RALFS, HERMAN C
Farmer & Dairyman; b Bluegrass twp, Scott Co, Iowa June 3, 1881 ; s of Henry Ralfs-Magdalena Brandt; ed Scott Co; m Emma S Knaack Jan 25, 1905 Davenport; s Edward H, Raymond W, Clarence R, Henry E, Harry H, LeRoy A; 1895-1903 farmer with father, Scott Co; 1903-04 worked on forms, Scott Co; 1905-07 former, Muscatine Co; 1907-20 former, Scott Co; 1921- former, Walcott, 1923- specializer in Holstein dairy cattle & hog raising; 1933-34 mbr County Bd Wheat Allotment Com; 1934- chmn Soil Conservation Com; trustee Cleona twp many years; 1933-34 dir Quality Milk Assn; German Luth Ch; Dem; hobby reading; res Route 3, Walcott.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1102.