Who's Who in

Henry County, 1940

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1940 Who's Who
WEIR, JAMES RUSSELL:
Lumber Dealer; b Ottumwa, Iowa July 7, 1891; s of James S Weir-Laura Ann Dustin; ed Ottumwa HS 1910; Iowa Wes, 3 years; Phi Delta Theta; m Marguerite Hall Oct 31, 1915 Mount Pleasant; s James M, Melvin Hall; d Patricia Joy; 1914-16 emp in gen off Hawkeye Lbr Co, Oskaloosa, later Centerville; 1916- lbr dlr, Mount Pleasant, 1916-35 with Mr Hall, 1935- mbr firm Weir & Russell Lbr & Bldg Material; trustee Iowa Wes Coll since 1925, chmn exec com of bd since 1928; mbr bd of edn, Mount Pleasant since 1936, past pres; Rotary, ch mbr, past pres; Mount Pleasant Golf Club, one of orgrs; C of C, past pres; Iowa Retail Lbrmans Assn, one of orgrs, VP 1936, dir 3 years; AF&AM 8; RAM 8; KT 7; Kaaba Shrine, high priest; Presby Ch; Rep; hobbies: golf, family; off Weir & Russell Lumber Co; res 500 E Monroe, 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, March 2021.

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