LeGRAND, NIC
Stamp Issuing Officer; b Binsfeld, Germany Mar 28, 1874; s of Jacob LeGrand-Anno Maria YonBerg; ed rural schs Germany & St Louis Mo; m Mary M Lei field June 21, 1904 St Louis Mo; s Clay; d Marie (Mrs Forest Cotton), Louise (Mrs Harold F Britt), Peggy Ann; 1887-91 errand boy for B Herder Catholic Publishing House. St Louis Mo; 1891-96 shipping elk for Southern Cooperage Co, St Louis Mo; 1896-98 emp in various occupations, Denver Colo, 1899-1902 St Louis Mo; 1902- 18 minor elk St Louis Car Co, St Louis Mo, 1913-18 sales mgr; 1918-21 assoc with Safety Car Devices Co, St Louis Mo; 1921-26 owner & opr Nic LeGrand Inc, Rock Island Ill gen electric rwy supplies; 1926- 32 special agt for Guarantee Life Ins Co, Davenport; 1932-38 elk of dist court; 1939- 40 asst area mgr area 26 comprising 46 cos for 1940 natl census; 1940- food stamp issuing ofcr for Food Stamp Plan, Scott Co Davenport; during Sp-Amer War 1898 enl lst Mo vols, St Louis Mo; Kiwanis, past dist gov; past dept comm USWV, dept of Iowa; hobbies reading, public speaking, meeting people; off 502 W 2nd; res 1919 Eastern Ave, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1099.