Who's Who in
Henry County, 1940
1940 Who's Who
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940.
Transcribed by Alayna Vantiger, March 2021.
Who's Who inHenry County, 1940 |
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ROGERS, CHARLES SUMNER: |
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| Publisher; b North Windham Maine Apr 14, 1868; s of Sumner Rogers-Martha Page; ed Concord Mass HS; Iowa Wes, BSc 1891; Phi Delta Theta, has only original fraternity pin in existence; m Lillian O Kendig Apr 18, 1894 Knoxville; s Warren K, Elbert Charles; d Margaret Florence (Mrs A M Patterson), Helen Elizabeth (Mrs M E Parks), Lillian Josephine (Mrs Donald B Carper); 1891-92 emp on Burlington Hawkeye paper, Burlington; 1891- owner & publisher Mount Pleasant News, also publisher travelogues; 1940 recd master publisher award for Iowa St; 1902-07 Iowa St oil inspector; 1923-35 P M, Mount Pleasant; mbr bd of edn, Mount Pleasant 7 years; trustee Memorial Hosp, past pres 5 years; mbr pub lib bd 32 years, Mount Pleasant; mbr Henry Co Hist Bd; trustee Iowa Wes 15 years; Kiwanis, ch mbr; Mount Pleasant Golf & Country Club, ch mbr; pres ARC; past mbr BPOE; IOOF; KP; Meth Ch, trustee 25 years; Rep; hobbies: gardening, woodwork, travel; off Mount Pleasant News; res 412 Broadway, Mount Pleasant. | |
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Key to Abbreviations From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940. Transcribed by Alayna Vantiger, March 2021. |
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