Background
Ess, Henry N. was born on December 31, 1891 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Henry N. and Phoebe Jane (Routt) Ess.
Ess, Henry N. was born on December 31, 1891 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Henry N. and Phoebe Jane (Routt) Ess.
Bachelor of Laws, University Missouri, 1912.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1912, since practiced in Kansas City. With Lathrop, Morrow, Fox & Moore, 1912. Member of the firm Watson, Ess, Marshall and Enggas, and predecessors, since 1919, specializing in corporate, tax and probate law.
Director City National Bank & Trust Company, Dierks Lumber & Coal Company, Dierks Forests, Incorporated., Interstate Securities Company, Dierks Paper Company.
Served as captain, United States Army, World War I. Member Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, American, Missouri State, Kansas City bar associations, Lawyers Association Kansas City, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Lawyers (governor committee) (New York City).
Married Mildred East. McBaine, November 9, 1912. Children: Henry North., Elizabeth (Mistress Jerome Scott), Mildred (Mistress Hudson H. Luce).