We don’t know either, but he may be this guy who lived from 1895 – 1918. We have more than one type case with his name and location on it. We have at least one other because I remember an unsuccessful search some years back that included contacting an historical society in Iowa. The label is large, but a bit difficult to discover since it’s on the underside of the type case. I don’t recommend turning your’s over to take a look. I happened to have emptied this of type that I was consolidating into another case.