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John Dayton Stires

Birth	:	19 Oct 1853 Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Death	:	7 Mar 1930 Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Canoe Hill Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.1703000, -73.4872000
Description	:	Son of John Taylor & Eleanora (Kyrmer) Stires. Married to Helen H. Lamb on 3-10-1880 at Philadelphia, PA. He went to Iowa City, Iowa, and was there graduated on the completion of a law course in the State University with the class of 1882. Following his graduation he went to Red Oak, Iowa, where he opened an office and engaged in practice for two years. He next removed to Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, where he practiced law and organized the Cedar Rapids Bank, a private banking institution, if which he was the president. He continued at that place until 1890, when he disposed... Read More	Son of John Taylor & Eleanora (Kyrmer) Stires. Married to Helen H. Lamb on 3-10-1880 at Philadelphia, PA. He went to Iowa City, Iowa, and was there graduated on the completion of a law course in the State University with the class of 1882. Following his graduation he went to Red Oak, Iowa, where he opened an office and engaged in practice for two years. He next removed to Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, where he practiced law and organized the Cedar Rapids Bank, a private banking institution, if which he was the president. He continued at that place until 1890, when he disposed of his interests and came to Columbus, Nebraska, where he has. since followed his profession --------------------------------- From the web page http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/bios/hpcn0171.htm John Dayton Stires, a Columbus attorney and member of the Platte County Bar Association for forty years, was born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, October 19, 1853, and died in Columbus, Nebraska, March 7, 1930. He was the son of John Taylor and Eleanora Krymer Stires. J. Dayton Stires attended the rural schools in Hunterdon County, Pennington Seminary, near Trenton, New Jersey, and a preparatory school of Princeton University in New Jersey. He then went to Iowa City, Iowa, where he was graduated from the law school of the Iowa State University, in the class of 1882. He practiced law for two years at Red Oak, Iowa, and later moved to Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, where he practiced law for several years. There he organized the Cedar Rapids Bank, a private banking institution, of which he was president. He sold his bank and other interests there in 1890, and moved to Columbus, where he established a law practice. During the first year, he was in partnership with I. L. Albert and later, for several years, with Charles Woosley. After Mr. Woosley's death, Mr. Stires continued his practice alone until March 1, 1926, when he formed a partnership with J. L. Jiranek, under the firm name of Stires and Jiranek. On March 10, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John Dayton Stires was married to Helen H. Lamb, the daughter of Charles Carswell Lamb. Mr. and Mrs. Stires had two sons: Ferdinand Taylor and Harrison LeRoy. Ferdinand Taylor was born in 1882, in Red Oak,, Iowa, and died in Columbus, Nebraska, in 1920. Harrison LeRoy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1885. Ferdinand was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and practiced in Philadelphia. H. LeRoy was graduated from the Columbus High School and attended the University. He was married to Bertha Chapin, the daughter of Charles and Sarah Jane Wood Chapin, of Oconee and Columbus. H. LeRoy and Bertha Chapin Stires have one son, C. Chapin. They live in Baltimore, Maryland, where H. LeRoy Stires is General Claim Agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. For many years, J. Dayton and Helen Lamb Stires owned the Stires Millinery Store in Columbus, and Mrs. Stires managed it. They were members of the Grace Episcopal Church in Columbus. J. Dayton Stires was affiliated with the Republican Party.

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John Dayton Stires's memorial is located at: Canoe Hill Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, USA.
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John Dayton Stires death on 7 Mar 1930 in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.1703000
Longitude: -73.4872000

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Parent

Spouse

Helen H. Lamb Stires

(1861 - 1933)

Siblings

Anna J Stires Shank

(1868 - 1952)

Children

Dr Ferdinand Taylor Stires

(1882 - 1920)

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