Byron Defenbach

Background

Defenbach, Byron was born on December 5, 1870 in Rome, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Philip and Bertha (Winckler) Defenbach.

Education

Student Mechanical Engineering College, York, Nebraska, 1887-1889.

Career

Clerk, Indian School, Genoa, Nebraska, 1891. Superintendent Indian School, Fort Belknap, Montana, 1892. In. railway mail service, Spokane, Washington, 1893-1897.

Assistant postmaster, Spokane, Washington, 1897-1903. In commercial lines, Idaho, 1903-1913. Certified public accountant since 1917.

General manager Byron Defenbach & Sons since 1919. Mayor of Sandpoint, Idaho, 1905. Member Idaho State Senate, 1913.

State treasurer, Idaho, 1927-1930.

Membership

Member Idaho State Senate, 1913. Mason (32 degree, Shriner. Grand Master, Idaho, 1910-1911).

• Member of Masons (Grand Master, Idaho, 1910). Knights of Pythias.; Woodmen of the World.

Connections

Married Susie Wise, 1889.; married second, Jane Adam, June 8, 1923. Children: Philip Earnest (deceased), Ralph B., Leroy W.

Father:

Philip Defenbach

Mother:

Bertha (Winckler) Defenbach

Spouse:

Jane Adam

Spouse:

Susie Wise

child:

Ralph B. Defenbach

child:

Philip Earnest Defenbach (deceased)

child:

Leroy W. Defenbach