James Curtis LANGLEY

   Another name for James was J. C. LANGLEY.

  Birth Notes:

from WWI registration

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography: Past and Present of Piatt County, ILLinois, 1903, Piatt County, Illinois, USA. J. C. LANGLEY. J. C. Langley is the cashier of the First National Bank of Mansfield. Although yet a young man he occupies a prominent and influential position in business circles, and one may safely predict for him a successful future because he possesses laudable ambition and enterprise which are indispensable elements of business advancement. Mr. Langley was born in Mansfield on the 26th of September, 1873, and is a son of Andrew J. and Celia A. (Curtis) Langley, who are residents of Blue Ridge township, Piatt county. Both the father and mother are natives of Pennsylvania, and after their marriage they came to Piatt county in 1865, becoming pioneer settlers of this section of the state. The subject of this review is the third in a family of four living sons. Reared upon the home farm in Blue Ridge township, James. C. Langley attended the public schools and afterward entered the University of Indiana, where he pursued a literary and also a business course, being graduated in that institution with the- class of 1890. In the same year after his comple- tion of his collegiate course, Mr. Langley entered the Mansfield Bank, and later became cashier of the Commercial Bank of Mansfield. Throughout his business career he has been identified with financial interests and thoroughly understands the banking business in every department. On leaving the Commercial Bank he became cashier and afterward second vice president of the State Bank of Mansfield, and in 1902 he resigned his position there and opened the First National Bank of this city, which is capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars. Its officers are William D. Fairbanks, president; Andrew J. Langley, vice president; J. C. Langley, cashier; and H. P. Gladden, teller. The directors of the bank are John N. Darst, John Gardiner, William DeGrofft, James Caldwell, Joseph Seitner, in addition to the three officers mentioned. Although the existence of the bank covers a comparatively brief period it has already won favor with the public because of the excellent business methods which have been instituted there, and not a little of the success of the bank may be attributed to the enterprise, close application and broad knowledge of banking methods possessed by J. C. Langley. It was on the gth of January, 1902, that the bank was founded and subsequently the First National Bank building was erected and splendidly equipped for carrying on the business. It has the triple time Hall safe and Hall vault, and every precaution is taken to insure safety for depositors. Mr. Langley has also engaged in the insurance business as a member of the firm of Clemans & Langley, and in this enterprise has a good clientage.

On the 27th of October, 1897, occurred the marriage of James C. Langley and Miss Elena Ryerson, a native of Gibson City, Ford county, Illinois, 'and a daughter of C. G. Ryerson, who was one of the early settlers of that county. In addition to his PAST AND PRESENT splendid home in Mansfield, Mr. Langley also owns land in Stevens county, Minnesota, which he rents. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and fraternally is connected with Mansfield Lodge, No. 773, F. & A. M., of which he is treasurer. He also belongs to Celestial Lodge, Knights of Py- thias, of which he is past chancellor and was made a delegate to the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias fraternity at Rockford, Illinois, in the fall of 1903. In politics he is a Republican and that he has the regard and confidence of his fellow citizens is indicated by the fact that he is now acceptably serving as mayor. Whatever tends to prove of public benefit and to advance local progress and improvement receives his attention, endorsement and co-operation, and his ef- forts along many lines have proven of material benefit to the city of his birth.

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James married Elena J. RYERSON, daughter of Christian G. RYERSON and Inger KNUTSON, on 27 Oct 1897 in Ford County, Illinois, USA.^{1 2} (Elena J. RYERSON was born in Jun 1875 in Illinois, USA and died on 13 Jan 1940 in Seattle, King County, Washington, USA ⁴.)