Thayer County NeArchives Biographies.....Atwood, Raymond Harold 1880 - 
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Source: Nebraskana
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Raymond Harold Atwood

A leading insurance executive, Raymond Harold Atwood was born and reared at
Chester, Nebraska. He was born on August 26, 1880, the son of Sydney DeLoss and
Alice Julia (Guile) Atwood. His father, born at Lake Mills, Wisconsin, was an
early settler in Nebraska, and was a director of school district No. 54 from
1879-80. A merchant, farmer and educator, be was Chester's first schoolmaster.
His death occurred at Corvallis, Oregon, May 14, 1924. His wife, who was also
born at Lake Mills, on December 10, 1856, is living.

Mr. Atwood attended Chester High School, graduating in 1898, and was graduated
from Doane Academy in 1900. In 1906 he was awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree
from Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau. He
was a letterman at Doane in 1900 and at Nebraska Wesleyan in 1906.

During the year 1907 Mr. Atwood was a merchant in Lincoln, and from 1908-09 was
a salesman for the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company. From 1909 to 1914 he
was a merchant at Chambers, Nebraska, and from 1914-28 engaged in the lumber
business at Chester. He is secretary at the present time of the Missouri Valley
Life Insurance Company of Lincoln, a director of the Citizens Lumber and Supply
Company of Chester, and director of the Missouri Valley Life Insurance Company.

Mr. Atwood is a Master Mason, and belongs to Chester Lodge No. 298, and Council
No. 79. He is a member of the United Commercial Travelers, a member of the
committee of the local Red Cross, and president of the Chester Community Club.
His religious affiliation is with the Chester Methodist Church, and at present
he is corresponding secretary of the Chester Young Men’s Christian Association.
He belongs to the Chester Parent Teacher Association and School District No. 54,
and was president of the latter, 1927-28.

During the 1916-18 Mr. Atwood was a second lieutenant in the Chester Home Guard,
and from 1914-18 was chairman of Minute Men. He is a Republican.

On June 12, 1906, he was united in marriage to Edith Belle Fellers of DeWitt,
their marriage being solemnized at Chester. Mrs. Atwood was born March 5, 1884.
There are three children, Pauline, born August 16, 1907, who is principal in the
public school at Alexandria; Juliet, born March 15, 1910, who is principal in
Thayer, Nebraska; and Raedith, born November 30, 1916. Residence: Chester.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932

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