OAKES, JOHN C
Manager Elevator Co; b Columbus Junction, Iowa July 6, 1898; s of Hiram Oakes-Anna - ; ed Columbus Junction HS 1915; m Florence Esther Kydd June 23, 1923 Iowa City; s John C; cl Kathleen, Marilyn; 1919-25 with Fowler Electric Co, Cedar Rapids; 1925- mgr Otis Elevator Co Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Sioux Falls S D & Davenport; during World War enl Great Lakes training sch Sept 1915 aboard USS Oklo May 2, 1916 to July 8, 1919 disch 1919; Amer Legion; C of C; Rotary; hobby archery; off 1229 Davenport Bank Bldg; res 312 Forest Rood, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1101.