IAGenWeb - Scott County

    John C. Bills, attorney, has been a member of the Scott County bar since May, 1856. He is a native of Wyoming County, New York, born in 1833. After receiving an academic education he read law in Buffalo, and was admitted to the bar in 1855. The spring following he came west and located in Davenport, Iowa, and has been an active and prominent member of the Scott County bar to the present time. He was twice elected Mayor of Davenport, in 1870 and 1871, on the Republican ticket. He was married in July, 1861, to Clara B. Bliss, a native of Wyoming County, New York. ("History of Scott County," 1882.)