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SLAUGHT, A. W., physician, Ottumwa, b. Hector, N. Y., July 6, 1865; Rep .; ed. grad Colgate Acad., Hamilton, N. Y .; M. D. degree Chicago; Homeopathic Coll., 1887; m. Mrs. Anne M. Chase, 1883, Chi- cago; three daughters; served as coro- ner, Wapello co., 4 yrs .; elected state representative Wapello co., 1914; re- elected 1916-18.
SMITH, Edward M., newspaper publish- er, Winterset; b. Jackson Co., Ia., Oct. 3, 1870; Rep .; ed. Dexter Normal Coll. and Drake Univ .; m. Evalyn Crossby, June 1, 1898, Patterson, Ja .; four chil- dren; publisher Winterset Madisonian; co. supt., 1897-1900; postmaster Winter- set, 1904-08; state senator 16th dist .; mem. Masonic bodies, Shrine, K. P.
SMITH, Geo. A., physician and surgeon, Clinton; b. Clinton co., Ia., July 6, 1854; Rep .; ed. grad. State Univ., M. D. degree; brigade surgeon Spanish-Amer. war; lieut .- Col. on staff Gov. B. F. Car- roll; mem. Ia. State Bd. of Health and Medical Examiners; elected state repre-
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SMITH, Joe W., apparel retailer, Council Bluffs; b. Marion Co., Ia., Sept. 25, 1864; Pres .; Rep .; ed. country schls .; m. Ida Meyers, June 1, 1887, Council Bluffs, Ia .; child., Irma, Edna .; 1st pres. Coun- cil Bluffs Chamber of Commerce; mem. Masons, Elks, Foresters, M. W. A., Eagles, Royal Arcanum.
SNYDER, Charles E., minister, First Uni- tarian church, Sioux City; b. Hollow- ville, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1877; Ind .; ed. H. S., Chatham, N. Y .; Univ. of State of New York; State Normal Schl., Oneon- ta, N. Y .; Meadville Theological Schl., Meadville, Pa .; m. Sara M. Reeder, Aug. 31, 1904, Big Flats, N. Y .; child., Rob- ert G., Betty B., Barbara I .; teacher pub. schls .; senior master, Lakewood Boys' Schil., Lakewood, N. J., 1903-08; minister, 1st Unitarian ch., Franklin, Pa., 1908-11; Northside Unitarian ch., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1911-17; sec., Ia. Uni- tarian Assn .; dir., Western Unitarian Conf .; chmn. executive com., Ia. State Housing Assn .; secy. Sioux City Acad. of Science and Letters; late grand vice regent, Royal Arcanum; dir., Organized Welfare Bureau; in Pittsburgh, dir. Acad. of Science and Arts; pres, Eu- genic Soc .; pres. Single Tax Club; grand vice regent Royal Arcanum; v-pres. Pennsylvania Soc. Sons of the American Revolution; dir. Pa. State Housing Assn .; mem. Masonic bodies, Royal Ar- canum, Sioux City Boat Club, Chamber of Commerce, O. E. S., Kiwanis Club, Society of the War of 1812, Natl. Con- ference Social Workers, Natl. Federa- tion of Religious Liberals, Sons of the American Revolution, National Single Tax League, Ia. Acad. of Science, Natl. Voters' League, Natl. Sociological Soc.
SOESBE, C. W., banking, real estate, insurance, Greene, Ia .; b. Greene, But- ler Co., Ia., Sept. 1, 1880; Meth .; Rep .; ed. H. S .; State Univ. of Ia., A. B. and LL. B .; m. Clara Stuart, June 14, 1904, West Branch, Ia .; child. Earl W., Lee S., Eleanor M .; pres., Merchants Natl. Bank, Greene, Ia .; large land owner, operator and business activities exten- sive; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Masons, K. P.
SORLIEN, O. C., cashier State Savings Bank, Bode; b. Bode, Ia., Oct. 15, 1890; Luth .; Rep .; ed. Bode public schls .; grad. Prep. Dept. Luther Coll., Decorah, Ia .; 2 yrs. Collegiate course Luther Coll., no degrees; m. Lottie J. Alstad, May 26, 1915, Decorah, Ia .; representative from Humboldt co., 38th G. A .; men. Sorlien Bros. baseball club, 9 brothers having played on team.
SPENCE, William H., clergyman, Metho- dist Episcopal church, Sioux City; b. Ontario, Can., April 4, 1875; Rep .; ed. H. S., Harriston, Ont .; Collegiate Univ., class 1904; D. D. conferred by Morning- side Coll., Sioux City, 1917; m. Hope E. Morris, Nov. 9, 1904, Stratford, Ont .; child., Elizabeth E., John H., William F .; pres. Y. M. C. A. of Victoria Univ. student body, 1903-04; mem. General Conference of Methodist Episcopal ch., 1916; represented lowa and Nebraska on
General Bd. of Epworth League, 1916- 20; re-elected to same office for term of 1920-24; mem. bd. of dir. Iowa Method- ist hospital 1 term; mem. bd. of trus- tees Morningside Coll, 2 terms; dean Okoboji Lake Epworth League Inst., 1918-20; Minute Man, Omaha, Neb., 1917- 18; mem. Bureau of Speakers, state of Nebraska, 1917-18, for Red Cross; nat- uralized dist. court of Webster co., 1910; mem. Masonic bodies.
SPENCER, C. M., fire insurance, Des Moines; b. Vermont, Sept. 24, 1861; Prot .; Rep .; ed. St. Johnsburg Acad., Vt .; Columbia Coll. (N. Y.) Law School; m. Mary L. Burbank, Sept. 10, 1885, Danville, P. Q., Can .; child., Robert L., Mrs. Kathleen S. Rea .; sec. Ia., Natl. Fire Ins. Co .; secy. Chequest Stone Corp .; 5 yrs. with the insurance dept. of Ia .; mem. Masons, Grant Club. For- mer residence, St. Johnsburg, Vt., until June, 1895.
SPOONER, G. F., banker, Council Bluffs; b. Council Bluffs, Ia., Sept. 21, 1864; Pres .; Rep .; ed. H. S .; m. Lucy B. Millard, Oct. 23, 1889, Council Bluffs, Ia .; child., Lucy B., George A .; cashier 1st Natl. bank; mem. B. P. O. E.
SPRINGER, Arthur, lawyer, Wapello; b. Louisa Co., Ia., Sept. 30, 1855; Rep .; ed. 3 yrs. Collegiate Dept. S. U. I .; grad. S. U. I., Law, 1877; m. Nelia Carpenter, Sept. 15, 1880, Columbus Junction, Ia .; child., Arthur L., Edith Springer Mc- Callough, Charles W., Elizabeth Spring- er Whipple; mem. comm'n. apptd. by Gov. Cummins to revise school laws, 1907-08; the report of this commission was ignored at time it was made, but it has been the basis of most of the pro- gressive school legislation in Iowa; mem. 38th and 39th G. A .; also mem. Greater Ia. Schl. Comm'n. apptd. by State Supt. Deyoe at request of State Teachers' Assn .; mem. K. P. Former residences, Columbus Junction, Ia., until 1891; Ft. Worth, Tex., 1891-99.
SPROWLS, John Seaman, lawyer, Keo- kuk; b. Pennsylvania, Sept. 28, 1887; Pres .; Dem .; grad. Jefferson Acad., Canonsburg, Pa .; A. B., Washington & Jefferson Coll .; m. Adelaide Bartruff, of Keokuk, Ia., Oct. 27, 1917; U. S. Comm'r, So. Dist. of Ia., 1919; asst. co. atty., Lee co., Ia., 1919-21; served in World War from May 13, 1917, to April 13, 1919; mem. First Officers' Training Camp, Fort Snelling, Minn .; commis- sioned 2nd lieut. inf., assigned to 88th divi., Camp Dodge, Ia .; promoted to 1st lieut., Oct. 1918; A. E. F., France, July, 1918, to April, 1919; mem. Sons of tlie American Revolution, American Legion, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Elks, K. P., Royal Arcanum, Keokuk Club, Keokuk Country Club, Iowa State Bar Assn. Former residence, Pennsylvania, 1887- 1912.
STAHL, Grant, farmer, Diagonal; b. near Diagonal, Ia .; Meth .; Rep .; ed. country school and 6 months at Simpson Coll., Indianola, Ia .; m. Nannie MeCahan, Aug. 27, 1891, Diagonal, Ia .; child., Bes- sie; secy. Ringgold Co. Farmers' Inst. for 12 yrs .; precinct committeeman for Rep. party.
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STARZINGER, Otto, hotel manager, Des Moines; b. Des Moines, Ia., April 25, 1881; Rep .; grad. East Des Moines H. S .; Ia. State Coll., B. of M. E., B. of E. E .; state representative 37th G. A .; mem. American Inst. of Elec. Eng .; mem. Elks, Yeoman, Redmen.
STARZINGER, Vincent, lawyer, Des
Moines; b. Des Moines, la., Dec. 10, 1887; Prot .; Rep .; ed. East Des Moines H. S .; Univ. of Ia., B. A .; Harvard Law School, L. L. B .; m. Genevieve Virginia Evans, Dec. 25, 1919, Corydon, Ia .; mem. law firm of Stipp, Perry, Bannister & Starzinger; v-pres. and gen. consul for Ia. Guarantee Mtg. Corp; founder of East H. S. "Quill;" mem. Ia. debat- ing team against Minnesota, 1906; lead- er of Iowa's victorious debating team against Illinois, 1907; leader of Iowa's victorious debating team against Min- nesota, 1908; winner Lowden prize for excellence in debate at Iowa in 1907-08; mem. Ia. Chap. S. E. P .; editor Harvard Law Review, 1912-13; student adviser Harvard Law Sch., 1912-13; Cum Laude degree Harvard Law Schl., 1913; mem. Des Moines Club, Grant Club, Grand View Golf Club, Law Club, Des Moines Chamber of Cominerce, Polk Co. and Ia. Bar Assn., American Legion, Elks (ex- alted ruler Des Moines lodge, 1918-19, and dist. dep. grand exalted ruler, 1919- 20), K. I'., Yoemen, Redman, Masonic bodies, Shrine.
STEELE, William LaBarthe, architect, Sioux City; b. Springfield, Ill., May 2, 1875; Cath .; Ind .; ed. Springfield H. S., class '92 (Valedictorian); Univ. of Ill., B. S. in Architecture, class '96; m. Ma- riana Green, April 30, 1901, St. Louis, Mo .; child., Mariana, Melissa, William L., Jr., Jane R., Lallie G., Philip J .; past pres. Iowa Chapter American Inst. of Architects; past pres. Iowa Society of Architects; "Fellow" American Inst. of Architects; various lectures and essays on architectural and other subjects; twice appointed member bd. of trus- tees Sioux City public library; ap- pointed associate architect for the "Temple of Justice" proposed building for the State Supreme Court at Des Moines; grand knight Epiphany Coun- cil K. C .; past pres. Rotary Club, Sioux City; Elks, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Architects' Club, Univ. of Ill .; mem. of "Technograph" Board, U. of I .; Band and Glee Club, U. of I .; Architectural Club, Pittsburgh, 1903-04; formerly mem. N. Y. Soc. of Architects; for- merly mem. Woodlawn Tennis club, Chi- cago, Spalding Club, U. of I., U. of I. Alumni Assn .; mem. S. C. Country Club, past pres. Shore Acre Club, S. C. Acad. of Science and Letters, mem. Board of Dir. Chamber of Commerce, Sioux City; mem. Engineers' Club, Sioux City; meni. City Planning Commission, Sioux City; appointed architect for the Woodbury Co. court house and carried through the work in association with Mr. Geo. G. Elmslei, of Purcell & Elmslei, archi- tects. Former residences, Chicago, 1897- 1900; Pittsburgh, Pa., 1900-04.
STEINBERG, Henry J., assistant post- master, Mason City; b. Rock Falls, Cerro Gordo Co., Ia., Nov. 16, 1879;
Bap .; Rep .; ed. Mason City H. S .; Minn. Univ. (no degree); m. Helen Francis Taggart, Nov. 27, 1909, Upper Alton, Ill .; asst. P. M .; sec .- treas., Union Inv. Co .; dir. Mason City Bldg. & Loan Assn .; mem. Steinberg & Tuttle, real estate and building business; special examiner, U. S. Civil Service Comm'n. during period of World War; leader in church and musical circles. Former residence, on farm near Rock Falls, la., from date of birth until Feb., 1888.
STENSETH, Alton J., managing part- ner, R. L. Polk & Co., directory pub- lishers, Sioux City; b. on farm near Cal- mar, Ia., April 18, 1865; Luth .; Rep .; ed. Calmar public schls. and grad. Brecken- ridge Coll., Decorah, Ia., 1887; m. E. Charlotte Anderson, May 15, 1895, Maple Plain, Minn .; child., M. Vernon, Gladys, Alton J. Jr., Emma C .; entered em- ployment of R. L. Polk & Co. in Min- neapolis in 1890; was transferred to St. Paul in 1892; was granted an interest in the business and transferred to Sioux City in 1897, and has been in charge of the Sioux City office continuously since then; past master, Landmark Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; past patron, Isis Chapter, O. E. S .; served on numerous commit- tees of civic bodies for the public wel- fare, etc .; mem. Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Norse Historical Club, Ma- sonic bodies, Shrine, O. E. S. Former residences, Calmar, Ia., 1865-89; Min- neapolis, Minn., 1890-91; St. Paul, Minn., 1892-97.
STEPHENS, Homer S., lawyer, Clarinda; b. near Sidney. Ia., Nov. 8, 1883; Pres .; Rep .; grad. Sidney H. S .; Univ. of Neb., A. B .; Univ. of Mich., J. D .; m. Frances . Ellen Thornell, Sidney, Ia; child., Joseph; city solocitor, Clarinda, Ia., 1916-17-18; co. atty. Page co., Ia., 1917-21, charter member Clarinda Chap. Red Cross; sec. Red Cross, 1917; pres- ent chmn. Rep. Cent. Com .; sec. schol. bd., Clarinda, Ia .; government appeal agent during war; mem. Delta Upsi- lon, Phi Delta Phi, Univ. of Neb. and Univ. of Mich .; I. O. O. F., Masons, Shrine, Ia. Hist. Soc., Ia. State Bar Assn. Former residences, Sidney, la., until 1910; Fort Collins, Colo., 1910-13. STEPHENS, Samuel A., banker, Ains- worth; b. Ainsworth, Ia., Aug. 19, 1886; Meth .; Rep .; ed. 4 yrs. H. S., 2 yrs. Ames, C. E .; m. Mildred J. Stearns, April 26, 1916; child., Wilma Mildred, John Allen; cashier, Ainsworth Sav. bank; men. Masons; supt. M. E. Sun- day School.
STEPHENS, T. C., zoologist, professor of biology, Morningside Coll., Sioux City; h. Adrian, Mich., March 9, 1876; Meth .; Rep .; ed. pub, schls of Mich., 1882-88; pub. schls. of Penn .. 1888-92; Duquesne Coll. (Acad.), 1892-94; student, Adrian Coll., 1894-96; Univ. of Chicago, 1900-01; A. B., Kansas City Univ., 1901; M. D., Kansas State Univ. (Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons), 1904; student, Marine Biological Lab., Woods Hole, Mass., summer, 1901; Fellow in Zoology, Univ. of Chicago, 1904-06; m. Elinor Christian Wheeler Reid, June, 1909, Kansas City, Kan .; child., Stubert W., Jean R .; sec. Sioux City Acad. of Science, 1909-19;
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pres., Wilson Ornithological Club, 1914- 16; pres., Nebraska Ornithologists' Un- ion, 1915; pres., Ia. Conservation Assn., 1915; pres., Ia. Acad. of Science, 1919; recipient, Gold Medal of Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund, 1917; mem- bership in American Assn. for the Ad- vancement of Science; Wilson Ornithol- ogical Club, Ecological Soc. of America, American Ornithologists' Union, Cooper Ornithological Club, American Soc. of Mammalogists, Ia. Acad. of Science, Ia. Conservation Assn., Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Xi.
STEPHENSON, James A., farmer and stockman, Mt. Ayr; b. Greene Co., Pa., May 12, 1865; Dem .; ed. com. schls; v- pres. and dir., Mt. Ayr State bank; twp. clerk, 11 yrs; elected state sena- tor, 5 Dist., 1916; representative in 34th G. A.
STERLING, J. C., farmer, Webster City; b. McClean, Ill., Jan. 22, 1863; Rep .; ed. H. S. and Ill. Wesleyan Univ .; m. Minnie Gilmore, of LeRoy, Ill., Aug. 16, 1888; two sons, four daughters; served 6 yrs. clerk dist. court, Hamilton Co .; elected state representative, Hamilton co., 1918; re-elected 1920.
STERN, Almor, banker, farm loan invest- ments, abstracter of titles, Logan; b. Chester Co., Pa., April 21, 1854; Prot .; Rep .; ed. Magnolia (Ia.) H. S .; in. Laura A. Mann., Dec. 15, 1880, Blair, Neb .; child., Fred W., Cyrus A., Jacob H .; co. auditor, Harrison co., 1878-84; retired voluntarily and has not desired any public station since; presidential elector, 9th Dist. of Ia., 1912; one of the delegates to Rep. Natl. Con., 1920, from 9th Ia. Dist .; Odd Fellow since 1876; 35 years consecutive as fin. sec. of Logan lodge; mem. Masonic bodies; coronated 33d degree Honorary at Des Moines, Nov. 22, 1913; a charter member and one of the organizers of the Ia. Assn. of Title Men; actively in work as searcher of the records for 40 yrs .; established Logan Trust & Sav. Bank. in Aug., 1917, being pres. since; farmi loan investments for 35 yrs; stockholder in several mercantile enterprises.
STEWART, Archibald K., lawyer, Des Moines; b. Louisa Co., Ia., April 26, 1859; Pres .; Dem .; ed. Keota H. S .; LL. B., S. Univ. of Ia., class 1879; m. Mary E. VanWinkle, June 18, 1885, Ke- ota, Ia .; child., Lawrence O., Mary R .; has practiced law in Des Moines since 1883; first judge of municipal court un- der the Des Moines Plan; delegate to Dem. Natl. Con. at Baltimore, Md., 1912, and at St. Louis, 1916; mem. Bd. of Edn. of Des Moines, 6 prs., and pres. of bd., 2 yrs .; mem. University Club, Des Moines, Grand View Golf Club, Ameri- can Bar Assn., State Bar Assn., Ameri- can Soc. of Political and Social Science, K. P., I. O. O. F., Redmen, A. O. U. W., M. B. A., Homesteaders, Court of Hon- or. Former residences, Louisa Co., Ia .; Washington Co., Ia .; Keota, Ia.
STILLMAN, Paul E., newspaper publish- er, Jefferson; b. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 4, 1868; Pres .; Rep .; ed. A. B., Univ. of Mich, 1891; m. Edith May Anderson, Feb., 1894, Jefferson, Ia .; child., Faith
W .; pub. of Jefferson Bee for 29 yrs., succeeding father, E. B. Stillman; speak- er Ia. House of Representatives, 34th G. A .; member house, 32nd, 33rd and 34th G. A .; mem. State Bd. of Edn., 1915-21 (now serving); mem. Beta Theta Pi, Masonic bodies, Shrine, I. O. O. F. For- mer residences, Jefferson since 1884; prior to then, Chicago.
STIRTON, Robert C., banker, Monticello; b. Devonshire, Eng., April 2, 1861; Prot .; Dem .; ed. H. S .; m. Agnes Bourke, Cin- cinnati, O., Jan. 25, 1893; child., Mrs. Agnes Gearhart, Anne; cashier Lovell State bank; mem. State Senate, 30th, 31st, 32nd G. A .; mem. Masons. Came to U. S. from Scotland, Dec., 1871.
STIVERS, George A., publisher Burling- ton Gazette, Burlington; b. Atchison, Kan., Jan. 20, 1876; Cong .; Dem .; ed. H. S .; m. Harriet M. Peppers, Feb. 28, 1910; mem. Country Club. Former residence, Atchison, Kan., until 12 yrs. of age.
STODDARD, Bertel M., grain dealer, farming and stock raising, Sloan; b. Minonk, Ill., Jan. 21, 1871; Cong .; Rep .; ed. Bachelor Science, Ill. Coll., Jackson- ville, Ill .; m. Wilhelmina E. Simater, June 16, 1897, Minonk, Ill .; child., Bela M., Jane M .; chmn. Woodbury Co. Lo- cal (Draft) Bd; chmn. Co. drive for Y. M. C. A. fund, 1917; also Woodbury Co. chmu. for the following war activities: United War Fund drive, 3rd and 4th Liberty Loan campaigns, two Red Cross drives for funds; chmn., Co. Fuel Com .; mem. Sloan schl. bd. for 18 yrs. and re- elected 1920 for 3 more years; State Senator from Woodbury co., 38th G. A .; re-elected 1920; mem. Masonic bodies, M. W. A. Former residences, Minonk, Ill., 1894; Toluca, Ill., 1894-1901.
STONE, D. O., editor and publisher, Ha- warden; b. Belpre, O., Feb. 25, 1864; Rep .; ed. com. schls .; m. Generzia Dun- ham (deceased), of Albion, Ia., Dec. 25, 1884; publisher Hawarden Independent; postmaster at Hawarden, 1885-89; elect- ed state representative, Sioux Co., 1914; re-elected, 1916-18-20.
STONE, L. O., banker, Mason City; b. Waucoma, Ia., April 24, 1884; Cong .; Dem .; ed. H. S .; B. A., Upper la. Univ., Fayette, Ia .; m. Dot George, Mason City; child., Alden G., William O .; v- pres., Commercial Sav. bank .; mem. Zethelethian Literary Soc., Elks, K. P., Masons. Former residence, Waucoma, Ia., 1904.
STOOKEY, S. W., educator, Cedar Rapids; b. Marion, Ia., April 3, 1859; Prot .; Rep .; ed. Marion H. S .; Cornell Coll .; Coe Coll., B. S., 1884, M. S., 1887; m. Isabel I. Graham, 1887, Albion, Ia .; child., Robert M., Stanley C., Donald G., Dor- othy M .; supt. schools, Manchester, Ia., 1884-91; prof. geology and botany, Coe Coll., 1891; dean, 1901-07; pres., Belle- vue Coll., 1907-11; dean of Coe Coll., 1914 to date; honorary degree of LL. D., Coe Coll., 1905; mem. Bahama expedi- tion, 1903; mem. of Amer. Assn. for the Advancement of Science; mem. Ia. Acad. of Science.
STORM, 1. Lee, motor truck dealer, Sioux City; b. Nevada, Ia., March 1,
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1880; Pres .; Rep .; ed. H. S. and coll .; STUART, Hugh, lawyer, Dubuque; b. m. Esther O. Johnson, Aug. 11, 1915, Dubuque, Ia, July 10, 1878; Cath .; Dem .; ed. Columbia Coll., Dubuque, Ia .; Ja. Univ., Bachelor of Laws; m. Anna Meysembourg, June 30, 1920; Co. atty. of Dubuque Co., 4 yrs .; dist. deputy, K. of C .; mem. B. P. O. E .; bd. of gov.,, Ki- wanis club. Vermillion, S. D .; was instrumental in the organization of Sioux White Motor Co .; sec. Bd. of Edn .; sec. Y. M. C. A .; in service of U. S. N. G. (Ia.) 10 yrs .; served as 2nd lieut. U. S. N. G. Ia. on Border; capt. Co. D 4th Inf. N. G. Ia .; organized Co. D U. S. N. G. at Sioux City, Ia .; organized Civillan Military Training unit, 1917; drilled 400 men 3 times a week; sent 100 candidates to 1st, 2nd and 3rd Officers' Training Camp, Fort Snelling, Minn; 50 were commissioned; mem. K. P., Riverside Boat Club. Former residence, Storm Lake, Ia., 1890-05.
STREETER, Charles Dallas, farmer and lumber dealer, Keokuk; b. New Wind- sor, Ill., Oct. 5, 1871; Cong .; Prog .; ed. H. S .; m. Nelly Bradford, 1915, San Di- ego, Cal .; child., Ruth B., Chas. D. Jr .; organized Keokuk Lbr. Co., of which he is v-pres. and gen. mgr., in 1905; Mil- ton Lbr. Co., at Milton, 1907; Clark Co. Lbr. Co., at Kahoka, Mo., 1909; Donnell- son Lbr. Co., Donnellson, Ia., 1909; Ham- ilton Lbr. & Mill Co., and Pulaski Lbr. Co., Pulaski, Ia., 1910; Burnside Lbr. Co., Burnside, Ill., 1913; Downing Lbr. Co., Downing, Mo., 1913; Ferris Lbr. Co., Ferris, Ill., 1914; is pres. and gen. mgr. of all these subsidiary companies; prop. Fairview farm, near New Windsor, Ill., containing 720 acres, now a stock farm feeding cattle and high grade Hamp- shire hogs for market; also Edgewood farm, near Plymouth, Ill .; 30 pure bred gilts were bought by merchants and placed with farmers on partnership ba- sis. Former residences, Mt. Pulaski, Ill., 1896-99; Keosauqua, Ia., 1899-20.
STRIEF, J. Harry, newspaper printer and publisher, Des Moines (home, Sioux City); b. Galena, Ill., Aug. 21, 1865; Cong .; Rep .; ed. H. S .; m. Helena Bas- tian, Sept. 24, 1884, LeMars, Ia .; child., Harry J., William B .; mem. Board of Control of State Institutions; pres., sec. and treas. Iowa State Federation of La- bor for 16 yrs .; mem. Masonic bodies, M. W. A., Typographical Union, Grant Club, Des Moines; Chamber of Com- merce, Sioux City. Former residences, Chicago, 1868-71; Dubuque, 1871-76; Un- ion Co., S. D., farm, 1 yr., 1877; LeMars, Ia., 1878-82; Kingsley, Ia., 1883; Sioux City, 1884-1917
STRUBLE, Guy T., lawyer, Sioux City; b. LeMars, Ia., June 3, 1875; Prot .; Rep .; ed. LeMars H. S .; 1 yr. at Iowa Coll., Grinnell, Ia .; 2 yrs. Law Dept., Ia. S. Univ .; m. Bereneice B. Buslı, Sept. 3, 1902; mem. law firm Jepson, Struble & Anderson; this firm is the lowa legal representatives of the Great Northern Ry. Co., and of the C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co., also attorneys at Sioux City for C. & N. W. Ry. Co .; co. atty. of Plymouth co., Ia., 4 yrs .; active in Liberty loan drives and Red Cross work; services greatly in demand as public speaker; mem. Rotary Club, Elks, Chamber of Commerce, Sioux City, Ia .; Country Club, Sioux City. Former resi- dence, LeMars, Ia., from June 3, 1875, to Nov. 1, 1912.
STUART, Wm., real estate and banking, Armstrong; b. Antrim Co., Ireland, Jan. 10, 1851; Meth .; Rep .; ed. com. schls .; m. Jennie Dunn, Dec. 26, 1882; four daughters; elected mayor of Grundy Center, Ia., 1890; 3 yrs. mem. Bd. of · Supervisors, Emmett Co., and 2 yrs. pres. of schl. bd. of Armstrong; elected state representative, Emmett Co., 1916; re-elected 1918.
STUCKSLAGER, W. C., banker, Lisbon; b. Lisbon, Ia., Oct. 24, 1869; Rep .; ed. grad. Lisbon H. S .; also attended Cor- nell, Ia., Coll. and Chicago Univ .; pres., Stuckslager-Aurachter bank; pres. of Mt. Vernon, Ia., bank; mem. State Bd. of Education; mem. Bd. Trustees, Cor- nell Coll .; served in 28th and 29th G. A .; elected to senate 1903 and served two ternis.
SULLIVAN, John B., lawyer, Des Moines; b. Afton, Ia., Dec. 9, 1869; Cath .; Rep .; ed. Afton H. S., 1886; Notre Dame Univ., 1891, Bachelor of Letters; Ia. State Univ., 1894, Bachelor of Law; m. Cecelia A. Norton, May 5, 1896, Creston, Ia .; child., John N .; Co. atty., Union Co., Ia., 1896-98; rep., Polk Co., 32d and 33d G. A .; state senator, Polk Co., 34th, 35th G. A .; mem. Polk Co. Bar Assn., Ia. State Bar Assn., American Bar Assn., Eagles, Elks, K. C., Chamber of Com- merce, Grant Club, Hyperion Club, Des Moines, Ia. Former residence, Creston, Ia., until 1898.
SULLIVAN, John T., lawyer, Waterloo; b. West Liberty, Ia., Oct. 19, 1863; Cath .; Dem .; ed. pub. schl. and Iowa City Acad; grad. from Lawt Dept. S. Univ. of Ia., 1887; m. Mary Gillios, April 12, 1899, Memphis, Tenn .; child., Mild- red, Jeffery G .; has served as a director in the 1st Natl. Bank for 20 yrs .; dir. in Iowa Mfrs. Ins. Co., for 12 yrs .; pres., Times Tribune Co. for 15 yrs .; was elected a delegate to two Democratic national conventions; mem. Elks, K. C. Former residences, Muscatine Co., Ia., until after graduation from law school in 1887.
SULZBACH, F. J., contractor and builder, Sioux City; b. Ft. Dodge, Ia., Nov. 27, 1869; Luth .; Dem .; ed. com. schl .; m. Anna M. Holdenried, Dec. 20, 1894, Sioux City, Ia .; child., Louise, Fred Jr., Hel- en, Frances, Wilbur, Dorothy A., Har- old, Marian; building contractor for 30 yrs. in Sioux City and vicinity; mem. Chamber of Commerce, Master Build- ers' Assn. of Sioux City (pres. for past 2 yrs.), Master Builders' Assn. of Iowa (bd. of dir., 1920-23), mem. Engineers' Club of Sioux City. Former residences, Ft. Dodge, Ia., 1869-78; Webster City, 1878-79.
SUMNER, Clarence W., librarian, Sioux City; b. Noblesville, Ind., May 2, 1885; Friends Ch .; Ind .; grad. Noblesville
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(Ind.) H. S., 1904; grad., A. B. degree, Univ. of Mo., 1909; m. Florence G. Gil- lette, Dec. 25, 1916, Toledo, O .; child., Clarence W. Jr .; librarian State Univ. of N. D., 1911-17; author University pub- lications: ""State-Wide Use of the Uni- versity Library," Oct., 1915; "Demand for Teacher-Librarian," Aug., 1917; city librarian, Sioux City, 1917 to date; orig- inator idea hospital library service; es- tablished department of hospital libra- ry service Sioux City public library, Nov., 1919; first public library to take up work; author pamphlet and various magazine articles on hospital library service, 1920; mem. Sioux City Rotary club, Sociological club of Sioux City, Sioux City Academy of Science and Let- ters, American Library Assn., executive committee Library Workers' Assn., Iowa Library Assn.
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