History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 126

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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In the schools of Battle Creek, Michigan, Jay H. Russell pursued his early education and afterward continued his studies at Ann Arbor, that state. He entered the workaday world as an employe in a candy factory, where he remained for a brief period, after which he began to handle live stock, continuing in that business in Minneapolis for some time. For four years he was a railroad conductor running out of Minneapolis and he ran the first electric street car in that city. For a number of years he sold horses for the street car com- pany and disposed of most of their horses after the system was changed to an electric line. In 1899 he arrived in Marshall county, where he opened a meat market and also dealt in live stock. For three years he conducted the meat market, after which he sold out and con- centrated his efforts upon the business of buying cattle. He now owns two hundred and thirty acres of well improved farm land and has upon it a large number of cows, horses and other stock.

On the 5th of August, 1903, Mr. Russell was united in marriage to Miss Alma M. Applin, a native of Grundy county, Illinois, and a daughter of Bates Applin.

Mr. Russell has voted with the republican party since age conferred upon him the right

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of franchise and upon that ticket he was elected to the office of county sheriff in 1912. He discharged his duties without fear or favor, making a creditable record, and his fellow towns- men, appreciative of his ability and loyalty, reelected him in 1914. A member of the Masonic fraternity, he has taken the degrees of the lodge and chapter, of the Scottish Rite consistory at Aberdeen and of the Mystic Shrine at that place. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. An analyzation of the life work of Mr. Russell indicates what may be accomplished when ambition points out the way. He has displayed unfaltering energy at every point in his career, making good use of his time and opportunities and guiding his business dealings according to a high standard of business principles.

JOHN HEADRICK.

John Headrick, a prosperous farmer, stockman and landowner of Moody county, was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, January 4, 1852, a son of Peter and Mary (Park) Headrick. The father went with his family to Ontario, Canada, in 1856 and was there engaged for a time at his trade of shoemaking, while later he became a prosperous farmer of that province, where his death occurred in 1883, when he had reached the age of sixty-three years. For some time he had survived his wife, who died in 1876, at the age of forty-eight years. In their family were seven children, of whom John Headrick was the fourth in order of birth.

In the public schools of Ontario, John Headrick pursued the common branches of learn- ing and his early educational opportunities have been supplemented in later life by extensive reading of the standard authors, making him a well informed man. He began his business career as a farmer on his own account when twenty-two years of age and was identified with agricultural pursuits in Ontario until 1883, when he arrived in Dakota territory, set- tling on a homestead to which he added later by purchase. In fact he increased his holdings from time to time until he is now owner of eight hundred acres of valuable land, devoted to general farming and to the breeding and raising of. registered shorthorn cattle, Clyde and Norman horses and Duroc hogs. His farm presents a most neat and attractive appearance, and the business is carried on along progressive and scientific lines. He is likewise a stock- holder and director in the Farmers Elevator Company and the Egan Creamery Company at Egan, South Dakota.

On the 3d of November, 1891, Mr. Headriek was united in marriage to Miss Elnora Cameron, a native of Olmsted county, Minnesota, and a daughter of George W. and Julia (Moore) Cameron, who went as pioneers from New York to the Gopher state. To Mr. and Mrs. Headrick have been born the following children: John H., who wedded Miss Lillian Thompson, by whom he has a son, Donald; William Ray; George Harold; Clarence Oswald; Evelyn Fern; and Raymond Lyle.

Mr. Headrick is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Modern Woodmen camp. In politics he is a democrat, voting for the men and measures of the party where national issues are involved 'but casting an independent local ballot. He served for a number of years on the town board and has also done efficient service for the interests of education as a member of the school board. He stands at all times for progressive methods in school work and is a stalwart advocate of the good roads movement. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church. Viewed from modern stand- points, his life is a successful one. due to his judgment in purchasing land with his surplus earnings and his employment of advanced farm methods.

J. W. CAMPBELL.

Financial interests of Huron find a progressive and experienced representative in J. W. Campbell, who aided in the organization of the First National Bank of Huron in 1882 and sinee that time has served as its president. He is also well known in his part of the state by reason of his work in other fields, notably that of agricultural development, and his

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activities have been prominent factors in progress along many lines. He was born in Spring- field, Illinois, December 29, 1851, and is a son of Thomas H. and Catherine E. (MeDongall) Campbell. Mr. Campbell acquired his early education in the public schools of Springfield and later took a course in the University of Illinois. In 1882 he came to Huron and in association with others organized the First National Bank of Huron, the fourth national bank established in South Dakota. The charter was issued in November, 1882. Mr. Campbell was made president and this office he has since held. The first board of directors contained also the names of John H. Miller and W. N. Coler of New York city. Its present officers are as follows: J. W. Campbell, president; J. McD. Campbell, vice president; Edward J. Miller, cashier ; and T. H. Campbell, assistant cashier. The bank is a United States depository and, starting with a capital of fifty thousand dollars, has greatly increased this since that time. It is one of the solid and conservative financial institutions in its part of the country and credit for this is due in large measure to its president, Mr. Campbell, who has directed its destinies along modern and practical lines.

On the 14th of October, 1875, Mr. Campbell was united in marriage to Miss Alice Coler, and they have become the parents of four children: J. MeDongall, who is in the real-estate business in Huron; Coler, connected with the electric light business of Huron; Thomas H., who holds a position in the First National Bank; and J. W., Jr., manager of the Pipestone Electric Company of Minnesota.

Mr. Campbell is a member of the Masonic lodge, chapter and commandery and is affiliated also with the Order of Elks. He served for many years as president of the State Board of Agriculture and also as president of the State Fair Association and did excellent work for South Dakota in those capacities. He is interested in the development of scientific agri- culture and is regarded as an expert in this line, the value of his theories being demonstrated in a practical manner in the conduct of his own extensive farming interests. Mr. Campbell is an officer in the Episcopal diocese in which he lives and is a trustee of All Saints school in Sioux Falls. He is a man of exemplary character, business insight and public spirit and his work has been an important factor in development along many lines.

ALFRED G. ALLEN, M. D.

Dr. Alfred G. Allen is engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Deadwood but specializes along the latter line and is very proficient therein. He was born in Ontario, Canada, April 10, 1866, a son of William B. and Mary (Conley) Allen. The father was born in Montreal, March 27, 1829, and the mother's birth occurred in Kingston, December 23, 1835. In early life William B. Allen engaged in the boot and shoe business and later turned his attention to activity in the real-estate field, winning substantial success through his judicious investments. He died in Kingston, August 22, 1909, and is still survived by his wife, who makes her home in Kingston. Mr. Allen was a member of the Canadian Militia at the time of the Fenian raid. Dr. Allen was born at the time when the soldiers were quartered in his father's house, his father acting as one of the military escort when Von Schultz, the leader of the raiders, was hanged at Kingston. For twenty-five years he was a member of the board of education and for many years served as its chairman. He was greatly interested in educational matters and did every- thing in his power to further the interests of the schools.

Dr. Allen was the fifth in order of birth in a family of ten children. He attended the public schools of Kingston and the Collegiate Institute and in 1883 he entered Queen's University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1887, having therein pursued a course in medicine. He has since taken post-graduate work in Philadelphia and in Chicago and in the early part of his professional career he put his theoretical knowledge to practical test by serving as interne in the Kingston General Hospital, thereby gaining that broad experience and knowledge which only hospital experience can bring. He was twenty-one years of age at the time of his graduation from Queen's University and soon afterward he entered upon active practice at Deseronto, Ontario, Canada. After a brief period, however, he removed to Gananoque, where he formed a partnership with Dr. Thomas H. Dumble, with whom he remained for three years. He next went to Deadwood, South

DR. ALFRED G. ALLEN

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Dakota, in 1892 and opened an office and has since continued in the practice of medicine and surgery at that place. His financial resources were very limited at the time of his arrival there but his ability along professional lines soon gained him wide recognition and bis patronage steadily increased year by year. He is now one of the foremost physicians of his part of the state and he is also interested in some local mining prospects. He is surgeon for the Golden Reward Mining Company and also for the Consolidated Power & Light Company and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He withdrew from a large practice in obstetrics and has for a number of years specialized largely in surgery. He has kept in touch with modern scientific methods and is today accounted one of the ablest physicians and surgeons of his part of the state.

On the 24th of October, 1892, Dr. Allen was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude M. Taylor, of Gananoque, Ontario, a daughter of Wesley and Sarah (Abbott) Taylor, who were natives of the same province. The father was president and manager of the Canada Carriage Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in eastern Ontario. He died there in 1899, while his wife passed away in 1876. He was a very active business man but never aspired to public office. His brother was for many years a member of the house of commons and was a recognized leader of the conservative party, afterward being appointed senator for life. Mrs. Allen was born in 1871 and by her marriage became the mother of two children, but the elder, born in 1893, died in infancy. The surviving one, Herbert Stanley, born October 9, 1895, is now attending high school.

In politics Dr. Allen has always been a stalwart republican since becoming a naturalized American citizen. He served on the school board of Deadwood for a number of years, was county coroner, and was appointed by Governor Elrod a member of the state board of medical examiners. He has long been a most active and influential worker in his party and was chairman of the republican central committee in 1903 and 1904. Fraternally he is a prominent Mason and has attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He is now first suh-preceptor of the Council of Kadosh, No. 3, at Deadwood. He likewise holds membership with the Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen and he is well known in connection with different medical societies. He served as president of the Black Hills Medical Society in 1908, belongs to the South Dakota Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Association of Railway Surgeons. He has interested himself largely in the npbuilding of St. Joseph's Hospital at Deadwood, where he performs most of his operations, which are increasing all the time. Efficiency has always been the keynote of his practice and he has ever striven to reach the high ideals of the profession, his constantly increasing ability gaining for him exalted rank as a member of the profession in his part of the state.

W. H. HARRISON.

WV. H. Harrison, who died May 25, 1915, was a resident farmer of Yankton precinct, Yankton county, living on section 10, and the varied phases of his life make his history a most interesting one. He first came to Dakota territory in the spring of 1885 and after spending the summer at Elk Point removed to Yankton connty in the fall of that year and remained there throughout life.

Mr. Harrison was born in Newark, Licking county, Ohio, and removed west of the Mississippi abont the time of the close of the Civil war. He enlisted in Nemaha county, Nebraska, as a volunteer for defense against the Indians and was on duty through the Platte valley as far west as Fort Laramie. He was stationed for the longest time at Fort Kearney and also spent considerable time at Cottonwood Springs. The principal duty of the troops was to act as escort for the stages of western immigrants. During those days Mr. Harrison saw antelopes in large droves of a hundred or more and in one herd he saw ten thousand buffalos. In 1867 he was employed as a teamster in a train of freight wagons between North Platte and Salt Lake City. On one of those trips nine Indians stampeded one hundred and fifteen mules belonging to a Mormon, who had invested all he had in them in order to conduct a freighting business. When the mules were stolen he went to Vol. V-46

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Julesburg, Colorado, where he mortgaged the freight for enough wild Texas steers to get the load to Salt Lake. He broke the steers in a short time but many of them died.

Returning from the west about 1868, Mr. Harrison took up his abode in Pottawattamie county, lowa. Before removing to Dakota, he looked for a location in Nebraska and trav- eled as far west as Antelope county, where he remained from the fall of 1884 until the spring of 1885 in the sand-hill country, hut he was ill all of that time and turned back to seek the benefits of a better climate. It was upon the return trip that he and his family experi- enced the necessity of burning twisted bay, sunflower stalks, weeds, etc., for fuel. Mr. Har- rison worked for a short time at Jackson, Nebraska, but at length crossed the river to Elk Point, Dakota, in the spring of 1885, rented land and raised a crop of corn. In the fall of the same year, however, be made his way direct to Yankton county and purchased one hun- dred and sixty acres known as the Clough place. Six years later he sold that property and purchased a farm of two hundred and eight acres on section 10, Yankton precinct, Yankton county, where he made his home during the remainder of his life. Upon the place was a log house and poor outbuildings. He erected a pleasant residence, commodious barns, cribs and sheds and today it is a well equipped farm. He cleared most of the land himself and brought the farm under a high state of cultivation, annually gathering therefrom good harvests.

Mr. Harrison was married at Council Bluffs to Miss Elvira Crotzer, who was born in Boone county, Iowa, while her parents were from Indiana. To Mr. and Mrs. Harrison were born five children who are still living, namely: Lily, the wife of John Arend, of Yankton; Nellie, the wife of K. T. Parker, of Hancock, Michigan; Frances, the wife of F. H. Howard, of Sioux Falls; Ella, at home; and Olney, who is living in Bloomfield, Nebraska. For thirty years the family have resided in Yankton county and are here widely and favorably known. Throughout the entire period Mr. Harrison was classed with the energetic, determined and enterprising farmers of his part of the state.

L. A. TEMMEY.

Along well defined lines of labor and through judicious investment resulting from sound judgment L. A. Temmey has reached a position of affluence among the residents of Onida and the course which be has pursued has gained for him the respect of all with whom he has been brought in contact. He is a native of Wisconsin, his birth having occurred in Shullsburg, in April, 1850, his parents being Michael and Ellen (O'Brien) Temmey, who were early pioneers of that locality, having emigrated from Ireland to the new world in early life. They took up their abode at Shullsburg and the father there engaged in mining and farming.

L. A. Temmey left home when a young lad and secured his education in the world's school of experience. He went to Cass county, Iowa, and became engaged in railroad contracting and farming. Throughout his entire life he has utilized the opportunities offered by the growing west, realizing the natural advantages of the country and the chance for business development. In 1883 he arrived in Dakota territory. settling in Sully county, where he took up a claim, remaining there for about eight years, during which time his lahors wrought a marked transformation in the appearance of the place, for the wild prairie was converted into productive fields and the native grasses gave way before crops of growing grain. After eight years he removed to Onida, where he embarked in merchandising and in the real-estate business. For a considerable period he conducted his store, carrying a large and well selected line of goods and meeting with success in its conduct, but the growth of his real-estate husi- ness, added to the success which he had already achieved, caused him to dispose of his store in 1907 and he has since concentrated his efforts entirely upon real-estate activity, dealing in farm lands. Through the intervening period he has been recognized as the most extensive and most successful real-estate dealer in this part of the country. He is thoroughly acquainted with property values, knows what is upon the market and by the careful manage- ment of his business affairs and his judicious investments has gained a large measure of success.

In 1881 Mr. Temmey was united in marriage to Miss Annie O'Connor. a native of Cass

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county, Iowa, and a daughter of Daniel and Catharine (Casey) O'Connor. The children of this marriage are four in number: James E., of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work; Katherine, who is a graduate of St. Catharine's school of St. Paul, Minnesota, and who has since matriculated in the domestic science department of Ames College at Ames, Iowa; Leo A., who is a graduate of the law department of the University of Minnesota of the class of 1915, having finished the required three years' law and two years' collegiate courses before attaining his majority- - a most notable record; and Anna, who is attending high school.

In his political views Mr. Temmey is an earnest republican, keeping well informed on the questions and issues of the day although not seeking publie office. Fraternally he is a Mason and also has membership with the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His entire life has been characterized by an orderly progression and he is today one of the prosperous residents of Sully county, where he is not only conducting an extensive real-estate business but also has connections with several eastern corporations, of which he is a director. What he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion. There have been no particularly fortunate circumstances in his career to aid him nor has his course been a matter of chance. His plans have been well defined, his work has been promptly executed, and in the per- formance of each day's duties he has found inspiration and courage for the labors of the succeeding day.

CECIL EDWARD KELL.

Cecil Edward Kell, member of the bar and former states attorney of Mellette county, was born in Centralia, Illinois, September 30, 1886, the only son of Thomas Sumner and Ada May (Copple) Kell. After attending the public schools of Centralia until he had mastered the work of the grades and of the high school, from which he was graduated, he entered the University of Michigan, completing the classical course in 1910, at which time the Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred upon him. He continued as a law student in the same univer- sity and won his LL. B. degree upon graduation with the class of 1911. While in college he was a member of the Webster Society and won first honors on the class debating team. Seeking for professional opportunities in the northwest, he opened an office at White River, Mellette county, and in 1912 was elected to the position of states attorney, in which he served for two years, when he retired from office and resumed general practice. in which he now continues, being accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage.

In 1908 Mr. Kell was united in marriage to Miss Nellie M. Hoxie, of Waterloo, Iowa, who is a graduate of the Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois. After completing her course there she entered the School of Medicine of the University of Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Kell have one son, Cecil Edward, Jr.

In his political connections Mr. Kell is a republican, and he belongs to the Masonic fra- ternity. He enjoys healthful outdoor sports, such as tennis, camping, hunting and fishing, and believes that a measure of time should always be given to outdoor life to maintain that even balance which is made necessary by close confinement at professional duties. In his chosen life work he applies himself with energy, carefully preparing and analyzing his cases, and presenting his cause with clearness and force.

FREDRICK HERTZ.

Fredrick Hertz is a general merchant of Fairfax and also a capable public official of Gregory county, where he is now serving as county sheriff. He was born near Odessa in Russia, of German parentage, October 10, 1871, a son of Fredrick and Elizabeth Hertz, who in the year 1872 came with their family to Dakota territory, settling at Yankton. The following spring the father homesteaded in Hutchinson county. using all of his rights to secure land, and with his brother, sister and father took up ten quarter sections. Through- out his remaining days his attention was devoted to the further cultivation and improvement

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of his land and he hecame one of the representative agriculturists of his part of the state. He died in 1898, while his wife survived until the 3d of March, 1913. In the family were nine sons and two daughters, of whom seven sons and one daughter are yet living.

Fredrick Hertz, whose name introduces this review, pursued his education in the com- mon schools of Hutchinson county and when not busy with his textbooks assisted in the work of the home farm until he reached the age of twenty-two years, when he began farming on his own acconnt in Yankton county, where he remained for seven years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Fairfax, where he took up his abode fourteen years ago. At first he engaged in the implement business and later extended the scope of his activities to include general merchandising. He has a well appointed store and in its conduct and management has been very successful, a liberal patronage being now accorded him.

In November, 1903, Mr. Hertz was united in marriage to Miss Rose Moss, a daughter of Michael Moss, who was a resident of Yankton county but removed to Nebraska about six miles southeast of Fairfax. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hertz are Ella, Leopold, Helen, Richard, Helmud, Odina, Emma and Annie at home. The parents are members of the German Congregational church, while Mr. Hertz belongs to the Woodmen camp and to the Odd Fel- lows lodge. In his political views he is a republican, prominent in the local ranks of the party. He served as chairman of the town board for three years and was a delegate to the convention which nominated Gamble for secretary of state and John Shamber for state treasurer. He was also a delegate when D. D. Whip, of Hutchinson county, was elected secretary of state. Mr. Hertz has filled some local offices, having served as deputy sheriff of Hutchinson county, being chairman of the town board of Fairfax for three years after removing to Gregory county, and heing elected sheriff of Gregory county in the fall of 1914. His political efforts have been a potent force in the community in which he lives, but he never allows politics to interfere with the faithful performance of his official duties and his ability has led to his election to the office which he now fills.

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History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 126

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