OAKES, MAJOR JAMES L
Attorney; b Clinton, Iowa Nov 10, 1886; s of Nicholas J Oakes-Ellen M McMahon; ed Clinton HS; U of Iowa, BA 1909, LLB 1911; Order of Coif; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; m Margaret Durnin Dec 6, 1919 New York City N Y; s Robert Vail; d Marian; adm to Iowa bar 1910; 1911-16 prac law with firm Oakes & Oakes, Clinton; 1919- atty for Fed Bake Shops Inc, Davenport, 1920 visited England & France for co; Feb 2, 1914 made 1st It Iowa field arty, Oct 5, 1915 capt, July 26, 1917 major 126th field arty; 1916 during Mexican Border trouble capt Iowa field arty, Brownsville Tex; during World War 1917 recruiting; hdqrs co Iowa field arty, later batt comm 126th field arty, Fort Logan H Roots Ark, July 1917 attached sch of fire, Fort Sill Oklo Oct 1917 promoted to brigade adjt 59th field arty brigade, Camp Cody N M, 1918 brigade adjt, Fort Sill Oklo, 19 r 8 Camp Upton N Y, O/S France attached 7th div, batt comm 79th field arty, later attached to army of occupation in France, returned to US, July 1919; Amer Legion, past comm; Scott Co Bar Assn; Iowa St Hist Soc; Seven-Twenty Club; hobbies reading, fishing; off 817 Davenport Bank Bldg; res 2501 Fulton Ave, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1101.