BYERRUM, ROSWELL O
Banker; b Golden City, Mo Apr 11, 1889; s of Herman A Byerrum-Emma W Oertling; ed Olathe Colo HS; Chicago Veterinary Coli, MDC 1911 ; U of Wis, money & banking 1924; Alpha Psi; m Alice Louise Bresette Oct - 1916 Topeka Kas; s John B; d Mary E; 1921-22 mgr insured savings dept Citizens Trust & Savings Bank, Davenport; 1922- 27 cash Bettendorf Savings Bank; 1927-31 VP Edgewater Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago Ill ; 1931-36 VP Union State Bank, Chicago Ill; 1936- exec VP & dir First Trust & Savings Bank, Davenport; dir Ever-Tite Mfg Co; participant of Chicago U Radio Round Table Discussion; during World War enl US army 1917 capt veterinary corps med dept, Fort Ogelthorpe, Chattanooga . Tenn, disch 1919; past pres Scott Co Bankers Assn; past pres Hyde Park Men's Club of Chicago; Davenport Country Club; dir Town Club; mbr Outing Club; Kiwanis, Davenport, post secy Chicago area, past pres Rogers Park Club, Chicago; dir C of C; Davenport History Club; mbr governing bd coun of US C of C; LOOM 28; BSA, trees Buffalo Bill area coun; state trees Ducks Unlimited; pres Quad-City Clearing House Assn; Friends of St Ambrose, trees; hobby golf; off First Trust & Savings; res 46 Hillcrest, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1089.