Background
Davis, John Lionberger was born on October 2, 1878 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of John D. and Marion Scott (Lionberger) Davis.
Davis, John Lionberger was born on October 2, 1878 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of John D. and Marion Scott (Lionberger) Davis.
Preparatory education, Smith Academy, Saint Louis and Lawrenceville (New Jersey) School. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1900. Student law department, Harvard.
Bachelor of Laws, Saint Louis Law School, 1903.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1903. Chairman of the Board Security National Bank South.&T. Company, 1921-1947. Alumni trustee Princeton University Managing director for Alien Property Custodian during World War I. Chairman commission on Debt.
Adjustment, The Twentieth Century Fund (1937).
Former chairman Mayor’s Commision on Unemployment. Ex-chairman New Constitution Association of Missouri.
Ex-member Code communications of Missouri. Ex-president Saint Louis Chamber of Commerce.
Former chairman Saint Louis Chapter, American Red Cross.
Clubs: University (president 1922), Princeton, Noonday, Round Table, Saint Louis Country.
Married Julie M. Vietor, November 1, 1906. Children: Marion Lionberger (Mistress B. F. Hobart Cale), Anne Vietor (Mistress J. Douglas Streett II), George Vietor, J. Lionberger, Junior.