Background
Johns, Joshua Leroy was born on February 27, 1881 in Town of Eagle, Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Harrison and Cynthia (Logue) Johns.
Johns, Joshua Leroy was born on February 27, 1881 in Town of Eagle, Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Harrison and Cynthia (Logue) Johns.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Chattanooga, 1906. Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1907.
1 son, Newman H.; married second, Marguerite Burdon. 1 son, Richard Rowland. Assistant cashier and director State Bank of Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1902-1905, vice-president and director First National Bank, Richland Center, 1905-1906.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1906, Wisconsin bar, 1910.
Organizer and vice-president and director Farmers and Merchants Bank, Richland Center, 1913-1916. Practiced law in Appleton, since 1920.
President and director Plumber’s Woodwork Company, Algoma, Wisconsin, since 1929. Vice-president Narcor Manufacturing Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1943-1946, president since 1946.
President Northland Lumber corporation since 1944.
Member 76th and 77th Congresses (1939-1943), 8th District of Wisconsin Colonel National Guard of Wisconsin, 1928. President Kiwanis International, 1933-1934.
Member American and Wisconsin bar associations. Mason, Knights of Pythias. Club: Kiwanis of Appleton.
Married Esther M. Newman, September 7, 1910 (died April. Married second, Marguerite Burdon.