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CARL LeBUHN is a native son of Iowa, and is
one of the well known insurance men of the state. He is
general agent for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company, with headquarters at Davenport, and Davenport is the
home and civic community where his interests have been
centered for many years.
Mr. LeBuhn was born at LeClaire in Scott County, Iowa, son
of William and Amelia (Trettin) LeBuhn. His parents were born
in Germany, his father in Hanover and his mother at Lauenberg,
and they were married at Davenport. William LeBuhn came to
America in 1853. For many years he had a locksmith and
gunsmith shop at LeClaire and also owned a farm there. He died
at LeClaire in 1890. There were six children in the family:
William, Herman, Henry, Louis, Louisa and Carl. Only to are
now living, the son Herman occupying the old homestead farm
near LeClaire.
Carl LeBuhn attended grade and high schools at LeClaire
and had four years in the Iowa State College at Ames. He
taught school there for three years, but since 1900 has been
engaged in the work which has brought out his best talents. He
was first with the Mutual Life Company, spending ten years
with that organization. For three years he was general manager
of the Phoenix Mutual Company and for the past fifteen years
has been general manager for the Massachusetts Mutual Life
Insurance Company with headquarters at Davenport, his
territorial jurisdiction being in Western Illinois and Eastern
Iowa.
By his marriage to Martha Schultz he has a son, Richard,
who graduated from Iowa State College at Ames in 1927 and now
is in the insurance business with his father. Richard LeBuhn
married Mable Blom and has a son, Donald. Mr. LeBuhn by his
marriage to Hertha Schlump has two sons, Paul, born in 1927
and Carl, Jr., born in 1929.
Mr. LeBuhn is a former president of the Davenport
Underwriters Association. He is vice president and has been a
member of the board of directors for three years of the
Davenport Chamber of Commerce. He was one of the organizers
and the first president in 1920 of the Kiwanis Club, a club
founded on the broad principles of fellowship and the
observances of the Golden Rule in business and the professions
and devoted to community upbuilding. Mr. LeBuhn is a member of
the Davenport Country Club, the Elks Club, the Turner Society
and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. LeBuhn is a
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VERNON W. LYNCH was born on an Iowa farm
and had the benefit of training in one of the foremost
universities of America, since which time he has practiced law
with a record of successful achievements. He is a member of
the Des Moines bar, with offices in the Iowa National Bank
Building.
He was born at Laurens, Pocahontas County, Iowa, February
22, 1899, son of J. J. and Nora V. (Ryan) Lynch, both of whom
were born at Winterset, Iowa, where their parents were pioneer
settlers. His grandfather was J. J. Lynch, a native of County
Cork, Ireland, who settled in an early day in the vicinity of
Winterset, Iowa, living in a log cabin and acquiring a large
tract of land in Madison County. The maternal grandfather,
John Ryan, was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and was
likewise one of the men who helped develop the country in the
vicinity of Winterset. Mr. Lynch's father is now a resident of
Des Moines, but his mother passed away March 12, 1923. His
father was for thirty-five years engaged in the real estate
business at Laurens, and is now looking after an insurance
business. He is a Republican in politics and is a member of
the Catholic Church. In the family were four children: Dr. J.
J. Lynch, a surgeon in Boston; A. R. Lynch, formerly a well
known ball player; Vernon W.; and Cecelia V., formerly
secretary to Senator Baird.
Vernon W. Lynch was educated in public schools at Laurens,
and followed his advantages there by attending Saint Viator's
Preparatory School at Bourbonnais, Illinois. He then entered
the Catholic University of America at Washington, graduating
from the law school in 1919 and at the same time carried on
literary studies. Mr. Lynch remained at Washington for
sometime after graduating, and in 1921 located at Des Moines
where he opened a law office and has enjoyed a steadily
growing clientage.
Mr. Lynch, who is unmarried, is a member of Saint
Augustine's Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus and B. P.
O. Elks. During the World war he was in training at Camp Lee,
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