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Kearney, Neb., 1888-91; Sanborn, Ia., 1891-93; Marshalltown, Ia., 1893-1909.
HULING, C. F., investment securities, Sioux City; b. North Bennington, Vt., Feb. 23, 1867; Prot .; Dem .; ed. H. S. and prep. schl. at Wesleyan, Wilbur- ham, Mass .; m. Hannah Nolen, Aug. 3, 1904, Sioux City, Ia .; child. Helen W., Alexander K., Robert M .; nem. Country Club, Elks, Masonic bodies, Shrine. For- mer residences, Vermont, 1867 to 1889; Washington, 1889 to 1900; back to Ver- mont, 1900 to 1904.
HULL, Harry E., grain buyer, Williams- burg; b. Belvidere, N. Y., March 12, 1864; Epis .; Rep .; ed. com. schls .; m. Mary L. Harris (deceased), June 3, 1891; child. Harris; alderman 2 yrs., mayor 10 yrs., postmaster 13 yrs. Williamsburg; elected to 64th, 65th and 66th Con- gresses; mem. Progress Club, M. O. O. F., K. P., B. P. O. E., Masons.
HUNTER, Robert, lawyer, Sioux City; b. on farm Butler Center, Ia., Jan. 12, 1858; Presb .; Rep .; ed. Lenox Coll. and S. U., B. S. and M. S. and L. L. B .; m. Olive Ann Merrill (deceased), Oct. 19, 1881, Butler Center, Ia .; child. Cora M., Mrs. Jane M. Sloan; farms, city property, securities; pres. Western Land & Loan Co., inc. Aug. 1899; treas. Sioux City Masonic Bldg. Co .; state senator Ia. 33d and 34th G. A .; mem. Masonic bodies, I. O. O. F., Elks, M. W. A., W. O. W., Chamber of Commerce, Sioux City Boat Club. Former residences, Aberdeen, S. D., 1882-3; Harting, Neb., 1885-6.
HUPP, Dr. E. T., doctor dental surgery, Atlantic; b. Griswold, Ia., Dec. 12, 1885; Prot .; Rep .; ed. Griswold H. S., 1904; Atlantic H. S., 1906; U. of Ia., 1910; m. Blanche M. Thomas, Aug., 1910, Glen- dive, Mont .; child., Howard T .; holds commission in the Public Health Service as District Dental Examiner; is "Thrice Illustrious Master" of Atlantic Council of Royal and Select Masters; also holds chair in Masonic Chap. of R. A. M .; mem. local, dist., state, and national Dental Assns; also the Preparedness League of American Dentists. Former residence, Griswold, Ia., until 1904.
HURD, Louis Guthrie, lawyer, Dubuque; b. Beavertown, O., Jan. 8, 1847; Prot .; Rep .; ed. H. S., Cincinnati Law Sch., B. L. degree; m. Lymna Maxfield, March 25, 1872, Odin, Ill .; child., Walter G., Marian K., Norman C., Carol J .; mem. Board of Education for 6 yrs .; mem. and ex-pres. Dubuque Club, Chamber of Commerce, Elks, pres. Dubuque Hu- mane Soc.
HUTCHINSON, Chas., attorney at law, Des Moines .; b. Selby, Eng., Sept. 26, 1865; Pres .; Rep .; ed. com. schs. and prep .; grad. Penn Coll., Oskaloosa, Ia., 1884, degree of A. B .; m. Eunice L. Neff, Oct. 2, 1889, Washington, Kan .; child., Charles N., Elizabeth, Philip M .; formerly judge of Dist. Ct. of Iowa in Polk Co., 1917-18; city solicitor of Iowa Falls, Ia., 3 yrs .; mem. sch. boards of Iowa Falls and Des Moines; mem. State Ex. Com. of Y. M. C. A. of Ia. at pres- ent; mem. Grant Club, Des Moines; Des Moines Bar Assn .; Ia. State Bar
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Assn., and Chamber of Commerce of Des Moines; chmn. Federal Labor Board of Polk Co. during the war. Former residences, Selby, Eng., 1865-74; Oska- loosa, Ia., 1874-85; Huron, S. D., 1885- 86; Washington, Kan., 1886-90; Medicine Lodge, Kan., 1890-94; Des Moines, Ia., 1894-97; Iowa Falls, Ia., 1897-01; Des Moines, 1901 to present time.
HUTCHINSON, R. O., banker, Waterloo; b. Lake City, Ia., 1884; Prot .; Rep .; ed. Ia. Univ., B. A .; m. Maria E. Eckels, 1909, Nevada, Ia .; child., Raymond E., Corinne R., Frederick E. Former resi- dences, Lake City, Ia., 1884-06; Rock- well City, Ia., 1906-19.
INGERSOLL, F. W., farmer, Tama; b. Marshall Co., Ia., April 29, 1873; U. B .; Rep .; ed. bus. course Highland Park Coll .; m. Flora B. Gary, March 14, 1896; elected State Rep. Tama Co., 1918; re- elected 1920; mem. Masons.
IVINS, Virginia Wilcox, author and his- torian, Keokuk; b. Warsaw, Ill., March 26, 1832; Epis .; Rep .; ed. Edgewater Sem., St. Louis, Mo .; m. William S. Ivins, 1849, Keokuk, Ia .; child., Mrs. Robert Ralston Jones, William N. S .; historian of pioneer days in Lee co., la., from personal recollections largely; traveled overland for 192 days from Keokuk to California, 1853, and returned to Keokuk via Isthmus of Panama, 1856; author of "Pen Pictures of Early West- ern Days" (Keokuk, 1905), and of "Yes- terdays-Reminiscences of Long Ago" (Keokuk, 1915); charter mem. Keokuk Chap. D. A. R. Former residences, War- saw, Ill., 1832-40; Petaluna, Cal., 1853-56.
JACKSON, Douglas V., lawyer, Musca- tine; b. Muscatine, Ia., Nov. 17, 1859; Meth .; Rep .; ed. Muscatine H. S., 1875; N. W. Uni., 1879, B. L .; Ia. State Law Sch., 1881, L. L. B .; m. Alberta C. Jar- vis, Sept. 14, 1885, Muscatine, Ia .; child., Robert S., Louis D .; v .- pres. and dir. 1st Natl. Bank, Muscatine; pres. and dir. 1st Trust & Sav. Bank, Muscatine; Co. Atty., Muscatine Co., 1896-97; Judge Dist. Ct. of Ia., 7th Jud. Dist., 1902-10; Col. 50th Ia. Vol. Inf. Spanish-Ameri- can war, 1898; mem. Masons.
JACKSON, Edwin R., trust officer Coun- cil Bluffs Sav. Bank, Council Bluffs; b. Avoca, Ia., March 2, 1881; Prot .; Rep .; ed. Avoca, Ia., H. S .; 2 yrs. at Tabor Coll .; 3 yrs. at I. S. U., B. S. degree; 3 yrs. George Washington Univ., Wash- ington, D. C., L. L. B. degree; m. Jean- ette Huntington, Nov. 28, 1907, Council Bluffs, Ia .; child. Donald H., Nora Jean; Sch. Supt. Oakland, Ia., 1904-06; Potta- wattamie Co. Supt., 1907-10; ed. expert, U. S. Dept. Agr., Forest. Div., 1910-13; instr. Council Bluffs H. S., 1913-14; Asst. Pottawattamie Co. Atty., 1915-18; Pres. Council Bluffs Sch. Board, 1915-18; mem. A. F. & A. M., Rotary Club, Council Bluffs Country Club, Chamber of Commerce, State Hist. Soc. Former residences, Avoca, Ia., until 1904; Oak- land, 1904-06; Council Bluffs, 1906-10; Washington, D. C., 1910-13.
JACKSON, Geo. H., real estate and farm business, Mason City; b. Chickasaw Co., Ia., Nov. 3, 1878; Rep .; ed., rural school and H. S .; grad. from New Hampton H,
S., June, 1894; started in banking at Britt, Ia., at 18 yrs. of age; organized Farm. & Mer. Bank, Floyd, Ia., at 21 yrs .; sold out in 1915; was asst. cashr. Citizens Bank, Britt, Dec., 1896, to July 1, 1900; organized Farm. & Mer. Bank, Floyd; was cashier until July 1, 1910; reorganized and incorporated into 1st Natl. Bank, of which he was president until sold out in 1915; organized and is pres. Corn Belt Land & Inv. Co .; State Sen., 1914-18; town clk. of Floyd, 1902- 06; mayor Floyd, 1906-12; chrm. Rep. Floyd Co., Cent. Com., 1908-12; mem. M. W. A., Elks, I. O. O. F., K. P. For- mer residences, New Hampton, 1895; Britt, July 1, 1900; Floyd, Ia., June 1, 1912; Charles City, Ia., Jan. 1, 1919, and since at Mason City.
JAEGGI, Albert M., merchant, Dubuque; b. Dubuque, Ia., May 30, 1865; Cath .; Rep .; ed. Pub. Sch .; St. Marys; Colum- bia Coll .; Bayless Coll .; m. Feb. 21, 1900; child., Adele M .; treas. and genl. mngr. James Levi Co .; capt. and regi. adjt. 49th Ia. U. S. Vols., war with Spain; diamond medal 25 yrs. Ia. Natl. Guard; mem. K. C. (past grand knight same); Elks, Naval and Military Order Foreign Wars, U. S. Spanish War Vet- erans, M. W. A., Chamber of Commerce, Dubuque Golf Club.
JAMISON, James E., insurance agent, Burlington; b. Burlington, Ia., Nov. 27, 1880; Dem .; ed. H. S .; Rep. from Des Moines Co. in 35th and 36th G. A .; prvt. Co. A 5th Eng., A. E. F .; mem. Elks, Moose, A. O. U. W., Rotary Club, Bur- lington Launch Club, Boy Scout Coun- cil.
JENSEN, Clay H., building manager and real estate, Sioux City; b. Durant, Ia., Nov. 26, 1888; Cong .; Rep .; ed. Alvord H. S .; Highland Park Coll .; Drake Uni .; m. Ethel Hume, Dec. 12, 1909, Mitchel- ville, Ia .; child., Virginia E., Helen M .; sales mngr. Warfield-Pratt-Howell Co., whol. grocers, 1910-18; mem. K. P., Mu- nicipal League of Sioux City, Chamber of Commerce. Former residence, Des Moines, 1906-10.
JENSEN, J. C., chief of police, Council Bluffs; b. Denmark, Oct. 22, 1867; Luth .; Dem .; ed. grade sch .; m. Ellen M. Jen- sen, April 25, 1895, Council Bluffs, Ia .; child., Edward P., Clara J., Geo. W .; cigar dealer; mem. Board Police and Fire Comi., 1913-1918; mem. Elks, W. O. W., D. B. S., K. O. T. M. Former residence, Avoca, Ia., 1889-90.
JENSEN, Walter P., lawyer, Waterloo; b. Rolfe, Ia., Dec. 1, 1880; Pres .; Rep .; ed. grad. Ia. State Teachers' Coll .; grad. Law Dept. Univ. of Mich .; m. Anna I. Moody, June 9, 1909, Ionia, Ia .; Co. Supt. Pocahontas Co., 1906-12; mem. House of Rep., la. G. A., 1913-15; mem. Civil Service Comn., Waterloo, Ja .; mem. Ma- sons, I. O. O. F., K. P. Former resi- dences, Rolfe, Ia., 1880-06; Pocahontas, Ia., 1906-14.
JEPSON, William, surgeon, Sioux City; b. Denmark, June 29, 1863; ed. B. Sc., Univ. of the N. W. (Morningside Coll.); M. A., Univ. South Dakota; M. D., Univ. Pa .; Univ. of Ia .; Jefferson Medical Coll .; L., R. C. S., Edinburgh; F. A, C,.
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S., America; Prof. of Surg. State Univ. of Ia., 1902-13; Prof. Surg., S. C. C. of M., 1890-02; mem. of staff St. Johns and Samaritan Hospitals; coroner, Wood- bury co., 1889-1892; health phys., Sioux City, 1892; maj. and surg., 2nd Inf. Ia., 1907-16, maj. M. C., Mexican border service, 1916-17; maj. M. C., chief of surgical service, Beebe hosp., Camp Bower, 1918-19; organized Sioux City. and Woodbury Red Cross, 1917, and its first chairman; pres. Ia. State Med. Soc., 1908; mem. Rotary Club, Country Club, Shore Acre Club, Masons, Elks, K. P., Ia. State, Missouri Valley, Mississippi Valley, Sioux Valley, and Tri-State Med. Societies. Western Surgical Soc., Sig- ma X, Nu Sigma Nu. Former resi- dences, Seymour, Ia .; Oakland, Neb.
JOHANSEN, Fred W., city supt. schools, Cherokee; b. Gladbrook, Ia., Dec. 24, 1887; Presb .; Rep .; ed. A. B. '09, State Univ. of Ia .; post grad. work, Univ. of Chicago; m. Isa Lighthall, June 25, 1913, Alden, Ia .; child., Mina W .; prin. Audu- bon, Ia., H. S., 1909-11; prin. Creston, Ia., H. S., 1911-12; city Supt. Audubon, Ia., 1912-17; city supt. Cherokee, Ia., 1917 to date; pres. Northwest Div., Ia. State Teach. Assn., 1920-21; mem. gov- erning board, State Teach. Assn., 1919; mem. Rotary Club, Masons.
JOHNSON, Audley W., lawyer, Sioux City; b. Centerville, S. D., Nov. 14,, 1888; Luth .; Rep .; ed. Cleveland H. S., St. Paul, Minn., Morningside Coll., Sioux City, Ia .; Drake Univ., Des Moines, Ia .; m. Hildur E. Ohlund, June 10, 1914, Sioux City, Ia .; child., Arlene L .; rail- road, commercial and government teleg- rapher; received L. L. B. degree and admitted to practice in Iowa in 1913;
asst. city atty. Sioux City, 1916-18; sec. Sioux City Bar Assn., 1919-20; sec. Drake Alumnus Assn. of Sioux City, 1918-20; sec. Council Oak Boat Club, 1916-18; mem. I. O. O. F., K. P., Elks, Shore Acre Club, Swedish Business Men's Club, Ia. State Bar Assi., Sioux City Bar Assn., Drake Univ. Alumnus Assn. Former residences, St. Paul, Minn., until 1903.
JOHNSON, Emmons, banker, Waterloo; b. Ellicottville, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1835; Cong .; Rep .; ed. com. sch. and acad; m. Lucy Leland (deceased), Oct. 27, 1859, Mor- risville, N. Y .; m. Ella H. E. Kellogg, March 28, 1895, Rochester, N. Y .; child., E. L., Lewis E., Mrs. J. D. Easton, Walter E., Mrs. D. H. McKee; banker, Waverly, Ia., 1864-71; banker, Waterloo, Ia., ever since; chmn. of bd. First Nat. Bank, Waverly; Leavitt & Johnson Trust Co., Waterloo, Ia .; Waterloo Sav. Bank, Waterloo, Ia .; mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade; ex-senator Ia. legislature; mem. Masons.
JOHNSON, Elbert Leland, banker, Wa- terloo; b. Independence, Ia., March 27, 1863; Cong .; Rep .; ed. Ph. B., Univ. of Mich., class '84; m. Carrie Reed, April 7, 1891, Waterloo, Ia .; child., Mrs. Geo. W. Williams, Carolyn; pres. Leavitt & Johnson Trust Co .; pres. 1st Natl. Bank, Waverly, Ia .; v-pres. Waterloo Sav. Bank, Waterloo, Ia .; dir. Fed. Reserve Bank, Chicago; mem. K. P., Union League of Chicago, A. M. Acad. of Po-
litical and Social Science, Philadelphia. Former residences, Washington, D. C .; Clay Center, Kan .; Milwaukee, Wis ..
JOHNSON, Harry S., lawyer, Cedar Rap- ids; b. Compton, Ill., Aug. 17, 1888; Cong .; Rep .; ed. Clear Lake H. S., 1907; Memorial Univ., 1908; Drake Univ. Coll. of Law, 1913; enlisted in army as pvt. May 1, 1917; promoted from ranks to 2d lieut. Aug. 3, 1917; promoted to 1st lieut. May 1, 1918; served overseas with 126th F. A .; mem. Elks, I. O. O. F., Masonic bodies, Shrine, American Legion. For- mer residences, Clear Lake, Ia., 1900-07; Des Moines, 1907-13.
JOHNSON, Homer W., western lands and mortgages, Sioux City; b. Clarke Co., Ia., March 16, 1859; Meth .; Dem .; m. Dora B. Fletcher, Oct. 25, 1893, Sioux City, Ia .; child., Allison F., Homer W. Jr., Paul A., Edwin H., Dorothy, Ruth, Constance; pres. Citizens State Bank, Armour, S. D., 1885-06; state senator Douglas, Charles Mix and Gregory coun- ties, two terms; mem. bd. of gov. Farm Mtg. Bankers Assn. of America, 3 yrs .; pres. Homer W. Johnson Co. and John- son Bros. Land Co .; mem. Masons, I. O. O. F., K. P. Former residences, Sioux Falls, S. D., 1882-85; Armour, S. D., 1885-06; Lewiston, Ida., 1906-07.
JONES, Carlos D., investments, Inde- pendence; b. Washington. Co., N. Y., Oct. 4, 1849 Epis .; Rep .; ed. com. sch. and commercial coll .; in. Edith L. Woodruff, 1873; child., Rev. Carlos F., George H., Floyd W., Ethel E .; former- ly pres. and operator public utilities; warden St. James Parish, four times; del, to Genl. Conv. P. E. church; pre- late of Commandery, K. T., 35 yrs .; pres. Masonic Temple Assn .; city treas., dir. First Natl. Bank; mem. Commercial Club.
JONES, Seymour Harris, wholesale hard- ware, Burlington; b. Jones Island, Otta- wa River, Can., Nov. 1, 1854; Epis .; Dem .; ed. McGill HI. S., Montreal; m. Jessica P. Childs. Jan. 26. 1888. Water- loo, Seneca Co., N. Y .; child., Mrs. Chas. H. Hendel, Jr., Norman N .; pres. Drake Hardware Co .; mem. Masonic bodies, Shrine.
JONES, W. H., sheriff, Sioux City; b. Ames, Ia., July 15, 1870; Pres .; Rep .; ed. Collegiate Acad .; m. Leona C. Smith, Aug. 14, 1895, Moville, Ia .; child., Clif- ford F., Lewis R .; interested in farm lands Ia., S. D., Minn .; railway mail clerk; U. S. post office inspector; sher- iff Woodbury Co .; mem. Masonic bodies, K. P., L. O. O. M., Sioux City Chamber of Commerce. Former residence, Story Co., Ia., 1870-84.
JORDAN, Wm. N., lawyer, Des Moines; b. Jacksonville, Ill., June 14, 1864; Cong .; Rep .; ed. Princeton H. S .; Adrian Coll., Ph. B .; Drake Univ., L. L. B .; m. Mabel McIntyre, Jan. 1, 1891; child., Wm. R., Herbert S .; supt. Pub. Schs., Nepon- set, Ill .; mayor Holyoke, Colo .; founder and editor State Herald, Holyoke, Colo .; banker; resided in Des Moines since 1898; pres. or chmn. City Cent. Com. and chmn. Co. Cent. Com., Rep .; chmn. Ex. Com. Tippecanoe Club for 14 yrs .; chmn. bd. of govs. Waveland Golf Club
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8 yrs., and pres. of club; mem. Ma- sons, K. P., M. W. A., Yeomen; pres. Alumni Assn. of Alpha Tau Omega, Coll. Fraternity, 10 yrs .; present Province Chief, Alpha Tau Omega. Former resi- dences, Illinois until 1887; Colorado, 1891. JOY, Clyde Royal, manufacturer, Keokuk; b. Denmark, Ia., June 8, 1867; Cong .; Rep .; ed. com. sch. and 21% yrs. Den- mark Acad; m. Belle Brackett (de- ceased), 1890, Chicago, Ill .; to Dorothy Toole, 1918, New York; child., Mildred Joy Robertson; mng. mem. firm of S. F. Baker & Co .; v-pres. Kellogg-Birge Co .; dir. Keokuk Natl. Bank; pres. Keo- kuk Y. M. C. A., 1894-09; pres. Keokuk Indus. Assn., 1911-14; chmn. Keokuk Chap. American Red Cross, 1917; chmn. Bureau of Military Affairs for south half of Lee Co., 1918; mem. Natl. War Work Council of Y. M. C. A., 1917; v- chmn. Religious Work Bureau Natl. War Work Council, with headquarters in New York, 1917-18; mem. Gen. Com. and chmn. Bus. and Fin. Com. of Men and Religion Forward Movement, 1910- 11; mem. Internatl. Com. of the Y. M. C. A. of N. A., 1904; chmn. Religious Work Dept. of Internatl. Com., 1914-18; trustee Association Coll., Chicago, Ill .; trustee Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill .; mem. Union League Club, New York City; Lawyers Club, New York City; Old Col- ony Club; Chicago Athletic Assn; Keo- kuk Club, Keokuk, Ia.
JOYCE, Thomas Hunt, general contrac- tor, Keokuk; b. Ireland, May 24, 1867; Cath .; Dem .; ed. grade sch .; m. Ella Croughan, Nov. 26, 1895, Keokuk, Ia .; child., Marybel, Ann, Thomas, Helen, James, John; pres. Cameron, Joyce & Co .; pres. Cameron, -Joyce-Smith-Elder Co .; pres. and treas. Craig Const. Co., all contractors; mem. Cameron-Joye & Schneider, wholesale and retail monu- ment dealers; his contracting compan- ies have done many very large jobs in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, including miles of state road building for the state of Illinois in 1919 and 1920; mem. K. C., Elks, Keokuk Country Club.
KAMM, W. H., general merchant, Gutten- berg; b. Jefferson Twp., Ia., Dec. 16, 1866; m. Josie Pelzer; child., Edmund, William, Carl, Leo, May, Madeline, Har- old.
KARSTEN, F. H., clothier, Marengo; b. Homestead, Ia., Sept. 28, 1875; Luth,; Rep .; ed., com. sch .; m. Madge Sim- mons, 1896, Rock Island, Ill .; child., Maude C., Kathryn, Laura M .; elected councilman at large 1912; re-elected 1914-16-18-20; mem. K. P., I. O. O. F., A. F. & A. M. Former residence, New- ton, Ia., 1900-06.
LAUNSBACH, Chas. Jr., jeweler, Sioux City; b. Sioux City, Ia., Oct. 9, 1868; Meth .; ed. com. sch .; m. Bertie May Abernathy, June 14, 1896; child., Fran- cis A .; mem. I. O. O. F., past grand in Subordinate Branch; past chief patri- arch in the Encampment; patriarch Mili- tants; Grand Lodge representative from Dist. No. 97.
KAY, George Frederick, dean, Coll. of Liberal Arts, Univ. of Ia .; head Dept. of Geology, Univ. of la .; State Geologist
of Ia., Iowa City; b. Virginia, Ont .; Sept. 14, 1873; Presb .; Rep .; ed. Port Perry H. S., Ontario; Owen Sound Col- legiate Inst., Ontario; Univ. of Toron- to, B. A., M. A .; Univ. of Chicago, Ph. D .; m. Bethea Hopper, Dec. 26, 1903, Paisley, Ont .; child., George M., Edith M., Frederick C .; prin., Pub. Sch., Ze- phyr, Ont., 1892-94; geologist, Lake Su- perior Power Co., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., 1900-02; asst. geologist, Ontario Bu- reau of Mines, 1903; asst. prof. of geol- ogy, Univ. of Kansas, 1904-07; jr. geol- ogist, U. S. Geological Survey, 1907 to date; prof. geology, 1907 to date; head of dept. geology, May, 1911 to date; dean of Coll. of Liberal Arts, 1917 to date, Univ. of Ia .; state geologist of Ia., May, 1911, to date; mem. Fellow, Amer. Assn. for the Advancement of Science (secy. sec. E.), Geological Soc. of America; Ia. Acad. of Science; mem. Sigma Xi, Commercial Club, Ia. City; Mason, Acacia Fraternity. In 1910 was appointed by General Land Office of the United States to investigate the coal deposits of the Behring River coal fields of Alaska.
KELLOGG, C. E., merchant, Corning; b. Erie Co., Pa., Feb. 13, 1873; ed. Green- field (Ia.) H. S .; Simpson Coll .; in. Sarah Vanvleet, Sept. 29, 1898; five children; engaged in implement busi- ness; justice of peace two terms; elect- ed State Rep., Adams Co., 1918; pres. Bd. of Education, Corning.
KELLY, Eugene, newspaper pub., Sioux City; b. Sioux City, Ia., Jan. 22, 1887; Cong .; Ind .; ed. H. S., Sioux City, 2 yrs. coll .; Lit. B .; m. Mary Lennon, Feb. 23, 1911, Sioux City, Ia .; child. John C., Eugene F., Mary E., Arthur L .; bus. mgr. Sioux City Tribune; enlisted in U. S. N. in World war; mem. Elks, Rotary Club, Country Club.
KELLY, E. J., lawyer, Des Moines; b. Bondurant, Ia., July 12, 1879; Cath .; Rep .; ed. scientific course Highland Park Coll., 1904, degree B. S .; Law Coll. Drake Univ., 1907, degree LL. B .; m. Elizabeth O'Donnell (deceased), Sept. 29, 1909, Chicago, Ill .; child., Edward J., Jr., Mary E .; admitted to bar, 1906; practiced law at Perry, Ia., until 1911; moved to Des Moines and has con- tinued in general practice of law there ever since; mem. firm of Miller, Kelly, Shuttleworth & Seeburger; during world war was asst. gen. counsel for alien property custodian, Washington, D. C .; mem. K. C., Elks, Des Moines Club, Golf and Country Club. Former resi- dence, Perry Ia., 1906-11.
KELSO, Joseph, Jr., banker, Bellevue; b. Bellevue, Ia., Sept. 13, 1875; Presb .; Dem .; ed. Bellevue H. S .; Coe Coll .; cashr. Bank of J. Kelso; v-pres., Kitt- son Co. Land & Abst. Co .; one of the partners of the Bellevue Pottery; treas. Bellevue Telephone Co .; served in the 35th and 36th G. A .; mem. State Bd. of Conservation; sec. Group No. 8 Iowa Bankers' Assn .; treas. Town of Belle- vue; established world's record in the 20-foot class for speed boats in 1910; mem. Masonic bodies, Shrine, Elks. KENDALL, A. W., retired farmer, Ma- quoketa; b. Maquoketa, Ia., May 3,
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1857; Dem .; ed. com. sch .; m. Anna Kehn, Jan. 25, 1882, Delmar, Ia .; child., Howard, Ernest, Hattie, Blanche, Ethel, Hazel, Floyd, Sylvia, Albert, Jr., Olive, Alfred; fire, tornado and life ins. agt .; owns 140 acres at Delmar, Ia., 320 acres at Frederick, S. D .; representative in 32d and 33d G. A. Ia .; administrator, director, Consolidated Sch. Bd. and farm bureau; mem. Greater Ia. Assn.
KENNEDY, Charles A., nurseryman, Montrose; b. Montrose, Ia., March 24, 1869; Rep .; ed. H. S .; four terms mayor Montrose; mem. House of Representa- tives, 30th and 31st Ia. G. A .; elected to 60th, 61st, 62d, 63d, 64th, 65th, 66th Congresses.
KEPLER, M. H., lawyer, Northwood; b. Scott Co., Ia., April 14, 1870; Meth .; Rep .; ed. country sch .; Western Coll .; later Leander Clark Coll., A. B .; S. U. I., L. L. B .; m. Minnie E. Muck- ler, May 5, 1898, Toledo, Ia .; child., Harrison D., Donald M .; law; mem. Sch. Bd. for 15 yrs .; several yrs. pres. of Bd .; co. atty. of Worth co., 8 yrs .; chmn. Rep. Co. Com. Tama and Worth Cos .; mem. A. O. U. W., M. W. A., Ma- sonic bodies, O. E. S. Former resi- dences, Scott Co., Ia., 1870-86; Toledo, Ia., 1886-98.
KEPPLE, P. L., retired, Ionia; b. North Washington, Ia., July 11, 1857; Cong .; Rep .; m. Elizabeth Rumbaugh, 1884; formerly in mercantile business at Io- nia, Ia .; was postmaster at Ionia for 12 yrs .; has held offices of justice of peace, twp. trustree, councilman; elect- ed state rep. Chickasaw Co., 1916; re- elected 1918.
KENYON, William S., lawyer, Ft. Dodge; b. Elyria, O., June 10, 1869; Rep .; ed. Ia. Coll., Grinnell; Law Sch. Univ. of Ia .; prosecuting atty. Webster Co., 5 yrs .; dist. judge, 2 yrs .; asst. to atty .- genl. of U. S., 1 yr .; elected to U. S. Senate, April 12, 1911; re-elected Jan. 22, 1913; re-elected Nov. 5, 1918.
KERN, Chas. B., farmer, Norwalk; b. Warren Co., Ia., Feb. 1, 1867; Rep .; ed. pub. sch .; Simpson Coll .; m. Mary F. Spring, Aug. 25, 1893; 4 children; elect- ed State Rep. Warren Co., 1916; re- elected 1918.
KESSLER, Alois, physician, Carroll; b. Solon, Ia., April 22, 1858; Cath .; Dem .; ed. Hiatts Acad., Ia. City; S. Univ. of Ia., A. B., 1886; S. Univ. of Ia., A. M., 1889; M. D., Hospital Coll. of Medicine, Louisville, Ky., 1888; m. Miss B. M. Bauer, 1889, Iowa City, Ia .; child., Alois, Carl J., Leo A., Lillian, Ardon; pension exam. for U. S .; Co. coroner; mayor of Carroll, Ia .; mem. Ia. State Medical Soc .; American Medical Assn. Former residences, Garden City, Mich., 1859-66; Solon, Ia., 1866-70; Atlantic, Ia., 1870- 88; Keswick, Ia., 1888-89.
KIEDAISCH, J. Albert, wholesale drug- gist, Keokuk; b. Keokuk, Ia., Feb. 13, 1880; Epis .; ed. Keokuk H. S., 1898; m. Maude M. Moss, Sept. 5, 1905, Poplar Bluff, Mo .; child., Lyda F., J. Albert, Jr .; sec. Wilkinson & Co .; pres. Keo- kuk Chamber of Commerce, 1915; dir. Keokuk Chamber of Commerce, 1912; mem. Keokuk Board of Edn., 1918; pres.
Keokuk Country Club; dir. The Keokuk Club; mem. Elks, Masonic bodies, past master Hardin Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
KIMBALL, Clem. F., lawyer, Council Bluffs; b. Anamosa, Ia., Aug. 11, 1868; Cong .; Rep .; ed. H. S., non-grad .; Ia. S. Coll., 1889, B. of E .; Univ. of Mich., 1895, L. L. B .; m. Carroll Williams, Sept. 1, 1905, Wyoming, Ia .; child., John W., True; practiced law for 25 yrs .; asst. co. atty., Pottawattamie Co., 1899- 03; city solicitor Council Bluffs, 1906- 12; state sen. 19th dist., 1913-21; chmn. Cities and Towns Ways and Means and Retrenchment and Reform Coms .; su- preme rep. K. P. of Ia .; mem. Masons, Woodmen, and other orders, Country Club of Council Bluffs. Former resi- dence, Anamosa, from birth until 1905: KING, Will L., Hubbard .; b. Hubbard, Ia., Feb. 22, 1897; Meth .; Rep .; ed. Hubbard H. S .; A. B., at Drake Univ; two yrs. in Drake Coll. of Law; sweepstakes cham- pion in debate, oratory and extempo- raneous speaking for 2 yrs. at Drake, winning eight consecutive contests; state representative from Hardin Co. in 38th G. A .; elected when 21 yrs. of age; mem. I. O. O. F., Phi Gamma Lambda Fraternity; taught in rural schools and Camp Dodge Basic Education School for two years, and lectured consider- ably for Ia. Anti-Saloon League; lec- turer for Standard Chautauqua System on their western circuit during sum- mer of 1920.
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