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WINALL, James Wallis

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Circa: 1920. Photo courtesy: Andrea Wallis Aven

WINALL, James Wallis. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 1, 1883--Dubuque, IA, Sept, 28, 1962) "Wallis" as he was known to family and friends, was the son of Samuel Smith WINALL and his second wife, Sarah Jane Wallis Winall. He had one full sibling: Mary Beatrice Winall, and two half-sisters: Jennie Vincent Winall and Jessie Bird Winall. Wallis' boyhood home was 60 Chestnut Street, later renumbered-- 64. His material grandparents, James and Ann Bell Wallis, lived next door at 96 Chestnut. later renumbered 632.

After James and Ann Wallis died (in 1898 and 1900 respectively). and then Wallis' father in 1901, he, his mother and sister moved into his grandparents' home at 632 Chestnut.

Wallis married Catherine Liebfried (1910-1966) on September 3, 1936 in Cook County, Illinois. The couple, who had no children, remained in that home for the rest of their lives.

A graduate of BAYLESS BUSINESS COLLEGE, Winall was employed from 1904 to 1932 with the RIDER-WALLIS DRY GOODS COMPANY in Dubuque. He began as an errand boy and rose to the presidency in 1926. Winall, associated with the FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE for over fifty years, served as vice-president, director and chairman of the board.

An active member of civic clubs and organizations, Winall was a member of the Dubuque Dock Commission, treasurer of the school board for twenty-one years, director of the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE and the YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Y.M.C.A.) and chairman of the board of trustees of ST. LUKE'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. At the time of his death, he was a director of the LINWOOD CEMETERY Association and a member of the DUBUQUE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB.

Photo courtesy: Andrea Wallis Aven
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Source:

"J. W. Winall, Banker, Dies," Telegraph Herald, September 30, 1962, p. 1