CLAUSSEN, C JOHN

Lumber & Grain Dealer; b Schleswig Holstein, Germany Apr 3, 1876; s of Hinrich Claussen-Catherina Whithahn; ed Clinton Iowa; m Elizabeth Rusch Sept 10, 1902 Soldier; s Claus H; d Pauline (Mrs Ben Bielenberg), Alberta; 1900-06 mgr Green Bay Lbr Co, Soldier; 1906-09 ptr in Timm & Claussen gen mdse store, Beaver Creek Minn; 1909- mgr Farmers Lbr & Groin Co, Schleswig; 1919- VP & dir Farmers State Bonk, Schleswig; past mbr town bd; past mbr Schleswig vol fire dept; 1910-20 dir of indep sch dist; Comm Club; IOOF, post noble grand 696, past chief patriarch 45; Evang Ch; res Schleswig.

This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 327.

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