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CURRY, J. R. f sch. teacher, Boone; b. Lawrence Co., Ill, Feb. 19, 1869; Meth.; Rep.; ed. Attended Ill. State Normal Sch.; principally self educated; m. Augusta S. Anderson, March 23, 1891, Ogden, Ia.; child. Ethel M., Naomi M., Lilly C, Walter R., Pauline A., John S.; taught sch. in Boone Co. for 20 yrs. ; prin. of sch. at Angus, Incline and Fraser for 11 yrs.; town clerk of Fraser, 1904-10; deputy co. aud. 1911-14; co. aud. 1915-20; Nat. census Enumerator 1900-10; mem. Royal Arcanum. I. O .O. F., K. P. Former residences, Fraser, 1904-11; Ogden.

HARPEL, Llewellyn Vernon, lawyer, Boone; b. East Liberty, O., March 8, 1867; Unitarian; Rep.; ed. I. S. C. degree B. S.; Ia. Coll. law, LL. B.; m.
Kate Stevens, July 10, 1892, Mason City Ia.; child. Gates; former city solicitor Perry, Ia. ; co. atty. of Boone co., la.; indorsed for dist. judge by Boone co. bar assn.; active in war work; mem.
Boone Country Club, Masonic bodies, O. E. S., W. S. of J., Chamber of Commerce. Former residences, Sheldahl, Ia., 1870-88; Des Moines, Ia., 1888-90; Perry, Ia., 1890-03.

HAUGE, A. O., banker, real estate and insurance, Des Moines; b. Polk co., Ia., Feb. 13, 1879; Rep.; Luth.; ed. Humboldt Coll., degree of Master of Accounts; m. Elizabeth Heggen, Dec. 31, 1904, Cambridge, Ia. ; child. Herbert H. Gerhard; pres. Ia. Trust & Sav. bank; pres. Union Securities Co.; pres. Union Insurance Agency; treas. Union Realty Co.; treas. Farmers Live Stock Insurance Co.; mem. 38th and 39th G. A.; treas. Lutheran Brotherhood of Am.; mem. bd. trustees Norwegian Luth. Church of Am.; cashier Ia. State Treas. office; position in U. S. Treasury Dept.; mgr. business and commercial lepts., Humboldt Coll.; teacher commercial branches East Des Moines H. S., Des Moines; mem. Masons, Shrine, K. P., Yoeman, Woodman, Homesteader. Former
residences, Polk Co., Ia., 1879-87; Emmet Co., Ia., 1887-91; Wright Co., Ia., 1891-1905; Polk Co., Ia., 1905-20.

LEE, N. J., Judge 14th Judicial Dist., Estherville; b. Emmet Co., Ia., March 11, 1873; Prot.; Rep.; ed. H. S.; Iowa Coll. law, LL. B.; m. Maude Genevieve Deemer, 1902, Des Moines, Ia.; child. Joseph D., Robert N.; co. atty. Emmet Co., Ia., 1901-05; mem. 32nd and 33rd G. A. from Emmet Co. as rep.; Judge 14th Judicial dist. since 1913; mem. Elks, Masons.

LUCAS, J. G., Newspaper Pub., Madrid; b. Madrid, la., Jan. 8, 1879; Christian church; Rep.; ed. Madrid H. S.; Palmer Coll., Le Grand, la.; m. Maude Halsey, Madrid, 1906; child. Max L., Katheryn E., Lillian R., Robert L.; mgr. Western Printing Co.; editor and pub. Madrid Register-News; dir. Farmers Sav. bank, Madrid; mem. Masons, Grant Club, Des Moines.

MILLER, W. D., editor and pub., Ogden; b. near Washington, D. C., Sept. 4, 1878; Rep.; m. Anna B. Clark, Dec. 25, 1906; child. Virginia, Clark; formerly engaged in railroading and banking; elected state rep. Boone Co., 1916; reelected 1918; mem. Masonic bodies.

MOEN, T. E., farmer and stockman, Inwood; b. Inwood, la., Oct. 10, 1870; Luth.; Rep.; ed. rural sch., St. Olais Coll., Northfield, Minn., and Augustana Coll., Canton, S. D.; m. Rachel Davidson, Inwood, Ia., Oct. 23, 1892; child., Pearl H., Ervin R., Olive D., Bert E., Alice I.; spent fifteen yrs. in the grain bus.; four yrs. in the Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis, Minn.; a mem. of Skewis-Moen Co., which was then operating forty line elevators, and doing a
general commission bus.; represented Lyon Co. in the 38th and 39th G. A.; served eight yrs. a mem. of the co. bd. of supervisors; chmn. of bd. four yrs.; served as dir. and v-pres. of the
Farmers Nat. bank for many yrs. Former residences, Minneapolis, Minn., four yrs.; Estherville, la., two yrs.

MUNGER, George H.,County Farm Agent Centerville; b. Fairhaven, Minn., May 19, 1887; Bapt.; Rep.; ed. B. S. Agr.; m. Delia M. Swain, Jan. 14, 1916, Ogden, Ia.; child. Phyllis L., Alice V.; mem. Masons, Elks. Former residences, Ogden, Ia., 1917, Conrath. Wis., 1915-16; Ames, la., 1912-15.

ROSEN, W. M., banker, Ogden; b. Ogden, Ia., Dec. 17, 1880; Prot; Rep. ; ed. grad. Ogden H. S.; m. Freda Carlson, Dec. 24, 1903, Ogden, Ia.; child. Thyra R., Walter R.; entered the employ of the City bank of Ogden at the age of 21 yrs. as bookkeeper (March 1, 1902) and was promoted to cashier in a few yrs.; has continued as cashier in the City bank and later in the City State bank up to the present time a continuous service for over 18 yrs.; was elected first pres. of the Boone Co. Bankers' Assn.; mem. Executive Com. of Group 6 of the la. Bankers' Assn.; chief registration clerk for the local draft bd.; chran. com. Liberty Loan drives; local treas. for Red Cross; fourteen yrs. treas. of the sch. bd.; mem. Am. Numismatic Assn.; served nearly 15 yrs. as Sunday sch. supt.; mem. of the executive bd. of the Ogden Community Hospital; Glenwood Cemetery Assn.

SINCLAIR, Earl Morton, patent attorney, Des Moines; b. Carroll Co., Ia., May 16, 1884; Disciple; Rep.; ed. Carroll, Ia., H. S., 1902; Drake Univ, B. A., 1906 Drake Univ. Law Coll., LL. B., 1908; m. Bessie Harriet Perrine, June 15, 1910, Des Moines, Ia.; child., Miriam, Frances, Mary E., Raleigh, Warren; pres. Ogden Mnfg. Co.; Secy.-Treas. The B. & R. Grader Co.; mem. Alumni Council of Drake Univ.; formerly Pres. Drake Univ. Alumni Assn; mem. Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, Waveland Golf Club, Des Moines Council Boy Scouts of America.

STUART, Wm., real estate and banking, Armstrong; b. Antrim Co., Ireland, Jan. 10, 1851; Meth.; Rep.; ed. com. schls.; m. Jennie Dunn, Dec. 26, 1882; four daughters; elected mayor of Grundy Center, Ia., 1890; 3 yrs. mem. Bd. of Supervisors, Emmett Co., and 2 yrs. pres. of schl. bd. of Armstrong; elected state representative, Emmett Co., 1916; re-elected 1918.

THOMPSON, Thomas H., farmer, Garner; b. Norway, March 4, 1873; Luth.; Rep.; ed. rural schls.; business course; m. Sadie Stevenson, Emmet Co., 1900; child., Franklin, Bertha, Thelma, Edward, Leona, Helen; has taken active part in Rep. politics for many years; assessor for Amsterdam twp. for 6 yrs.; appointed postmaster at Kanawha, Ia.; elected Co. treas, Hancock Co., 1914-16-18; first Co. treas. to be elected to 3 terms in 40 yrs. in Hancock Co.

WOODS, Frank P., Estherville; b. Walworth Co., Wis.; Rep.; ed. pub. sch. and No. Ind. Normal sch. Valparaiso, Ind.; moved to Ia. 1887; chmn Rep.
State Cent. Com. 1906-07; elected to congress 10th dist. 1908; re-elected 1910-12-14-16.



PERSONS WHO WERE NOMINATED FROM WHOM NO BIOGRAPHY WAS RECEIVED.

MADRID

C. J. Cedarqulst.
C. G. Johnson.
W. J. Jenkins.
A. E. Skortman.
J. G. Lucas.
S. L. Miles.
Peter Cassel.
W. H. Williams.
C. E. Peterson.
A. M. Sundberg.
Oscar Oakleaf.

OGDEN

John T. S. Williams.
Charles Rosen.
S. Anderson.
D. Nebbe.
0. W. Clark.
Frank Porter.
F. M. Lorenzen.
H. Ehlers.
C. B. Clark, Postmaster.
A. V. Williams, Editor.
E. H. Jenkins.
Daniel Sickler.
C. E. Cook.
W. M. Rosen.
Postmaster.
A. V. Williams, Editor.
E. H. Jenkins.
Daniel Sickler.
C. E. Cook.
W. M. Rosen.


Source: Who's Who in Iowa, 1920,
Compiled and Edited by Frank C. Lake and Lloyd N. Prince.
Published at Sioux City, Iowa.


Transcribed by Lynn Diemer-Mathews and uploaded January 15, 2026.

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