Rawlings, Ed

RAWLINGS

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IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1933-1934

BIOGRAPHIES OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES

ED. RAWLINGS, Onawa. - Representative from Monona county, was born in
Platteville, Wisconsin, in 1871, and came to Monona county, Iowa, in 1875. Attended
the common schools until he reached the age of seventeen years, when both of
his parents passed away. Married Miss Effie Miller in 1896, who died
January 8, 1929. They were the parents of four sons. He and his family have
resided in Onawa for the past twenty-five years. He has held various offices,
among them that of county sheriff seven years. At the present time he is a
member of the Onawa board of education; president of Monona County Farm Bureau,
and treasurer of Monona County Mutual Fire Insurance Association; secretary
and treasurer of the Illinois Central Elevator Company; and member of Onawa
Community Club. Elected representative in 1928 and 1930, and re-elected in
1932. A democrat.