Ellis, Frank Elmo

ELLIS, COOK, LYNCH

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Date: 10/9/2007 at 11:43:07

Ellis, Frank Elmo

Iowa Press Association Who’s Who in Iowa 1940. Jackson County Section by Helen O. Stoddard.

Real Estate & Insurance Agent; born Jackson Co, Iowa, Mar 12, 1879; son of James Whitcomb Ellis-Mary Marie Forbes; educated Jackson Co; Timber City Commercial College, Maquoketa 1897; married Lydia Emma Cook Oct 2, 1900 Chicago Ill (deceased); son John Cook; daughter Lydia Marie (Mrs. Louis Maxwell); married Alice Bertha Lynch Feb 19, 1908, Dubuque; son Francis Virgil; 1901-29, insurance agent, Maquoketa, 1929- real estate & insurance agent, Maquoketa; 1921-22 member city council; 1927-30 board member Mount Hope Cemetery Association; 1935 – board member Maquoketa free public library; 1936- senator from 23rd dist; 1930- operated private museum, said to be largest in Iowa; 1923 organizer Maquoketa Valley chapter of Izaak Walton, past president & past secretary; Com. Club, president 1933-34 & 1936; AF&AM 356; Democrat; hobby; collecting relics; office 118 S 2nd; residence 309 E Pleasant, Maquoketa.