J W Bundridge
J W Bundridge

J W Brundridge president
of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank of
Moberly is a well
known and successful
banker and has been
engaged in the banking
business since
early manhood. He is a
native of Missouri
and was born in Macon
County, Oct. 30,
1881. He is the son of
John C.
and Delana (Campbell)
Bundridge, who
now reside at Bucklin,
Mo. They
are the parents of two
children, J, W.,
the subject of this sketch
and V.
a sketch of whom appears
in this volume.
J. W. Bundridge was
educated in the public
schools, and after attend-
ing the Brookfield High
School, he took
a course in the State
Normal
School at Kirksville, Mo.
and later
attended the Chillicothe
Business Col
lege.
Mr. Bundridge began his
banking career
shortly after leaving the
school at Browning, Mo.
In 1905 he
organized the bank at New
Boston,
Mo., and in 1910 he
organized the
Citizens Bank at Bucklin,
Mo. In 1913,
he disposed of his
interests in the
Citizens Bank and
organized the Farm-
ers and Merchants Bank
of Moberly, Mo.,
to which he has since
devoted his
attention and which is now
one of the
successful financial
institutions of
Randolph County.
Mr. Bundridge was
married in May, 1905
to Miss Sylvia D. Burns of
City, Mo. She is a
daughter of
George S. Burns, who is
now de-
ceased as is also his wife.
To Mr.
and Mrs. Bundbridge has
been born one
son Eldon.
Mr. Bundridge is a
member of the
Modern Woodmen of
America and
Benevolent and Protective
Elks.
Mr. Bundridge is
essentially a banker
and has made an
unqualified success in his
chosen field of endeavor.