BECHTEL, GEORGE MARTIN
Farmer & Banker; b Harrison Co, Mo Apr 1, 1868; s of Janos C Bechtel-Matilda Stecher; ed Nevada HS 1885; m Martha Reimers Oct 11, 1893 Davenport; s Harold R, August Ernest (dec); d Esther (Mrs Jacob B Rittenhouse), Margaret (Mrs Allen Lusk), Marion (Mrs Tom J Frank), Elizabeth (Mrs Charles L Coleman); 1891-1932 owner & opr George M Bechtel Co, priv banking co, 1932 merged into Bechtel Trust Co & changed name to First Trust & Savings Bank, Davenport; 1901-16 pres Independent Baking Co, Davenport; 1915-32 pres Iowa Southern Utilities Co, 1932- chmn of bd; owner & opr Wyanet Forms, Scott Co; mbr Bonkers Club, NY; Union League Club, Chicago Ill; Des Moines Club; YMCA; AF & AM 33 °; Presby Ch, trustee; Rep; hobbies: forming, golf; off 302 Brady; res 125 , E Rusholme, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1086.
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