KAUFMANN, CHARLES BEECHER
Attorney; b Sugar Creek Twp, Cedar Co, Iowa Feb 5, 1890; s of Charles Christian Kaufmann- Paulina Lilly Riessen; ed Wilton VA HS 1906; U of Iowa, hen scholarship, BA 1910; Harvard U, LLB 1913; pres Forensic Coun; pres Philomathean Literary Soc; representative of sr class & class orator; m Zoe Robinson Mar 13, 19 18 Cedar Rapids; d Portio Marguerite; m Marie Elizabeth Pasvogel Dec 3, 1924 Crown Point Ind; d Marie Ada; 1913 adm to Iowa St bar; 1913- prac law, Davenport; author book Iowa Workmen's Compensation Act & has written legal articles on various subjects, also political, religious & fraternal articles; mbr Scott Co, Iowa St & Amer Bar Assns; Tri-City U of Iowa Alumni Assn; Indep Voters of Amer, 1938- pres; Acacia Fellowship Club, Moline Ill , pres 1938; Amer Turners, Moline Ill ; Illinois Coun of Deliberation; LOOM, 28, 37, Davenport; AF & AM 167, Wilton Junction; Zal Grotto, Moline Ill, chief justice 1940; 1938- dir, Scottish Rite Cathedral Assn, Moline Ill ; Scot Rite; Moline Coun Princes of Jerusalem; Moline ch Rose Croix; Kaaba Shrine, Davenport; Moline Lodge of Perfection, 3 times potent master 1939; Meth Ch; Rep; hobbies writing pub speaking; off Security Bldg, Davenport; res 2103 12th, Moline Ill.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1096.