Jackson-Emmet-Jones County IA Archives Obituaries.....Delavan, George E. October 20, 1944 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright wright@prestontel.com February 14, 2010, 3:06 am Jackson Sentinel, Oct. 27, 1944 Jackson Sentinel, October 27, 1944 Iowa’s First Game Warden Dies In California George E. Delavan, Iowa’s first state fish and game warden, died recently at the age of 93, in Los Angeles, California, where he had made his home since 1904. Mr. Delavan was born in Wilson County, New York, in 1851, but came to Iowa and settled in Maquoketa as a boy. He learned the printing trade in Anamosa and published papers in Greene and Estherville. The first state fish and game warden was appointed by an enactment of the extra session of the 26th General Assembly in 1897. Delavan served until April 1, 1901, at a salary of $1200 per year and was succeeded by George A. Lincoln. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/jackson/obits/d/delavan472nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb