History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 15

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 June, 1881, Mr. Kubler was united in marriage with Miss Louise Kapp, a native of Germany, whose parents remained lifelong residents of the fatherland. Mr. and Mrs. Kubler have seven children: Joseph W., who is assisting his father; William L., of Deadwood, who is manager for the Cudahy Packing Company at that place; Carl H., who is employed in the postoffice at Deadwood; Eva E., the wife of Joseph S. Baker, assistant postmaster of Dead- wood; Frank, who is helping his father in the printing office; and Grace D. and Louise, at home.

Mr. Kubler is a republican in his political belief and has held a number of offices of respon- sibility. For thirteen years, from 1900 to July, 1913, he was postmaster of Custer and has been a member of the town board and of the board of education, of which he was chairman in 1914. He is quite well known fraternally. In the Masonic lodge he has held all of the chairs and for three snecessive terms was master. He has attained the thirty-second degree

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in the Scottish Rite and is also a Mystic Shriner. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias and has served in all of the offices of the local lodge of that order. He is connected with public utilities at Custer as president of the Electric Light, Heat & Power Company and in that capacity keeps ever in mind the intimate relation between the welfare of the people and the service given by such companies as the one of which he is the executive head. He has demon- strated his power to direct and control extensive interests and has also proven his loyalty to the general good. As editor of the Custer Chronicle he has been responsible in no small measure for many movements that have resulted greatly to the benefit of the community and his name is justly honored in his part of the state.

C. H. OLSEN.

C. H. Olsen, residing at Viborg, Turner county, is well known as a representative of financial interests there, being president of the Bank of Viborg. He was born October 18, 1878, in the county in which he still lives, his parents being Lars P. and Maren Olsen. The father came to Dakota territory in 1872, at a period when the work of progress and improvement seemed scarcely begun. He homesteaded three miles west of Centerville, securing the north- west quarter of section 19, township 96, range 52. For several years he carried on general agricultural pursuits there but passed away in November, 1881. His widow still survives.

C. H. Olsen has always been a resident of Turner county and in the district schools he pursued his early education, while later be attended the Sioux Falls College, pursuing an academic course. When his texthooks were put aside he turned his attention to merchandising and the grain business, in which he continued for ten years. He had previously been upon the home farm and he early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. After being connected with agricultural and mercantile interests he turned his attention to financial affairs and in the spring of 1910 entered the Bank of Viborg as its vice president. In January, 1911, he was elected president and the business of the bank has been constantly increasing under his careful direction. He has closely studied every phase of the business, has watched the trend of the times and has so controlled the bank's interests that it has greatly profited thereby. He is also interested in real estate in South Dakota and, as he knows property values, he has thus been able to make judicious investments.

On the 29th of November, 1905, Mr. Olsen was united in marriage to Miss Agneta Tychsen, her father being Rev. N. Tychsen, who was a member of the territorial convention at Yankton and homesteaded the land which comprises the present site of Viborg. Our subject and his wife have two children, Evangeline and Grace, who are six and two years of age respectively.

The religious faith of the family is that of the Baptist church and in politics Mr. Olsen is a progressive republican. He is interested in South Dakota and its development and co- operates heartily in the plans and movements for the general upbuilding and improvement of the section of the state in which he makes his home. He served for several years as a member of the city council of Viborg and in the spring of 1914 was elected mayor, in which position he is giving to the city efficient and valuable service, looking ever to the benefit of the com- munity at large.

HON. MARK W. BAILEY.

In the demise of the Hon. Mark W. Bailey South Dakota lost a citizen who had con- tributed much of value to the development of the country. He was born at Laporte, Indiana, on the 9th of June, 1848, and in the following spring was taken by his parents to Boscobel, Grant county, Wisconsin, where his boyhood was spent and he acquired his education. At the age of fourteen years he was messenger in the Wisconsin legislature and was then regarded as a bright, active boy of unusual promise. When but eighteen years of age he began teach- ing and taught a year at Prairie du Chien, at Minona, Menasha and Boscobel. While teach- ing he devoted the time not required by his work in that connection to the study of law and

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had very little assistance during the whole time that he was pursuing his professional course. On the 17th of November, 1871, he was admitted to the bar at Prairie du Chien before Judge Mills of the fifth judicial circuit. He had previously also studied surveying and civil engineer- ing. In October, 1872, he came to Dakota territory and for a few weeks was in the office of Judge Smith, of Vermillion. In January, 1873, he removed to Canton, where he resided until his death. After his arrival in the latter city he devoted his attention chiefly to the practice of law. At times, however, when the business of the profession did not occupy all his time he engaged in other pursuits. For instance, in the summer of 1873 he, in company with Mr. Rea, was awarded a surveying contract by the government and the following summer was given the contract on the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad. He went into the field and gave the work of both contracts his personal attention. In the fall of the same year he was nominated by the republicans of his district as their candidate for the upper house of the Dakota legislature and was elected by a large majority after a hrief but sharp campaign. He was a leading and active member of the legislature which convened the following winter. That session will be remembered as very important, as those who had been engaged in com- piling the laws of the territory submitted their work for legislative approval. Members of the legislature at that time say that the labors of Mr. Bailey were second to none in value.

The legislature adjourned in February, 1877, and about the 1st of April following Mr. Bailey went to the Black Hills. He had been given charge of an important mining case in the Hills and went there to give the matter his personal attention. His journey was a severe and laborious one and the following July he suffered a severe attack of fever. A month later he returned to Canton much broken in health. He recovered sufficiently, however, to take an active part in the cases tried at the October term of the district court. The following winter it was evident that his strength was fast failing and ahout the 1st of April he became utterly prostrated. Again he rallied and went to the home of his parents at Fennimore, Wis- consin, where his death occurred on the 15th of November, 1878. His professional attain- ments were high and his ability as a lawyer commanded the respect of his brethren in the profession. A naturally keen mind, careful study of statute and precedent, care in the prep- aration of cases and a convincing manner combined to make him an opponent to be feared. He never used his powers for base ends, realizing that if the law is to be held in the honor that should he accorded it the legal profession must adhere to high standards of justice and integrity and must place right before personal gain.

Mr. Bailey was married in 1876 to Miss Maggie Miller, who survives him.

ANDREW H. HOYNE, M. D.

Dr. Andrew H. Hoyne is a leading physician and surgeon of McCook county, South Dakota, who has practiced in Salem continuously sinee April, 1907. He is numbered among the worthy native sons of this state, his birth having occurred in Turner county on the 20th of March, 1877. His parents, Nels L. and Dorothea (Christenson) Hoyne, were born, reared and married in Denmark. About 1867 they crossed the Atlantic to the United States, locating in Racine, Wisconsin, and in 1873 came to South Dakota, homesteading a quarter section of land in Turner county. Subsequently Nels L. Hoyne also took up a tree claim and later bought other land, owning at the present time an entire section. He is now living retired in Centerville, Turner county, and is a well known and highly esteemed citizen of the com- munity which has been his home for more than four decades.

A. H. Hoyne was reared under the parental roof and began his education in the public schools. Subsequently he pursued a four years course at Yankton College of Yankton, South Dakota, and completed his studies in Colorado College of Colorado Springs, Colorado, from which institution he was graduated in 1901 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He then followed the profession of teaching for one year and in 1902 took up the study of medi- eine, entering the Sioux City College of Medicine, which institution conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in 1906. Dr. Hoyne next served a year's interneship in St. Joseph's Hospital of Sioux Falls and in April. 1907. located in Salem, where he has practiced continuously throughout the intervening eight years. He belongs to the Mitchell Medical Society, the Sioux Valley Medical Society, the South Dakota State Medieal Society and the American Medical

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Association. He keeps thoroughly informed as to the latest advances in medicine and surgery and indeed it is doubtful whether any of the younger physicians in the state have a more favorable outlook at the present time than Dr. A. H. Hoyne.

On September 29, 1909, he was united in marriage to Miss Alice Mielke, of Salem, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Glaser) Mielke. Dr. and Mrs. Hoyne have one son, Rob- ert Maclay, born July 2, 1915. Fraternally he is identified with the Woodmen of the World, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Knights of Pythias, Fortitude Lodge, No. 73, A. F. & A. M. and Salem Chapter, No. 34, R. A. M. He is popular in both social and professional circles in his community and by conscientious service in his chosen calling has gained just recognition as one of the most successful medical practitioners in McCook county.

CHARLES HERBERT PECKHAM.

Charles Herbert Peckham, a leading and prosperous citizen of Alexandria, was appointed postmaster by President Wilson on the 17th of May, 1914, and is ably discharging his duties in that connection. His birth occurred in Eugene, Oregon, on the 15th of February, 1875, his parents being J. E. and Almira Peckham, who came to South Dakota in 1879. The father homesteaded a tract of land and successfully carried on agricultural pursuits for fourteen years, while subsequently he embarked in the hardware business, conducting an enterprise of that character for a numher of years prior to his death, which occurred in 1913. The mother survives, however, and is well known and highly esteemed in her home community.

Charles Herbert Peckham, who was a little lad of four years when brought to this state by his parents, acquired his early education in the district schools and later pursued a high- school course at Alexandria. Subsequently he was apprenticed to the plumbing and tinning trades and for some time followed those occupations. He now owns a half interest in the hardware store of Peckham & Johnson and is likewise the owner of the city gas plant, thus easily maintaining his position among the prominent and successful business men of Alexan- dria. On the 17th of May, 1914, he was appointed postmaster by President Wilson and has since conducted the office in a most capable and satisfactory manner.

On the 7th of July, 1897, Mr. Peckham was united in marriage to Miss Sybil Vickers, a daughter of John Vickers. They have one child, Harriett. Mr. Peckham gives his political allegiance to the democracy and has been a delegate to the state conventions of his party. Fraternally he is identified with the Woodmen, the Yeomen and the Masons, while his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. He is a man of sterling traits of character who receives the high regard and confidence of his fellowmen and takes as much interest in movements for the general advancement and development as in the promotion of his own success.

WILLIAM W. SANDERS.

William W. Sanders, one of the owners and editors of the Garretson News, with which lie has been continuously connected since the 1st of January, 1910, was born in Nemaha county, Nebraska, on the 20th of August, 1857, his birthplace being one of the old-time dug- outs which were common in the period of pioneer development in that state. His parents were Thomas N. and Julia M. (Hickman) Sanders, the former a native of Shelby county, Indiana, and the latter of southwestern Ohio. They were married in Edgar county, Illinois, in 1854 and two years afterward removed to Nebraska, becoming pioncer residents of that state. The father preempted one hundred and sixty acres of land and afterward home- steaded one hundred and sixty acres in Pawnee county, but was scared out by the Indians and returned to Nemaha county. He died on the 18th of December, 1885, but his widow survived for more than two decades, passing away December 28, 1907.

William W. Sanders pursued his education in the public schools at Brownville, Nebraska, to the age of fifteen years, when he entered upon an apprenticeship to the printer's trade in the office of the Brownville Democrat. The name of this paper was subsequently changed to the Nemaha County Granger and Mr. Sanders remained in connection therewith for eight

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years. He worked his way steadily upward from one position to another and when he resigned was foreman of the office. Following his resignation he purchased the Nemaha Times in 1880 and published it through the succeeding four years. He next bought the Advertiser at Auburn, Nebraska, and in 1885 sold the Times. In 1887 he removed the Advertiser to Nemaha and in 1889 again bought the Times, consolidating the two papers. which he continued to publish under the name of the Advertiser until 1909. In that year Mr. Sanders arrived in South Dakota, settling in Garretson, where six months later he formed a partnership with his nephew, John P. Sanders, and purchased the Garretson News, . of which they took possession on the 1st of January, 1910. Mr. Sanders has since been iden- tified with that publication, which is devoted to the dissemination of general and local news and is one of the popular newspapers of eastern South Dakota, with a good circulation and a liberal advertising patronage. For thirty-five years Mr. Sanders has been a newspaper publisher and he has been very successful in his chosen field of work.

At Brownville, Nebraska, on the 5th of December, 1881, Mr. Sanders was united in marriage to Miss Alice R. Berger, of that place, and to them have been born a son and a daughter: William F., who is now station agent on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- road at Bruning, Nebraska; and Nellie, the wife of A. J. Rowen, a resident farmer of Millelacs county, Minnesota.

Mr. Sanders is a republican in politics and publishes his paper in the interest of the party. He belongs to Hope Lodge, No. 29, A. F. & A. M., of Nemaha, Nebraska, and to the Order of the Eastern Star. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and served as clerk of the school board for five terms. He is interested in all that pertains to the material, mental and moral progress of the community and gives active aid in further- ing movements for the general good, his efforts being attended with substantial results.

WILLIAM F. GLASIER, M. D.

Dr. William F. Glasier, engaged in the practice of medicine at Sisseton, was born in Livingston county, Illinois, January 4, 1882, a son of Peter and Anna (Fahr) Glasier, both of whom were natives of Alsace-Lorraine and were of German parentage. The father was born June 26, 1827, and passed away July 12, 1911. The mother's birth occurred November 8, 1847, and they were married in Germany, after which they emigrated to the United States in 1869, settling in New Jersey. The father was an iron worker and ahout 1875 removed to Illinois, where he turned his attention to the occupation of farming. Still later he became a resident of Iowa, where he purchased and improved a tract of land but retired some years prior to his death, having met with a fair measure of success in his business undertakings. In his political views he was a republican, always giving his support to the principles of that party after becoming a naturalized American citizen. His religious faith was that of the Lutheran church. In their family were six children: Lena, who became the wife of Joseph Rodgers and is now a widow living in St. James, Minnesota; Elizabeth, who is a resident of Iowa; Peter, a mining engineer living in Goldfield, Nevada; Jacob, an agricul- turist residing in St. James, Minnesota; William F., of this review; and John, a contractor of Denver, Colorado.

William F. Glasier pursued a high-school education at Whittemore, Iowa, and was gradnated with the class of 1901. He afterward spent a year and a half at Highland Park College in Des Moines, where he pursued a course in pharmacy, being graduated there on the 30th of January, 1905. He was afterward employed in a drug store for a while and still later he entered upon the study of medicine, to which he devoted two years in Keokuk, Iowa. He also attended the medical department of the University of Illinois at Chicago and was there graduated with the class of 1910. After spending a year as interne in St. Anne's Hospital in Chicago he located in Sisseton in 1911 and entered independently upon the practice of medicine. Subsequently, however, he admitted Dr. C. M. Peterson to a partnership and they opened a hospital containing fifteen beds. Dr. Glasier now has an extensive general practice and also does considerable surgical work, possessing marked skill and ability in that connection.

On the 16th of October, 1911, Dr. Glasier was united in marriage to Miss Thelma Han-

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son, a native of Pipestone. Minnesota, and a daughter of N. H. Hanson, who became an early settler of Minnesota and embarked in merchandising at Pipestone. Our subject and his wife have two sons, namely : William Albert, who was born January 8, 1913; and Robert A., whose birth occurred July 31, 1914.

Dr. Glasier is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church and is a prominent Mason, helonging to the consistory at Des Moines, Iowa. In politics he is a republican and has served as coroner of Roberts county and as a member of the board of health, serving at one time as vice president of that board. He is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, connected with the Illinois Alpha. He devotes all of his time to his profession. He is also the owner of a farm of two hundred and forty acres located in Roberts county. His pro- fessional services are discharged with a sense of conscientious obligation and his ability has gained him prominence in his chosen field and won for him a growing practice.

JOSIAH F. WAGNER.

Among the commercial enterprises of Garden City which contribute to the upbuilding of the town is the drug store of which Josiah F. Wagner is the proprietor. He settled here when Garden City contained a population of less than one hundred inhabitants and has since been an interested witness of the changes which time and man have wrought.

He was born in Hancock county, Ohio, on the 25th of February, 1879, and two years later the family home was established in South Dakota. His father, John D. Wagner, homesteaded in Spink county and at once began to develop and improve his tract of land, which up to that time was uncultivated prairie. He became an extensive stock-raiser, making a specialty of sheep and shorthorn cattle, and as time passed on the importance and extent of his business interests placed him in the front rank among the stock-raisers of his section of the state. He owned six hundred and forty acres of land, which gave him excellent grazing ground for his stock. In 1891, on account of ill health, he disposed of his interests in Spink county and removed to Minneapolis, where he could have hospital treatment. Later he embarked in the cigar and tobacco business at that place but after a few years sold out and is now practically living retired. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Feller, passed away Novem- ber 3, 1890, at the age of forty-five years.

After the death of the mother, and on account of the illness of the father, the home was broken up and Josiah F. Wagner lived with relatives and others until ahont fourteen years of age. At that time he went to live with W. J. Jones, a druggist, of Frankfort, Spink county, South Dakota, and remained with him until he had attained his majority. It was there that the word "home" came to have a real meaning, for his advantages and training were all that could be desired. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the high school of Frankfort with the class of 1902. While pursning his studies he took the druggist's examination and won his certificate on the 20th of July, 1898. After completing his school work he continued with Mr. Jones in the conduct of his drug store and when the latter sold out to Noah Edwards, Mr. Wagner became the manager for the new proprietor, remaining in charge of the business for two years. In 1903 he came to Garden City, where he embarked in the drug business on his own account, erecting first a little frame building in which to place his stock. At that time there was a population of only about one hundred here, and there were many who believed that such a venture as Mr. Wagner was making would not prove successful, but he saw the possibilities for the future growth and development of the town and felt that existing conditions in South Dakota would speedily bring about a change. He now has a large and well appointed drug store and from time to time has increased his stock in order to meet growing demands of the trade. He has erected a fine business block and occupies his old building with an np-to-date furniture store, carrying a large line, and he also conducts an undertaking business. He owns other property in Garden City and at the present writing is erecting an attractive modern residence-a bungalow con- taining seven rooms.

On the 19th of June, 1912, Mr. Wagner was united in marriage to Miss Grace B. Keyes, a daughter of Eugene R. Keyes, formerly of Minnesota but now residing in Henry, Codington county, South Dakota, and they have one child, Grace E., born November 10, 1913.

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The parents are members of the Methodist church and Mr. Wagner is also well known as a prominent Mason, belonging to the lodge, chapter and the Eastern Star. He is also con- nected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. In polities he is a republican and at one time was a candidate for state senator. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator and Hall Association and in 1911 he was made president of the South Dakota Druggists Associa- tion, a fact which indicates his high standing in the regard of those who are engaged in a similar line of business. He believes in advancement, and each step in his career has been a forward one, bringing him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. When he arrived here he had but limited capital but has steadily worked his way upward, improving his opportuni- ties, and today he is at the head of an extensive, growing and prosperous business and is acknowledged one of the foremost factors in the material growth and development of his city.

ELLIOTT BUSHFIELD MCKEEVER.

Elliott Bushfield Mckeever, formerly a well known resident of Aberdeen, South Dakota, but now living in Moline, Illinois, was born in Hendrysburg, Belmont county, Ohio, March 23, 1845, a son of John MeKeever, whose father was Alexander McKeever, a native of Scotland, who settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania. The mother of our subject, Mrs. Melinda (Dallas) Mckeever, was a daughter of Robert A. Dallas, who was born in England.

Elliott B. Mckeever attended the Harlem Springs Seminary, Cornell College at Mount Vernon, lowa, and Scio College at Seio, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree in 1872. For a number of years he devoted his time to public school work and from 1894 to 1898 was county superintendent of schools of Rock Island county, Illinois, after removing to that state from Clinton, Iowa, in the late '70s. He was a very successful educator, as he understood thoroughly the conditions met with in the conduct of the public schools and kept in touch with progressive movements in the field of education-movements which seek to bring about a closer relation between the work of the schools and modern life. In the discharge of his important duties he served his community well and proved himself a publie-spirited citizen. He also gave evidence of his patriotism and willingness to subordinate personal interests to the general welfare when, in 1863, he enlisted in Company L, Ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, under command of Colonel W. D. Hamilton. The command remained at Camp Chase, Ohio, for a few weeks, spent in organization and drill, and was then sent to join Sherman's army at the front, remaining with him from that time until the surrender of Johnston in North Carolina, in the spring of 1865. Mr. Mckeever took part in the fight around Atlanta that led to the capture of that city, in the famous march to the sea, and in the campaign northward through the Carolinas. Following the surrender of Johnston, the command to which Mr. Mckeever belonged was stationed in North Carolina to preserve the peace, and remained there until July, when it was honorably discharged. He reached his home in Ohio on the 5th of August, 1865.

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History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 15

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