James Carl Broadley, cashier of the Citizens' Bank of Weir, was born in Columbus, Kan., July 31, 1883, a son of John Coates and Caroline (Jarrett) Broadley. His father was born at White Pigeon, Mich., Aug. 20, 1848, and died in Joplin, Mo., June 7, 1909. His mother was born at Muncy, Pa., Oct. 31, 1851, and now resides at Joplin, Mo. The parents were married in Michigan, and soon after their marriage they came to Kansas, in 1873, locating in Labette county, where the father farmed for a few years, and then removed to Columbus, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. Later he became an agent for the International Harvester Company, at which he continued for several years. John C. Broadley and wife have five children, of whom James C. is the fourth oldest. James Carl Broadley was reared at Columbus, and graduated in the Cherokee County High School in 1902, and in the Gem City Business College, at Quincy, Ill., in 1903, and in September of that same year was made teller of the Citizens' Bank of Weir. He was promoted first to assistant cashier, and Sept. 1, 1904, to cashier of the bank, a position he has since held, displaying unusual financial and banking ability. Mr. Broadley is a Thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the Mystic Shrine, Mirza temple, Pittsburg, Kan. He was married in 1904 to Miss Etta Maye Skidmore, a daughter of Hon. A. H. Skidmore, former judge of the district court. Mr. and Mrs. Broadley have one child, Alice Caroline.