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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]].
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]].
[[Image:JWW2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|The house was originally numbered 96 Chestnut Street. It is now 632 Chestnut Street. After Sarah Wallis Winall's parents died (1898, 1900), and then her husband in 1901, Sarah and her children, Mary Beatrice Winall and James Wallis Winall, moved back to her family home at 96 Chestnut Street, now 632 Chestnut. By this time, S.S. Winall's children with his first wife, Ella Bird Winall, were married with families of their own. Beatrice Winall died in 1920, and Wallis Winall married Catherine Liebfried in 1936. They had no children. Catherine remained in the home after Wallis's death in 1962; she died in 1996.Photo and research courtesy: Andrea Wallis Aven]]


[[Image:ytc.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Photo courtesy: Andrea Wallis Aven]]
[[Image:ytc.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Photo courtesy: Andrea Wallis Aven]]

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Circa: 1920. Photo courtesy: Andrea Wallis Aven

WINALL, James Wallis. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 1, 1883--Dubuque, IA, Sept, 28, 1962) 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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"J. W. Winall, Banker, Dies," Telegraph Herald, September 30, 1962, p. 1

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