DOWNING, WILLIAM H
Manager of Lumber Yard; b Alexis, Ill Apr 13, 1908; s of Timothy Downing-Nellie Robinson; ed Henry Co Ill; East Moline Ill HS 1926; m Vivian Barritt Feb 23, 1935 East Moline Ill ; 1926-29 emp in structural steel work for Western Structural Co, Moline Ill; 1929- 36 architectural draftsman & salesman for Rock Island Lbr Co, Rock Island Ill, 1936- mgr, Davenport; C of C; Lions; Lindsay Park Boat Club of Davenport; AF & AM 680, Colona Ill , past master; Rep; hobby hunting; off 839 East River, Davenport; res 437 Grant, Bettendorf.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1091.