive, one who has brought the administrative policy of his bank to a point of high efficiency. He has extensive commercial interests aside from the bank. He is a stockholder in the Globe Publishing Company. the Bailor Plow Company, and the Cain Milling Company. Since attaining his majority, he has been active in the political life of the county. and is one of the influential members of the Progressive party. lr. Linley is a member and past exalted ruler of Atchison Lodge, No. 647, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of Atchison Lodge, N o. 404, Loyal Order of Moose. On June 26, 1890, in Atchison, Mr. Linley married Miss Roberta W ilson Riddell, a daughter of Mrs. Josephine E. Riddell. They have one child, Robert Wilson Linley, born in Atchison, March 8, 1894. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and graduated from its high school. In 1911 he entered the law department of Kansas University, remaining until 1913, when he entered the University of Wisconsin, where he completed a course in English. In 1915 he entered the employ of the First National Bank of Atchison in the capacity of collector and remittance clerk. WILLIAM, H. BUSH. William H. Bush, farmer and stockman, of Lancaster...