Background
Elmer, William Price was born on March 2, 1871 in Robertsville, Missouri, United States. Son of William John Horace and Sarah Elizabeth (Wagoner) Elmer.
Elmer, William Price was born on March 2, 1871 in Robertsville, Missouri, United States. Son of William John Horace and Sarah Elizabeth (Wagoner) Elmer.
Student Wingo Law School, 1890-1892.
Practiced Missouri courts, since 1892. Prosecuting attorney Dent County, 1895-1896, 1905-1906, organized First National Bank of Salem, Missouri, 1906, Salem Light and Power Company, 1909. Member 78th Congress, 8th Missouri District Chairman Dent County Republican Committee, since 1906.
Delegate and alternate to Republican National Convs., 1904, 08, 12, 20. Member Missouri General Assembly, 1903, 21, 29, 31. Party floor leader Missouri House of Representatives, 1931.
Originator of Old Age Pension law in Missouri.
Member 19th Judicial Bar Association Missouri (president 1938), Missouri Bar Association, Lawyers Bar Association, St. Louis, Chamber of Commerce. Mason (32°).
Married Amie Adelmann, December 9, 1896. Children: William Doss (deceased), Victorene Dale (Mistress W. C. Whitmire), McVeigh Adelmann, Billie Ruth (Mistress R. W. Dent, deceased), Vivian Katrina (Mistress F. G. Gatlin), Helen Willene (Mistress J. E. Turner), Amelia Imogene (Mistress Myron Hamilton), Lucille (deceased), Dorothy Elizabeth (Mistress Charles Horn).