Clayton co IAGenWeb bios

Garlock, Mrs. Jennie G., Homemaker; born Edgewood, Iowa July 14, 1891; d/o Edward Charles Hubbell & Vinet C. Shepard; educated Pocahontas Co. rural schools; Plover HS 1908; County Normal Inst., Pocahontas Co. 1909; married Lawrence Elwood Garlock Jan 1, 1910 Plover; sons: Abram O. II; Edwward Charles & Lawrence Elwood Jr.; 1909 rural school teacher, Pocahontas; 1910- homemaker, Plover; 1929- mbr comm library board, Plover, instrumental in organizing and obtaining donations; 1930-33 mbr. school board, Plover; Womans Club, 1922 1st pres., active mbr of Plover unit of County Federation; ARC (American Red Cross), Plover, mbr sice 1917, past chairman; MYB Club, charter mbr. 1915; Federated Study Club; OES 383, past matron 3 terms; Presbyterian church, 1937- trustee, SS worker; hobbies: boys, handiwork antiques; residence Plover. (Pocahontas county, pg 954)

Gernand, Fred Phillip, Creamery Manager; born Dover twp., Fayette Co. Iowa Mar 6, 1896; son of Frederck Gernand & Anna E. Kuhn; educated Wadena HS 1913; Iowa State Coll. 1917-18; married Celia M. Nus Sept 7, 1920 Arlington; son: Max Eugene; daughter: Mildred Maxine; 1914-15 asst. Riverside Creamery, Wadena; 1919- mgr Volga Farmers Creamery Assn, Volga City; operates 140 acre farm land, Fayette Co; director American Nat'l Bank, Arlington; VP Creamery Journal; 1928-34 mbr city council; 1934- director indep. school dist., Volga City; has won several 1sts in state and nat'l buttermakers contests; only operator in US who has won nat'l sweepstakes 2 successive times, contest sponsored by Nat'l Buttermakers Assn; mbr Fayette Co, Iowa State & National Farm Bureaus; 1932- state secy of Iowa Creamery Oprs Assn; Nat'l Creamery Oprs Assn; Nat'l Dairy Council; director Iowa State Dairy Assn, Iowa State Brand Creameries Assn; Iowa State & Nat'l Buttermakers Assns; IOOF; Lutheran church, Arlington, 1932- trustee; hobbies: amateur movie photography, candid camers; office: Creamery; residence: Volga City. (pg 293)

Geske, Martin X., Attorney; born McGregor, Iowa Nov. 1, 1870; son of Frederick F. Geske & Sophie Wilkins; educated McGregor HS 1889; 1890-91 rural sch teacher, Allamakee Co.; 1893-94 HS language tchr, Windom, Minn.; 1894-95 supt of schools, Lake Crystal, Minn.; 1898-99 read law in office of D.D. Murphy, Elkader; 1901-02 assoc with D.D. Murphy, Elkader; 1902- prac. law, McGregor; 1904-08 Clayton Co. atty; past city clerk; past mbr city council; past mayor; past mbr board of education 11 years, past pres 4 years; past director First Nat'l Bank; 1932-40 Iowa State Senator; Service Club, past president; Golf Club; AF&AM 105, past master; RAM; KT; El Kahir Shrine; Congregational church; hobbies: farming, livestock, roses & gladiolus; office & residence McGregor. (pg 293)

Gill, Gorda John, Mortician & Furniture Dealer; born Honey Creek twp., Delaware Co., Iowa Apr 8, 1898; son of Joseph S. Gill & Lillie A. Barr; educated Strawberry Point HS 1917; Hohenschuh-Carpenter College of Embalming 1919; married Dorothy Kellogg Moninger October 20, 1921 Marshalltown; daughters: Rosalee, Margaret Joan, Dorothy Ellen, Mary Martha; 1917-19 apprenticed in undertaking business Franklin Furn. Co., Strawberry Point; 1919- partner of Charles Roberts in Franklin Furniture Co. & the Gill Funeral Parlors, Strawberry Point; owner & opr funeral parlors in Handy Store, Volga City; 1939- owner & opr Franklin Furn. Co., Manchester, serves 42 NE Iowa towns & Wisconsin; past pres board of education Strawberry Point; Iowa & Nat'l Funeral Directors & Embalmers Assn; Commercial Club, past pres., past chmn bussinessmens com.; Lions zone chmn; NE Iowa Trowel Fellowship Assn, past pres; MWA; KP, Edgewood; past chmn Strawberry Point chapter ARC (American Red Cross); AF&AM 130, past master; RAM, Mnchester; Methodist church, trustee: hobbies: fishing play directing; office Franklin Furniture Store; residence Strawberry Point. (pg 293)

Glynn, Samuel, Railroad Station Agent; born Clayton, Iowa July 15, 1884; son of Alfred V. Glynn & Lena Lape; educated Lansing HS 1903; married Betsy Kolsrud Feb. 26, 1916 Waterville; son Raymond E.; daughter Caila V.; 1903-05 operator in RR station, Lansing; 1905-13 relief man at various stations; 1913-14 employee in brother’s cement block plant, Lansing; 1914- station agent for CMSTP&P RR, Waterville; past mayor 10 years; past member & president Waterville consolidated school board; Brotherhood of RR Telegraphers; PTA; Lutheran Church, past trustee; Republican; hobbies; baseball, basketball; office Milwaukee Station; residence Waterville. (Allamakee co., pg 44)

Goodrich, Mark Judson, Owner & Operator Poultry & Egg Shippers Co.; born Fargo, N.D. Nov 20, 1886; son of Manzer J. Goodrich & Miranda Bartholomew; educated Independence HS 1900; by former marriage sons Mark Jr., Joseph Hugh & Manzer David; married Beryl Ball June 1934 Strawberry Point; daugher Rosemary Frances; 1900-04 teleg. opr. IC RR, Waverly, Osage & Masonville; 1904 teleg. opr apprentence CRI&P RR, Center Point; 1904-07 night weigh master CRI&P RR, in dispatchers office, night ticket clert at Union depot, 1907-09 day car distributor in chief dispatchers office, Cedar Rapids; 1910-12 fast freight solocitor of butter, poultry & eggs on GT RR, NE Iowa; 1912-19 partner of W.J. Blanchard in produce co., Strawberry Point, 1919- owner & opr; 1920- partner in produce co., Goodrich & Gallagher, Waverly; 1936- owner retail Goodrich Super Service Station, Strawberry Point; also partner in produce cos at Garner, Cresco & Anamosa; past mbr Strawberry Point school board; mbr city council; Iowa Wholesale Egg, Butter & Poultry Dirs Assn, VP; Nat'l Butter, Egg & Poultry Dirs Assn; AF&AM 130, past jr. warden; Scot Rite 2; El Kahir Shrine; Congregational church; Republican; hobby: travel; office & residence Strawberry Point. (pg 293)

Grant, Raymond Edgar, Physician & Surgeon; born Grandy, Minn Apr 30, 1904; son of Andrew Edgar Grant & Emma Johnson; educated Cambridge, Minn HS 1921; U. of Minn., BSc 1925, BM 1927, MD 1929; Omega Epsilon Phi; married Georgia Eunice Ferguson July 17, 1930 Minneapolis, Minn (deceased Feb 4, 1939); daugher Suzanne; 1929-30 interne City of Detroit Receiving Hosp., Detroit, Mich; 1930 3 months asst house surgeon to Dr. Castles, St. Mary's Hosp., Kansas City, Mo.; 1930- prac. medicine Volga, 1940 built modern office with receiving ward; staff mbr Mercy Hosp., Oelwein; diplomat Nat'l Board of Medical Examiners; Clayton Co. & Iowa State Medical Societies; AMA; AF&AM 72; hobbies: baseball, fishing; office & residence: Volga. (pg 293)

Gray, Harold Edwin, Pilot; born Guttenburg, Iowa Apr 15, 1906; son of Otis Elmer Gray & Bertha Hagensick; educated Elkader HS 1923; U of Iowa 2 years; Army School, Brooks & Kelly Field San Antonio, Tex; U of Detroit, aeronautical engineering degree, given honorable DEng degree; married Exa Bell Sublett Sept. 12, 1929 San Benita, Tex.; sons: Harold Jr. & Frank Otis; estab. engineering consulting service, helped design advanced type aircraft entered in Guggenheim safe aircraft competition, which afforded many safety devices incorporated in modern transport aircraft; employed by Ford Airlines, operating between Detroit & Cleveland & Detroit & Chicago, one of first liners; co-pilot & senior pilot on Pan-American Airways linking US with the Latin nations; in command of Pan American Airliners; 1931 took maritime training course, qualified as senior pilot on giant air cruisers which travel the Caribbean to South America & continue down 700 mile coastal route to Rio de Janiero; captain Pacific Clippers which operate on weekly schedules between California & the Orient; headed Pan American Clipper plane across Atlantic ocean by way of Botwood, Newfoundland to Ireland, then to Southhampton, England; comm. survey flights which preceded regular route opening between New York & Bermuda; in charge of Pan-American personnel, New York City; has distinction of being 1st air pilot ever to receive rank of "Master of Ocean Flying Boats", highest attainable rank in air world; also is master mariner, lic. airplane mechanics, graduate radio engr, lic radio opr., 1st class seaman & has certificates for internat'l law, maritime law & business administration; office Empire State Bldg, New York City; residence 9 Longview Place, Great Neck, New York. (pg 293)

Griffith, Harold, Managing Editor Newspaper; born Elkader, Iowa June 15, 1912; son of Harry L. Griffith & Abbie H. Grannis; educated Elkader HS 1929; Elkader Jr. College 1933; U of Iowa, BA 1936; Sigma Delta Chi, past pres.; married E. Louise Mather June 26, 1937 Kenawha; son: John Mather; 1930-32 & 1933-34 with father in Griffith Press, Elkader; 1936-37 after father's death managing editor; 1937 paper won honorable mention by Nat'l Editors Assn for best edit page; 1936 paper rec'd President's Cup from IPA for best special edition from town under 1400 population; IPA; NE IPA, secy' Iowa Newspapers Inc.; Nat'l Editors Assn; Comml Club, VP; Elkader Golf Club; Congregational church; hobby: gardening; office Griffith Press; residence: Elkader. (pg 293)