Background
MERCER, Joseph Hooker was born on September 7, 1864 in Williamsburg, Ohio, United States. Son of Newlin and Mary Alma (Jones) Mercer.
MERCER, Joseph Hooker was born on September 7, 1864 in Williamsburg, Ohio, United States. Son of Newlin and Mary Alma (Jones) Mercer.
Common Schools; Ohio Wesleyan College.j Fraziers Business. College, Wheeling, W. Virginia.
Served on Company S. Board, 1900-1908. Chairman, Company Republican Central Committee, 1900-1908. Elected to State Legislature, 1906-1908-1910.
Appointed State Livestock Commissioner, since 1909, Secretary, Kansas. Livestock Association, since 1909. President, National. Livestock & Meat Board, 1927-1929.
Presbyterian Church.
Member; 32° Mason; Shriner. Elks; Modern Woodmen of America. Club: Shawnee Country.
Spouse Ula Luma Scribner, July 31, 1890, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.