WELLS, J NEFF
Manager Water Co; b Bushnell. Ill Jan 12,. 1879; s of Henry S Wells-Frances Neff; ed Quincy Ill: m Catherine Wall July 9, 1902 Quincy Ill; s Dr Richard D, J Neff Jr; 1897-98 construction & bridge work for CB & Q RR; 1899- 1903 in waterworks business, Quincy Ill; 1903-34 mgr Fredonia Kas Waterworks, also mgr various plants, Kas, Mo, Iowa, Ind & Penn for Harris Trust Savings Bank & Amer Waterworks Co; 1934- mgr Davenport Waterworks; pres Scott Co Enterprises Inc, managed Natl Cornhusking contest, Davenport 1940; during Sp-Amer War mbr Naval militia, Quincy Ill 5 years, 1898 on USS Newark in Cuban waters, disch Nov 1898; Town Club; Advertisers Club; dir C of C; Rotary; dir Outing Club; dir YMCA; dir SA; AF & AM 335; Scot Rite; Kaaba Shrine; hobbies: golf, bowling; res 2509 Scott, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1107.