Who's Who in

Henry County, 1940

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1940 Who's Who
GEESEKA, OTTO A:
Physician; b West Point, Iowa May 26, 1854; s of Rudolph Geeseka-Louise Duderstadt; ed P P Roots Sch; West Point HS, 1873; Kirksville Mo Normal Sch, BSc 1875; Coll of Phys & Surgs, Keokuk, MD 1878; South Side Post Grad Sch, Chicago 1897, 1903 & 1910; Palmatian Literary Soc; m Jennie M Foreman Apr 22, 1879 West Point (dec); s Ralph F, Don F (dec 1926); 1878-93 phys, Wellsville Kas, 1893- Mount Pleasant; 1903- mbr bd of Commission on Insanity, Henry Co; spends winters, Fort Meyers Fla; contributor articles to professional socs & journals; mbr sch bd, Mount Pleasant 12 years, past pres; mbr sch bd, Wellsville Kas 13 years; Henry Co Med Soc; Tri-Co Med Soc, ch mbr, past pres; Iowa St Med Soc, life mbr; AMA; mbr US Bd of Examining Surgeons, Ottawa Kas, 5 years, mbr Mount Pleasant 10 years; Amer Fedn of Arts, Fort Meyers Fla; IOOF, past noble grand; Foresters; Yoeman; AF&AM 8; Rep, secy or chmn Franklin Co Rep com, Kas 13 years, also secy to chmn for 2nd congl dist; hobbies: flowers, iris, peonies & lilies; res 401 N Main, Mount Pleasant.
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From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940.

Transcribed by Alayna Vantiger, February 2021.

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