Who's Who in

Henry County, 1940

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1940 Who's Who
LINDLY, JOHN MILTON:
Pharmacist; b Washington Co, Penn Nov 17, 1864; s of Bayard Blachly Lindly-Clarriet Hanna; ed U of Iowa, PhG 1889; grad work Natl Inst of Pharm, Chicago 1890-92; Chautauqua Lit & Scientific Circle, Lake Chautauqua N Y 1894-98; m Claudia Yewell Jan 21, 1924 St Louis Mo; s Buford Yewell; 1884-86 sch tchr, Henry Co; summers 1884 assisted father in drug store and bank; 1893-94 tchr, Calcasieu Parish La (1); 1885- in drug business, Winfield; 1935- pharm for Glenwood State Sch for Feeble Minded, Glenwood; 1908 an orgr Iowa Druggist Mutual Ins Co, treas 1 year; 1929- recording secy Iowa Veteran Druggists Assn since org; 1900 elected mayor of Winfield, declined; 1904-06 town clk; 1920-28 mbr town coun; 1920 apptd to bd of curators State Hist Soc by Gov Harding, life mbr; 1914-19 State Sen; 1922 nominated Congl candidate without opposition; 1924 del from 1st congl dist to Dem Natl Conv in Madison Square Garden N Y; 1930 compiled & published 2 volume history The Lindley Families in Amer, beginning with 1st arrival of Lindley family in Amer 1639; during World War 1917-18 mbr Henry Co coun of defense, chm of com for locating men for civilian war service, chmn of com for locating employment for returning soldiers; life mbr Iowa Acad of Science; Iowa Pharm Assn, mbr since 1889, 1905-11 secy, 1911- treas; Presby Ch, Winfield, clk & trustee 30 years; mbr choir 20 years, father an elder in church 54 years; Dem, 1916 chmn of Dem Com of 1st dist until 1922; hobbies: genealogy, botany, history, sch dramatics, pharm & educating his son; off Glenwood State School, Glenwood; res Winfield. (1) Parish in Louisiana is the same as a County unit in Iowa.
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From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940.

Transcribed by Alayna Vantiger, March 2021.

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