History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 100

Author: Kingsbury, George Washington, 1837-; Smith, George Martin, 1847-1920
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1262

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Harry Pomeroy acquired his education in the public schools of Hudson, Wisconsin, and St. Paul, Minnesota, laying aside his books at the age of fifteen. He removed to Sioux City, lowa, and after four years to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he opened a small stationery store. From St. Paul he enlisted in May, 1898, in Company C, Thirteenth Minnesota Vol- unteer Infantry, and went to the Philippines as a private, serving until September, 1899, when he was honorably discharged at San Francisco, California. His regiment took an active part in the Spanish-American war, participating in eighteen battles and five skirmishes, from all of which Mr. Pomeroy escaped unhurt. Leaving the army, he returned to St. Paul, Minnesota, and for four years thereafter was a traveling salesman, representing various

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business houses. In 1900 he came to Sioux Falls and bought in company with F. G. Kimball the business controlled by the Sioux Falls Paper Company. This was then in a bad condi- tion owing to the recent death of its owner. Fred G. Kimball is now president of this con- cern, James E. Smeed, vice president, and Harry Pomeroy, secretary, treasurer and general manager. The central northwest is the territory most thoroughly covered by the company and this includes South Dakota and portions of Minnesota and Iowa. The company has the legitimate dealers' trade only, making no effort to enter into the retail business. It deals in every variety of wrapping paper and papers both plain and printed, building papers of all kinds, roofing, grocers' butchers' and druggists' sundries, stationery in great variety. school supplies, cotton gloves, fireworks, paper decorations, Christmas trees, holiday decora- tions, sweeping compounds, woodware and many other kindred products such as are to be found in up-to-date establishments of this kind. Mr. Pomeroy gives practically all of his time and attention to the affairs of the concern and his ability and industry have been prominent factors in its growth.

At Sioux Falls, in June, 1907, Mr. Pomeroy married Miss June Elsie Bear, a daughter of Samuel M. Bear, of this city, and they have become the parents of a daughter, Jean Margaret. Mr. Pomeroy is a member of the Episcopal church and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He is a member of the association known as the Army of the Philippines and belongs to the Country and the Automobile clubs. The success which has come to him is well merited, being the fitting reward of his industry, ability and enterprise.

WILLARD C. HUYCK.

Willard C. Huyck. the popular and capable postmaster of Vermillion, was born in Linn county, Iowa, January 4, 1878, a son of Oren T. and Mary C. (Brazelton) Huyck, natives of Ohio and Iowa respectively. The maternal grandparents were among the early settlers of the Hawkeye state and the father followed farming there until his removal to Emery, South Dakota, in 1884. He then engaged in the grain business and continued to devote his energies to the management of his interests in that connection until his death, which occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 17, 1903. He lived in various eities in the northwest, including Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wahpeton, North Dakota, and Mitchell, South Dakota. The mother is living in Winnipeg, Canada, with her daughter, Mrs. Peck. Our subject is the oldest of four children, the others being: Edgar. a chemist residing in Torrence, California; Ethel I., the wife of Owen K. Peck, assistant to the chief engineer of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad Company, and a resident of Winnipeg, Canada; and Ralph L .. who is engaged in the piano business at Mason City, Iowa.

Willard C. Huyck was reared in Mount Vernon, Iowa, until he was a child of six years, when he accompanied his parents to South Dakota. He attended the public schools of Emery. this state, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Wahpeton, North Dakota, and later was a student in Mitchell University at Mitchell. South Dakota, and in the Northern Illinois Normal School at Dixon, Illinois, where he remained for two years. After leaving that school he returned to Mitchell, South Dakota, and finished his business course in the university there, being graduated in 1895. He then went to Springfield, South Dakota, and was engaged in the grain business for one year, at the end of which time he went again to Mitchell and took a position in the Commercial Savings Bank as assistant cashier. He held that office until 1902, when he removed to Vermillion and accepted the position of teller in the First National Bank. In 1909 he severed his connection with that institution and engaged in business upon his own account but two years later was appointed postmaster of Vermillion and has since served in that capacity. He is proving a very efficient official and his never- failing courtesy is winning him much commendation.

Mr. Huyck was married July 4, 1904. to Miss Rose E. Chaussee, a native of Clay county, South Dakota, and a daughter of Abraham and Rose (Bruyer) Chaussee. early set- tlers of that section. To Mr. and Mrs. Huyek has been born a daughter, Ethel Mary, who is now a year and a half old.

Mr. Huyck is a republican but has never sought nor desired elective office. He was one of five candidates for the position of postmaster and easily won the office. His fraternal

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relations are with the blue lodge, chapter and Shrine in the Masonic order, the Royal Arcanum, the Homesteaders and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He has taken a prominent part in local Masonic affairs and has held a number of offices, being at present recorder in the blue lodge. He is well known in Vermillion and Clay'county and the number of his friends is almost as great as that of bis acquaintances.

HANS E. HOILIEN.

Hans E. Hoilien, a prominent and successful business man of Aberdeen, connected with important commercial interests as manager of the Hoilien-Beckman Hardware Company. was horn in Wisconsin in 1866 and acquired a public-school education in that state. He removed to Aberdeen in 1882 and became connected with business interests there. He was with the Racine-Satley implement house for one year, and from 1893 to 1895 was identified with a hardware concern in Bristol, South Dakota. Following this he sold machinery for A. D. Burns, of Aberdeen, for three years and he was afterward general agent for the Plano Hardware Company for a similar period of time and held the same position later with the Osborn Hardware Company. In 1906 he became manager of the Hoilien Hardware Com- pany, founded in that year by Isabel Hoilien. In 1909 this business was taken over by the Hoilien-Beckman Hardware Company and Mr. Hoilien has since acted as manager of this concern, which has grown to be one of the important business enterprises of Aberdeen. The company controls a large and growing patronage, accorded to it in recognition of its fair and honorable business methods and its reasonable prices.

On the 6th of May, 1903, Mr. Hoilien married Miss Isabel Barry, a native of England, and they have become the parents of two children. Mr. Hoilien is a member of the Lutheran church and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Brotherhood of America and the Sons of Norway. During the period of his residence in Aberdeen he has gained a place among the substantial merchants and useful citizens of the community, commanding the respect and confidence of all with whom he has social or business relations.

J. L. WALDNER. M. D.

Dr. J. L. Waldner, a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and now an active practitioner in Parkston, was born in Freeman, South Dakota, September 15, 1880, a son of Michael and Mary (Wiff) Waldner, who in the year 1874 came to Dakota territory, settling near Freeman. The state was then one of the frontier districts of the country and the work of progress and development seemed scarcely begun within its borders. The father homesteaded and preempted a tree claim in Hutchinson county and at once began to develop and improve his place, there carrying on farming continuonsly for thirty-eight years, or until 1912, when be retired from active business. He was a participant in the work which led to the development and upbuilding of that section of the state and became widely known as a valued, influential and representative citizen. His wife has now passed away. In their family were two sons and four daughters.

Dr. Waldner pursued his early education in the district schools, supplemented by study in the high school at Freeman, in the Sioux Falls University and in the Fremont Normal school of Fremont, Nebraska. His broad literary education served as an excellent founda- tion upon which to build the superstructure of his professional knowledge. He determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work and with that end in view entered the medical school of the Northwestern University at Chicago, spending two years as a student there. He then entered Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia for further study and for two years was a student in that institution. from which he was graduated with the class of 1906. He then returned to his native state and for a brief period practiced at Freeman but in 1907 removed to Parkston, where he has since been located. There he has practiced continuously to the present time covering a period of more than seven years. He does all of the work

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which he finds it possible to do outside of the hospital and in his treatment specializes in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He has read hroadly and studied deeply along those lines and his efforts have been crowned with a substantial measure of success which indicates how skilled he is in his particular branch of medical and surgical practice. He belongs to the Mitchell District Medical Society, the Sioux Valley Medical Association and to the American Medical Association. He is vice president of the county board of health and for two years filled the office of coroner, to which position he was elected in 1909.

Dr. Waldner is a Protestant in his religious belief. Fraternally he is connected with the Elks and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. He finds interest and recreation in hunting and motoring. A progressive and popular young man, he enjoys the esteem and respect of the community and in matters of citizenship it is well known that his influence is on the side of progress and advancement.

NELSON WILCOX.

Nelson Wilcox is identified with farming and manufacturing interests at Sisseton, and his life record constitutes a feature in the business development of his district. He was born in Jackson county, Iowa, on the 9th of March, 1857, and is a son of Abner T. and Lydia Almira (Chandler) Wilcox. The paternal grandfather, Ebenezer Wilcox, was a native of New York but removed to Canada and thence to Iowa, where he died at the age of sixty- six years. The father was born in New York city in 1820 and the mother in Elmira, Canada, in 1822. He was a youth of seventeen years when he went to Iowa after having lived for a period in Canada, from which place he journeyed to Iowa on foot, his father having previously taken a homestead in that state. Abner T. Wilcox also secured a homestead claim and developed and improved the farm, which he converted into a valuable property. It was in Towa that he wedded Lydia A. Chandler, and they became the parents of thirteen children, of whom six are yet living: Joseph, who has devoted his life to school teaching and is now in Baldwin, Iowa; Noble, an extensive farmer and stock-raiser living in Maquo- keta, Iowa. from which place he sent a trainload of fine cattle to Chicago at the time of the World's Columbian Exposition; Nelson. of this review; Delos B., who resides upon a farm near Baldwin, Iowa; Edwin, who owns and operates a large farm near Wyoming, Iowa; and William, who is also following farming near Wyoming. The father of these children passed away in 1904 and the mother's death occurred in 1906. They were active and acceptable members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Wileox was also a stalwart supporter of the republican party.

Nelson Wilcox was educated in the schools of Iowa, pursuing his studies at Baldwin, Millroek and Maquoketa. He afterward took up the profession of teaching, which he sue- cessfully followed for ten years. Later he turned his attention to farming and afterward engaged in freighting in Nebraska. Wyoming and Montana, devoting three years to that business. He then became connected wtil the water works at Chadron, Nebraska, and was also snecessful in that undertaking. In 1891 he removed to Watertown, South Dakota, and the following year established his home in Roberts county. securing a homestead claim. He paid a man fifty dollars to get in line at the opening of the reservation and secure for him his land. He obtained one bundred and sixty acres near the limits and he now has one of the best improved farms of the county. on which he erected a beautiful residence in 1910, just on the outskirts of Sisseton. Upon this place he has a very large spring and supplies Sisseton with all of its water. In March, 1915, he also established a large bottling works and in addition to his other interests he manufactures lemon soda and ginger ale and other soft drinks. His attention is now devoted to his farming and manufacturing interests and both lines are bringing to him a gratifying measure of prosperity because of his careful management, his keen business sagacity and his unfaltering enterprise. In all business affairs he readily discriminates between the essential and the nonessential and while discard- ing the latter utilizes the former to the best possible advantage.

In 1879 Mr. Wileox was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. Miller, who was born in Airdrie. Scotland, and was brought to the United States by her parents when a little maiden of seven summers. her father becoming editor of a paper at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where

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his last days were spent. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox are three children: Noble E., who is in business in Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada; Bert A., who conducts a barber shop at Grand Forks, North Dakota; and Bessie C. I., who attended the high school at Crooks- ton. Minnesota. and All Saints school in Sioux Falls.

Mrs. Wilcox, her daughter and one son are members of the Episcopal church, while Mr. Wilcox and one son hold membership in the Methodist church. Fraternally he is connected with the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Ilis political indorsement is given the republican party and his fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth and ability, have called him to several local offices, so that he has served as assessor, as a member of the board of trustees of his county and a justice of the peace. in all of which positions he has discharged his duties with promptness and fidelity, his record reflecting credit upon himself and bringing satisfaction to his constituents.

HARRY E. WILLIAMS.

During the entire period of his active life Harry E. Williams has been in some way connected with the grocery business and this wide experience has been an important factor in the gratifying success which he has gained in the conduct of a wholesale grocery in Aberdeen. He was born in Wales and acquired his education in a private school in that country. When he began his independent career he engaged in the wholesale grocery business at Llanelly, Wales, continuing thus until 1898, when he came to America. Here he resumed his education, studying for three years at Valparaiso, Indiana, and graduating from the commercial and musical departments of Valparaiso University. Following this he went to Chicago, Illinois, where he became manager of a wholesale and retail grocery store. Resigning this position in 1906, he removed to Mitehell, South Dakota, where he worked in a grocery store for seven years. He located in Aberdeen in July, 1913, and there established the wholesale grocery which he has since conducted. He has already won an enviable reputation as a business man of insight, integrity and ability and his patronage has grown rapidly.

Mr. Williams is connected with the Masonic lodge and gives his political allegiance to the democartic party. He has gained a place among the substantial merchants and valued citizens of Aberdeen, commanding the respeet and confidence of all with whom he has social or business relations.

THOMAS DAYLOR.

Thomas Daylor is a factor in the financial world of Grant county as he is cashier of the First State Bank of Revillo, in which capacity he has proved very efficient. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on the 6th of February, 1875, and his parents were Thomas and Anna (Zannoch) Daylor. Thomas Daylor was a son of F. A. Daylor, who spent his early days in Canada and at length removed to Dubuque, Iowa, whence he removed to Hudson, Wis- consin, where he lived until his demise. He was a teacher by profession. During the Civil war he served with the Union army for four years and made a record of which he had every reason to be proud. The family came originally from Ireland.

Thomas Daylor was born in Ottawa, Canada, May 24, 1849, but in 1852 was taken by his parents to Dubuque, where he grew to manhood. There he was married to Miss Zannoch, who was born in that city in 1850. During the Civil war he served as a member of Com- pany A, Twenty-second Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, remaining at the front until the restoration of peace. On returning home he entered the employ of Jolm Bell & Company and traveled for them for a considerable period of time. In 1878 he removed to Britt, Iowa, and opened the first store in that town. He was in business there for a quarter of a century and not only contributed largely to the commercial expansion of Britt but also gained financial independence, as he possessed excellent business judgment and managed his affairs wisely.

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In 1901 he and his son, Thomas Daylor, Jr., organized the Security Bank of Revillo, South Dakota, which in 1905 was incorporated as the First State Bank. Thomas Daylor, Sr., became the president of the institution and so continued until his demise in 1909. He was a loyal member of the Grand Army of the Republic and fraternally was a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political belief was that of the republican party and hoth he and his wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. He began his independent career without capital but became a man of considerable wealth. His wife passed away in 1881. To them were born three children, two of whom survive, namely: Thomas and F. A.

Thomas Daylor of this review was educated in the public schools of Britt, lowa, and in the Shattuck Military Academy at Faribault, Minnesota, from which he was graduated in 1897. On leaving school he engaged in the real-estate business and continued in that line until 1901, when he removed to Revillo and assisted his father in organizing what is now the First State Bank, of which he is cashier. The institution is capitalized for ten thousand dollars, has a surplus and undivided profits of six thousand five hundred and fifty dollars and its average deposits are one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Its affairs are capably managed and it not only promotes the legitimate business growth of its community but at the same time pays a good dividend to its stockholders and protects the interests of its depositors. Much of the credit for the excellent condition of the bank is due to Mr. Daylor, who has a detailed knowledge of banking procedure and is guided by sonnd judgment in deciding the questions of policy that arise in the management of the institution. He owns valnahle farm lands in Minnesota and North Dakota but gives practically his undivided time and attention to his duties as cashier.

Mr. Daylor was married on the 10th of June, 1903, to Miss Pearl I. Field, who was born in Carson, lowa, and is a daughter of L. S. Field, of Vermont. To Mr. and Mrs. Daylor have been born three children: Richard F. and Evelyn S., who are in school; and Dorothy.

Mr. Daylor is a republican and for a considerable period has served as town treasurer. He is identified with the Masonic blue lodge, the Royal Arch chapter, the Knights Templar commandery and the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Since taking up his residence in Revillo he has made many warm friends and his ability and integrity have gained him the sincere respeet of his fellow citizens.

WILLIAM D. DRISKILL.

William D. Driskill, of Spearfish, who throughout practically all of his active life has been engaged in the cattle business, is a native of southwestern Missouri, his birth having occurred near Keithsville. December 25, 1855. His parents were John J. and Minerva (Peevey) Driskill, the former born in the vicinity of Sparta, Tennessee, in 1831, and the latter in Keithsville, Missouri, in 1830. John J. Driskill was throughout his life a farmer and stockman and emigrated with his family from Missouri to San Marcos, Texas, and still later to Brown county, that state, where he passed away November 3, 1896.

William D. Driskill is the fifth in the order of birth in a family of nine children and as a boy attended school in Hays county. Texas. At the age of twenty years he became a cowboy upon the trail leading from Texas to Kansas and was so employed for six or seven years. He engaged in the cattle business in southwestern Kansas, upon the free range, from 1876 to 1882 and in the spring of 1883 came to South Dakota. He drove a herd of eattle from Kansas to this state and established himself as a rancher in the vicinity of Spearfish. He continued to raise cattle there until 1913 and he is now contemplating going back to Texas, where he expects to again engage in ranching. During his life he has handled hundreds of thousands of cattle and understands all phases of the business, having been connected therewith since his twenty-first year.

Mr. Driskill was married on the 20th of December, 1880, to Miss Winona Creigh, who was born in Guadalupe county, Texas, a daughter of Charles L. and Ellen (Moore) Creigh, both natives of Virginia. The father, who was a surveyor in early life emigrated from Virginia to Texas, where he engaged in farming, owning and operating a large plantation in the southwestern part of the state. He died there in 1862 and his widow passed away

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there in 1869. They were the parents of four children, of whom Mrs. Driskill is the third in order of birth. She has become the mother of two children. Tillman E., who was born March 8, 1882, married Miss Ella King, of Omaha, Nebraska, and is engaged in the livestock commission business in that city. He has two children, Dallas and Leigh. Edith L., who was born February 5, 1892, became the wife of Harry Schloredt, who is engaged in the mer- cantile business in Sundance, Wyoming.

Mr. Driskill is a staunch supporter of the democratic party but has never desired to hold oflice. Fraternally he has belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for more than thirty years, as he became a member in Spearfish in 1884. He has resided in Spearfish for many years and that his life record is an honorable one is attested by the fact that those among whom he has lived for so long a time hold him in high esteem.

WILSON C. HICKS.

Wilson C. Hicks is the efficient cashier of the First State Bank of Java, with which he has been connected since the 1st day of May, 1904. His efforts have been a contributing element in its growing success and the patrons of the bank always find him obliging, courteous and helpful. Mr. Hicks is of Canadian birth. " He was born September 26, 1864, at Milford, Prince Edward county, Ontario, Canada, a son of George and Margaret (Smiley) Hicks. The father, who was born September 29, 1831, in the same county and was there reared and educated, during most of his life engaged in shipping on the lakes and became captain of various vessels. His father, Joseph Hieks, was also born in Canada. but the ancestors came originally from Wales, crossing the Atlantic to the new world about 1620. They were pioneer residents of Rhode Island and in 1776 the family went to Ontario. The mother of Wilson C. Hicks was born in Ireland and when about eight years of age came to Canada with her parents, the family home being established in Prince Edward county, Ontario .. There she was married and became the mother of two children, the younger being Eliphalet G. Hicks, who is engaged in the real-estate business and in the operation of cement works at San Antonio, Texas. He wedded Miss Mabel Pease, and they have one child, Orton.

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History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 100

Author: Kingsbury, George Washington, 1837-; Smith, George Martin, 1847-1920 Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : S.J. Clarke Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1262

Author: Kingsbury, George Washington, 1837-; Smith, George Martin, 1847-1920
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1262