Who's Who in

Henry County, 1940

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1940 Who's Who
GRAY, J V:
Attorney; b Warren Co, Ind Sept 21, 1876; s of John D Gray-Elizabeth Halstead; ed Ind rural schs; Mount Pleasant Acad; m Mary V Purdie Apr 18, 1907 Mount Pleasant; s James P; d Helen E (Mrs T C Poulter), Ada Margaret; 1898-1902 rural sch tchr, Henry Co; 1902-05 read law with Judge W I Babb, Mount Pleasant; 1905 adm to Iowa bar; 1905- prac law, Mount Pleasant; 1906-10 & 1932-34 Henry Co atty; past city atty several years; 1920 supvr of census for 1st congl dist; during World War secy war bd during drafting; OES; AF&AM 8, dist lecturer, master, past dep grand master of state Masonic Lodge; RAM 8; York Rite; Kaaba Shrine, Davenport; Dem, 1936 natl elector for Iowa, treas co orgn many years; hobbies: fishing, flowers; off 118 S Main; res 507 E Washington, 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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