ALEXANDER, ROBERT
Investment Banker; b Spragueville, Iowa Apr 2, 1883; s of Alpheus Alexander-Annie Austin; ed Preston; m Joanna Lamp Oct 21, 1916 Davenport; s Robert Austin; 1902-04 emp by CM & StP RR, bridge construction; 1904-05 business training, Davenport; 1905-19 emp by J P Van Patton Whol Groc; 1909-14 trees Moline Press Steel Co; 1914-15 credit mgr, John Deere Plow Co; 1915-18 emp by George M Bechtel Co; 1918-19 salesman Davenport territory, Natl City Bank of New York; 1919- VP White Phillips Co; C of C; Davenport Country Club; AF & AM 208; hobby: golf; off 510 First National Bank Bldg; res 2421 Ripley, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1085.