COPELAND, JAMES HENRY
General Agent Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co; b Davenport, Iowa Oct 28, 1891; s of George E Copeland-Eliza Brown; ed Milwaukee Wis HS 1912; Beloit Coll, BA 1916; Beta Theta Pi; m Fay Pink Sept 27, 1921 Oconomowoc Wis; s James Henry Jr; d Nancy Claire, Virginia, Janet Fay, Constance; 1916-17 agt NW Mutual Life Ins Co, Los Angeles Cal, 1 919-23 Milwaukee Wis, 1923-29 dist agt, Decatur Ill, 1929- 31 asst gen agt, Kansas City, 1931- gen agt, Davenport; during World War 1st It 54th inf O/S July 1917 to Sept 1919, reed commission Fort Sheridan; Amer Legion post 26, comm 1937; Davenport Underwriters Assn, 1936 pres; orgr The Newcomers Club, Decatur 1923, 1st pres, orgr Davenport 1934, 1st pres; ARC bd; C of C; Arsenal Golf Club; Kiwanis; AF & AM 265; Rep; hobby golf; off 301 First National Bank Bldg; res 1912 Grand Ave, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1090.