OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 83 PAUL K. GIBBONS (Democrat), Representative from Knox County; born in Knox County, Mo.; educated in the public schools of Knox County and at Christian Brothers College, St. Louis, where he received his A. B. degree in 1892 and A. M. degree in 1894. After graduation, he taught English and mathematics at the same college and took the post-graduate law course at Washingtion University in St. Louis. He was married to Miss JENNIE MORAN in 1899. Four children were born to them, of whom all now are deceased. He served as Deputy County Clerk of Knox County from 1895 to 1903; as State Bank Examiner, 1913 to 1920; was Attorney and Reviewing Examiner, F. D. I. C., Springfield, Mo., 1934; Mayor of Edina, Mo., two terms; member of Constitutional Convention to repeal the 18th Amendment; has represented the Commissioner of Finance in the liquidation of closed banks in Clark, Lewis, Knox, and Shelby Counties since 1934. He is an attorney and resides at Edina, Mo. A Catholic, he held various state offices in the Knights of Columbus from 1905 to 1928. He owns and operates a farm near Edina where he raises and feeds registered cattle. Elected in 1938 to the House of Representatives, he served on the following committees in the 60th General Assembly: Judiciary; Banks and Banking; Roads and Highways; Elections; Wills and Probate; and Pensions. Norma