SCHNOOR HARRY BENTON
Manager Dun & Bradstreet; b Davenport, Iowa July 26, 1888; s of Ferdinand Schnoor-Emma W Hohnsbeen; ed Davenport; Browns Business Coll, Davenport 1909; m Bessie H Thode May 12,. 1912, Davenport; d Helen M (Mrs R W Fanth), Margaret R (Mrs D J Kivlin); 1902-07 emp by Glucose Sugar Refining Co, Davenport; 1907-09 machine apr for French & Hecht Inc. Davenport; 1909 while att business Coll emp by Ferd Hook Cigar Mfg Co, Davenport; 1909-10 emp by Wells Milling Co, Wells Minn; 1910- 1 st chief elk R G Dun & Co, Davenport, later reporter & salesman, 1919- mgr Dun & Bradstreet, Davenport; Kiwanis past secy, 1937 pres; C of C, dir; pres Sunshine Club of the Civic Clubs of Davenport; treas Friday Bowling Club; BPOE 298; Unitarian Ch. pres; Rep; hobby flower gardening; off 2 19 Union Bank Bldg; res 2034 W 3rd, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1104.