Dole, J. Wilbur

DOLE

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Date: 4/24/2005 at 14:50:19

IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1933-1934

BIOGRAPHIES OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES

J. WILBUR DOLE, Fairfield. - Representative from Jefferson county, was born
in Jefferson county, February 7, 1869, on the farm now owned by him and
occupied by a tenant. He attended rural school and later Parsons College, from
which he graduated in 1894, a Phi Kappa Phi. He taught in rural schools, high
school and as principal in a village school. He worked for a time in a law
office. For fourteen years he was secretary of the Fairfield school board.
He was postmaster at Fairfield, Iowa, 1916 to 1921. He is a member of the
board of trustees of the Fairfield free public library and secretary thereof.
His hobby is nature study, especially of plant life and birds. A member of
the Iowa Ornithologists Union, the Iowa Academy of Science, and the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. He served for many years both as
democratic county chairman and as congressional committeeman. A member of the I. O. O. F. and Masonic order. Serving first term in the legislature. A democrat.

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