Background
JEFFERS, Leonard Marion was born on July 28, 1885 in McLean Company, 111. Son of Elijah Marion and Florence (Smithson) Jeffers.
Bureau of Field Crops chief State Department of Agriculture
JEFFERS, Leonard Marion was born on July 28, 1885 in McLean Company, 111. Son of Elijah Marion and Florence (Smithson) Jeffers.
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Wesleyan University, Bloomington,, Bachelor of Science, 1908. With Department of Agriculture as Assistant, in Grain Standardization, 1908. In Charge of Work, Decatur,, 1908, New Orleans, Louisiana., 1910-1913, Baltimore, Maryland, 1913-1914, Portland, Oregon, 1914-1918.
Chief, Grain and Warehouse Inspection, 1920, Chief, Bureau of Field Crops, California Department of Agriculture, since 1921.
Spouse Zola Green, September 8, 1909, Bloomington, 111.