ALLISON, ROBERT J
Certified Public Accountant; b Chicago, Ill Feb 11, 1890; s of Robinson Allison-Lydia Butterworth; ed Chicago Ill HS; m Bessie Waite Nov 14, 1914 Lincoln Neb; 1904-05 usher LaSalle Theater, Chicago Ill; 1905-06 elk Kelly Moss & Co, Chicago Ill ; 1906-07 emp in credit dept Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, Chicago Ill ; 1907-13 emp by Corn Products Refining Co, Chicago factory; 1913-14 sales accountant Stewart Fruit Co, Los Angeles Cal; 1914-18 accounting & sales work Union Wallpaper & Paint Co, Lincoln Neb; 1918-20 revenue agt tax work with US Govt Treasury Dept; 1920- 23 accounting & tax work, Davenport ptr of Louis Murphy, Dubuque & John J Gillin, Omaha; 1923-35 accounting & tax work, Davenport ptr of R W Paulsen; 1935- tax specialist in Davenport & Omaha Neb, specializing in fed & state tax problems; past dir AAA, Washington D C; trees & dir Motor Club of Iowa; past dir YMCA; C of C, Omaha Neb, Davenport; Davenport Country Club; Outing Club; AF & AM; hobbies: golf, fishing; off 430 Davenport Bank Bldg; res 159 Forest Road, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1085.