Representative John K. L. Maynard View All Years

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John K. L. Maynard

Bremer County

J. K. L. MAYNARD was born July 26, 1829, in Bakersfield, Vermont; he died at Janesville, Iowa, April 9, 1903. His early years were spent on a farm. His education was acquired at the Bakersfield academy and in the Vermont university at Burlington. He attended the law school at Albany, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1855. The next spring he came west, locating at Janesville, Bremer county, Iowa, where he practiced law for some years. He then purchased The Republican at Waverly, and became editor of the paper. In 1861 he was appointed postmaster of Waverly and held the office ten years. He also held the office of mayor of that town. He removed to his farm near Janesville about 1873. He was a member of the 17th general assembly, and for years prominent in politics.

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