Background
Danforth, George Jonathan was born on November 21, 1875 in Meeme, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Quincy A. and Gertrude (Silbernagel) Danforth.
Danforth, George Jonathan was born on November 21, 1875 in Meeme, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Quincy A. and Gertrude (Silbernagel) Danforth.
Graduate Oshkosh (Wisconsin) State Normal School, 1900. Bachelor of Laws, University of Wisconsin, 1903.
Admitted to South. Dakota bar, 1903, and since practiced at Sioux Falls. Now member firm Danforth & Danforth. Chairman Board Policyholders National Life insurance Company of Sioux Falls (name changed to National Reserve Life Insurance Company of Sioux Falls and Topera).
President of Home Savings Association of Sioux Falls.
State's attorney Minnehaha County, 1910-1911. Referee in bankruptcy, 1915-1916.
Member State Senate, 1919-1921 (chairman judiciary committee). Member Board of Health, Sioux Falls, 1919-1924.
Commissioner at large South Dakot State Bar, also President Trustee-secretary-treasurer Public Library.
Sioux Falls, 1907-1909.
Member American Bar Association, South. Dakota State Bar Association, Minehaha County Bar Association (ex-president), Sioux Falls Chamber Commerce. Mason.; Clubs: Kiwanis, Knife and Fork.
Married Number.a I. Tollefson, August 21, 1907. Children: George Jonathan, Edward A., Marit G., Elinor.