George T. Guernsey, Jr., only son of George T. and Lillie E. (Mitchell) Guernsey, was born at Independence, Kan., July 2, 1882, (See sketch of George T. Guernsey, Jr.[sic])

He graduated at Cutler Academy, Colorado Springs, Col., in 1900; received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas, in 1904, and in 1907 obtained his degree of Bachelor of Laws from Yale University. Returning to his home he was admitted to the Kansas bar in 1907, but did not enter the practice of law. He accepted a position in the Commercial National Bank at Independence, of which bank his father was then and is now president. In 1911 he was elected vice-president of this bank and has already won an enviable reputation as a financier.

In 1907 Mr. Guernsey married Miss Joyce H., daughter of Rev. A. R. Taylor, of York, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Guernsey have two children—Bonnie Bell and Jessie Elizabeth. Mr. Guernsey is a Thirty-second degree and Knight Templar Mason, and while a student at the University of Kansas became a member of the Phi Gamma Delta, Greek-letter fraternity, with which he is still identified, and takes a commendable interest therein.