Background
Oakes, Herbert Walter was born on August 10, 1882 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Son of George Louis and Annie Walter (Haslett) Oakes.
Oakes, Herbert Walter was born on August 10, 1882 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Son of George Louis and Annie Walter (Haslett) Oakes.
Education high school, Saint Paul, 2 years.
Clerk wholesale dry goods, Saint Paul, 1902-1905. Went on road as salesman, 1905. Settled in Denver, 1907.
Dry goods salesman, 1907-1917.
Associated, 1917, with R. A. Isbell and East. M. Kent in establishing the Isbell-Kent-Oakes Dry Goods Company (president). President The Oakes Isbell Company, The Allen Manufacturing Company.
Clubs: Rotary, Lakewood Country.
Married Goldena Ann Bilderbeck, June 14, 1915. Children: Dorothy Louise, Robert Walter, Donald Herbert, Charles Richard (deceased), Peggy Jean, William George.