Irving H. Knudson

Irving H. Knudson

     Irving H. Knudson, who became State Representative from Hamilton County, was born April 27, 1896, in Jewell, Iowa.   He received his education in the Jewell Public School, the Jewell Lutheran College, and the State University of Iowa (now known as the University of Iowa).   In February, 1919, he enlisted as a private in the World War, and was discharged in April, 1919, as sergeant first class.   Upon leaving the service, he took a position with the State Bank of Jewell, and at the same time he became a partner with his father, Gilbert Knudson, in the general and live-stock auction business.

In the fall of 1921, he was married to Miss Leafy Gergum of Westby, Wisconsin.   They have one son, Irving Howard, born October, 1922.   He was a member of the Lutheran Church; was president of the Jewell community club for two terms; was also a member of the Hawkeye Post No. 550 of the American Legion.   Returning from the forty-first general assembly, he moved to Ellsworth, Iowa, where he took a position as vice president of the State Bank of Ellsworth.   During the same year he was elected president of the Hamilton County Bankers Association and elected a director in the State Bank of Jewell of Jewell, Iowa.   He was elected state representative in 1924 and re-elected in 1926.   He was a republican in politics.   Irving Knudson died August 15, 1979.