Background
Kauffman, Benjamin Franklin was born in December 1874 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Anna Kauffman.
Kauffman, Benjamin Franklin was born in December 1874 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Anna Kauffman.
Educated Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant. And Amherst.
Engaged in real estate, real estate loan and insurance business, Des Moines, 1896-1917. President Bankers Trust Company since 1917. Director Bankers Trust Company, C.,St.P.,M. & O. Railway Company, Northwestern Bell Telephone Сompany, Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, F. W. Fitch Company, Des Moines.
The Covenant is not a contract in which God and human beings agree to provide particular goods and services for each other. It is not something that people have to do to create a relationship with God. God has already made it possible.
The commitment of individual Christians to work for social and political change should be recognized as a fully legitimate form of Christian discipleship.
Every member of a Christian Church should be delicate to other people and use appropriate language while communicating with others.
Member advisory committee, Iowa Reconstrn. Finance Corporation; member Iowa State Banking Board, 1934-1946. Member Iowa National Guard, 1896-1900, Newcomen Society.
Clubs: University (president 1935-1938), Des Moines.
Married Mell Howell, October 10, 1900. Children: John Howell, Anna Malvina, Ray Frankin.