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Charles Howdy II PELTON

Male 1916 - 1998  (81 years)


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  • Name Charles Howdy II PELTON 
    Birth 19 Aug 1916  Clinton, Clinton, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Graduation 24 May 1934  [1
    • Lyons High School, Lyons, IA
    Education 1938  [1
    • Iowa State College in Ames
    Degree 1938  [1
    • Chemical ENGineering
    Occupation
    • Clinton Corn Processing Company as a chemical ENGineer in food processing
    Reference Number 8039 
    Retired 1982  [1
    _UID EA49156E7867476FA7157798B5187E38993A 
    Death 17 Apr 1998  Iowa City, Johnson, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 21 Apr 1998  Oakland Cemetery, Clinton, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I8035  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Father Charles Howdy PELTON,   b. 12 Nov 1869, Lyons, Clinton, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1939, Lyons, Clinton, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Sadie Marie MADSEN,   b. 15 Jan 1878, Maustrup, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1943, Clinton, Clinton, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 7 Oct 1907  Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Reference Number:310786
    Alt. Marriage 7 Oct 1907 
    Alt. Marriage 
    Family ID F6991  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosanna HOWARD 
    Children 
     1. John Terrell PELTON
     2. Charles Howdy III PELTON
    Family ID F3111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

  • Notes 
    • [T[1].G. Pelton.FTW]

      He was named chairman of Clinton County Iowans for State Senator Dav id M. Stanley of Muscatine, Republican candidate, announced in "The Clint on Herald", Friday, December 1, 1967.

      Founder of Equity Realty Company and Clinton Title Company, both of Clinto n, Iowa.

      Had his own band, the Chuck Pelton Band, where he played the saxophone a nd clarinet.

      Was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Clinton, the Rotary Club, t he Western Star 100 A.F. & A.M., Scottish Rite bodies, KAABA Shrine and Cl inton Hi-12 Club.

      Was active in the Republican party on the local, state and federal level a nd was appointed by Iowa Governor Robert D. Ray to the Departmant of Envir onmental Quality.

      Upon graduation from college, he worked in the war effort for the governme nt on the Tennessee Valley Authority making phosphorus.

  • Sources 
    1. [S151] T[1].G. Pelton.FTW.
      Date of Import: 24 Nov 2004