RALPH WALDO COCKSHOOT
COCKSHOOT, RALPH WALDO: Attorney; b Wilton Junction, Iowa Aug 1, 1891; s of Andrew Cockshoot-Lucy Davis; ed Wilton Junction HS 1910; U of Iowa, BA & LLB 1916; mbr wrestling team 1912, 1915 & 1916; Sigma Phi Epsilon; m Thera Brown Oct 10, 1928 Morrison Ill; s Ralph Waldo Jr; d Adele Brown; 1916 adm to Iowa bar; 1919- prac law, Atlantic; 1922, 1923-24 & 1927-30 Cass Co atty; 1938 candidate for US congress; during World War in US army, res corps, field arty, 2nd lt, 8th field arty, AEF 7 1/2 months, battery B; 1931 1st commanding ofcr hdqrs Co 1st batt 168th inf ING, Atlantic; Amer Legion, service ofcr since 1920; VFW; mbr Cass Co, 15th Judicial Dist & Iowa St Bar Assns; ARC, secy 1919-39; Lions; C of C; AF&AM; IOOF; Meth Ch, SS supt 10 years; Rep; hobby: athletics; father came to Iowa 1856, maternal grandfather Isiah Davis came to Muscatine Co 1938; off Hinrichs Bldg; res Capadele Apartments, Atlantic.
Key to Abbreviations
From "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 195.
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