Background
Hurd, Guilford Lansing was born on July 7, 1877 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of John Benjamin and Maretta (De Forest) Hurd.
Hurd, Guilford Lansing was born on July 7, 1877 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of John Benjamin and Maretta (De Forest) Hurd.
Graduated from the high school, Sheldon, Iowa. Student Notre Dame University. Special student in economics, North Dakota Agricultural College and Oregon Agricultural College.
Founder, 1895, public until 1906, Sioux County Bee, Hospers, Iowa. Founder public 1907-1909, Adams County Record, Hettinger, North Dakota. Public Stanfield (Oregon) Standard, 1910-1915.
Instructor in economics, Oregon State College, 1915-1917.
Business manager and one of owners Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon, 1920-1925. Public Santa Rosa (California) Evening Republican, 1925-1927.
With United States Department of Agriculture during World War, 1917-1919. Secretary Sonoma County Fair Association.
Member California Association Commercial Secretaries (past state president), National. Mason, Elk.; Club: Rotary.
Married Clara Ella Benbow, of Archer, Iowa, November 10, 1897. Children: Mildred Grace (Mistress Eugene J. Keller), Blanche Esther, Ruth Clara (Mistress G. Winston Wade), John Paul.