Biography

Blanche Sokol Shuttleworth (1869-1957) was the daughter of Frank J. (1841-1921) and Anna Polveka Bezdichek Sokol (1851-1910). F.J. Sokol spent most of his life in Jones County, Iowa. He was a member of the County Board of Supervisors and served in the State Legislature for two terms, the 28th and 29th General Assemblies. Besides Blanche, there were three other children in the family: Emma Shimerda of Oxford Junction, Dr. J.M. Sokol of Spencer, and George F. Sokol of Sibley. There are letters from all of these individuals in the collection.   Blanche Sokol married W.D. Shuttleworth in 1896. Shuttleworth (1869-1941) was born at Fennimore, Grant County, Wisconsin. In 1890 he moved to Osceola County, Iowa, and later became the president of Shell Lumber Company and the vice-president of the Sibley Cement Company. Mr. and Mrs. Shuttleworth were the parents of two sons, Frank Kayley Shuttleworth (1899-1958) and Vivian Craven Shuttleworth (1900-1965). There are many letters and photographs of these two sons in the papers.   George F. Sokol (1880-1947) was married to Agnes Nisbet Sokol (daughter of James Nisbet and sister of Elizabeth Hawley), their son was Howard Nisbet Sokol. Father and son were also involved in the lumber and cement businesses in Sibley, Iowa.

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