John J. Ethell

ETHELL, HOTCHKISS

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 12/21/2004 at 06:55:46

Senator from the Third district (Davis-Appanoose). Was born in Davis county, Iowa, November 16, 1872. Has lived in Bloomfield, Iowa, since 1881. A graduate of the high schools of that city, class of 1889. Was married to Addie Hotchkiss, of Bloomfield, August 24, 1903. Has two children, Alice and George K., aged 14 and 6 years. Is a partner in the farm loan and abstract firm of Deupree and Ethell. A member of the Knights of Pythias and various Masonic bodies. Was elected state senator on the republican ticket in 1920, the same being his first political office.

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Biographies of State Senators, pg. 323-324

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall (not related to subject)