DOWNER, HARRY
Retired; b Carlinville, Ill Feb 1, 1858; s of Rev John Camden Downer-Julia Ann Linsley; ed De Soto Mo; Grinnell Acad & Coll, LLD 1931; m Alice Rinaldo May 5, 1900 Rock Island Ill; s Dick (dec); d Anne (Mrs Anne Severin); 1883 city editor Morning Gazette, Davenport; 1884-85 mgr tele exchanges, Galesburg, Marion, Cedar Rapids & Monmouth; 1885-87 bkkpr Nicholas Kuhnen Cigar Factory, Davenport; 1888-89 co supt of schs, Scott Co; 1889-95 prin Washington sch; 1895-98 traveling with opera co; 1898-99 emp by US army as property elk on Arsenal Island; 1899-1911 prin Washington sch, Davenport; 1911-38 head resident Davenport Friendly House; 1938- ret, Davenport; past mbr bd of edn,Davenport 8 years; trustee of lib 30 years; 15 years mbr Davenport T K Quartette; 16 years instr citizenship classes, Davenport; publisher of Friendly Chats with Possible Americans, History of Scott Co 1910, & Vera's Visit to Davenport; Natl Hist Soc; secy Contemporary Club 20 years; C of C; hon mbr Rotary & Exchange Clubs; .Presby Ch; Dem; hobbies writing, music; off & res 1120 Miss Ave, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1091.