Who's Who in

Henry County, 1940

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1940 Who's Who
GIDDENS, JACKSON:
Clergyman & Financial Secretary of College; b St Joseph Mo Apr 10, 1877; s of John Wesley Giddens-Sarah Jane Briles; ed Mo Wes, Cameron Mo; Central Wes, Warrenton Mo, PhB 1905; Literary Soc; m Bertha Ann Patterson Mar 7, 1900 St Joseph Mo; s Paul H; d Grace L, Dorothy E, Bertha M; 1898-1900 pastor Meth Ch, St Catherine Mo, 1900-01 Hannibal Mo, 1901-03 Truxton Mo, 1903-05 Wellsville Mo, tsfrd to Iowa, 1905-06 Maxwell, 1906-08 Conway, 1908-09 Orient, 1909-12 Cumberland, 1912-14 Elliott, 1914-17 Audubon, 1917-22 Winterset, 1922-26 Nevada, 1926-28 Woodbine; 1928-30 financial secy Meth Hosp, Des Moines; 1930-38 treas & business mgr Iowa Wes Coll, 1938- financial secy Iowa Wes Coll & pastor; since he has been pastor, built 6 churches & 3 parsonages; removed $250,000 debt Iowa Wes while treas, has oprd coll on balanced budget, also installed bkkping & accounting records; Business Mgrs Assn of Colls in US; Lions, past mbr; IOOF; MWA; AF&AM 348, Conway; York Rite, Audubon; Scot Rite, Des Moines ; Meth Ch; Rep; hobbies: gardening, fishing; off Iowa Wesleyan College; res 201 E Broad, 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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