Ringgold County Republican Born on a farm in Bureau county, Illinois, December 12, 1890. In 1900 he moved with his parents to Hamilton county, residing one year, moving to Madison county where he received education in rural schools, graduating from Earlham high school in 1910, attended Coe College and graduated from the Cedar Rapids Business College. Married Mary L. Compton of Earlham, Iowa in 1914 and together they established their home in Ringgold county on a farm, where he has operated most of the time since, with the exception of about twelve years in the banking business in Tingley, Diagonal and Mount Ayr. He has one daughter. He is a Methodist. Served in the 46th, 46th Extra, 47th, 53rd and 54th General Assemblies.

Ringgold County Republican Born on a farm in Bureau county, Illinois, December 12, 1890. In 1900 he moved with his parents to Hamilton county, residing one year, moving to Madison county where he received education in rural schools, graduating from Earlham high school in 1910, attended Coe college and graduated from the Cedar Rapids Business college. Married Mary L. Compton of Earlham, Iowa in 1914 and together they established their home in Ringgold county on a farm, where he has operated most of the time since, with the exception of about ten years in the banking business in Tingley, Diagonal and Mount Ayr. He has one daughter. He is a Methodist. Served in the 46th, 46th Extra, 47th and 53rd General Assemblies.

Representative from Ringgold county, was born in Bureau county, Illinois, December, 1890. Came with parents to Iowa in 1900, residing in Hamilton and Madison counties, where he received a rural school education and then graduated from the Earlham high school and the Cedar Rapids business college. Was married in 1914 to Mary L. Compton at Earlham, Iowa, and has one daughter, Martha Irene. In 1914 he located on a farm in Ringgold county, and since that time has followed the occupation of farming and stock raising, with the exception of about eight years, while engaged in the banking business at Tingley and Diagonal, where he also served on the city councils. He is a member of the Methodist church and has always taken an active interest in community welfare, especially the schools and churches. Serving second term in the legislature. A republican.

Representative from Ringgold county, was born in Bureau county, Illinois, December, 1890. Came with parents to Iowa in 1900, residing in Hamilton and Madison counties, where he received a rural school education and then graduated from the Earlham high school and the Cedar Rapids business college. Was married in 1914 to Mary L. Compton at Earlham, Iowa, and has one daughter, Martha Irene. In 1914 he located on a farm in Ringgold county, and since that time has followed the occupation of farming and stock raising, with the exception of about eight years, while engaged in the banking business at Tingley and Diagonal, where he also served on the city councils. He is a member of the Methodist church and has always taken an active interest in community welfare, especially the schools and churches. Serving first term in the legislature. A republican.