History of South Dakota, Vol. I, Part 122

Author: Robinson, Doane, 1856-1946. cn
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: [Logansport? IN] : B. F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 998

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being identified with the same line of enterprise in Sparta, that state, for three years; at Mer- rillan for two years, and at Eau Claire for four years, at the expiration of which, in 1885, he located in Blair, Nebraska, where he was in the lumber business for seven years. In 1892 he went to Hinkley, Minnesota, where he was con- cerned in the same line of business until Janu- ary, 1895, when he came to Pierre, as manager of the interests of the Rust-Owen Lumber Com- pany, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in which con- nection he has built up a large and important trade and gained the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has had dealings, while he has also been interested in the cattle business to a considerable extent. While a resident of Chi- cago Mr. Clow was a member of the Ellsworth Zouaves, who made so enviable a record during the Civil war, but on account of his age he was not accepted for service when his command volunteered for enlistment. He cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln and has ever since been a stalwart supporter of the Republican party. He is now serving his third term as a member of the city council of Pierre, as a rep- resentative of the second ward. He is one of the oldest Freemasons in the state, being identified with the lodge, chapter, commandery and Mystic Shrine, and also with correlated Order of the Eastern Star and the Veterans. He was secre- tary of the blue lodge in Chicago for eight years, and for a number of years was secretary of Washington Lodge No. 21, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Blair, having been a mem- ber of the order since 1864. He is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, and his religious faith is that of the Congregational church, in whose work he takes an active part, contributing liberally to its support. He is essentially pro- gressive and public-spirited and is one of Pierre's most loyal citizens, being one of those who did efficient work in securing the location of the capital here and doing all in his power to ad- vance the welfare of the city along normal lines of progress.

On the 3d of September, 1868, Mr. Clow married Miss Adella J. Taft, of Paxton, Illinois.

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and she died January 5, 1878, leaving two chil- dren, Irma, who is now the wife of Charles A. Raver, of Tekamah, Nebraska, and Byron L., who is engaged in business in Sioux Falls. On the 8th of August, 1880, Mr. Clow was united in marriage to Miss Delia Franck, of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and they have five children, Franck Alice, Dorothy Iris, Dudley Sebastian, Louise Markham and Ruth Delia.

JOHN SUTHERLAND, who is success- fully engaged in the practice of law in the capital city of the state, is a representative member of his profession, in which he has attained un- equivocal prestige. He was born in the county of Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada, on the 18th of February, 1858, and is a son of Andrew and Catherine (McVicar) Sutherland, who re- moved thence to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, about 1860, where they are now living. The subject attended the public schools of Eau Claire in his youthful days and in 1874 entered the University of Chicago, where he continued his studies until 1879, when he entered the classical department of Brown University, at Providence, Rhode Island, where he was graduated in 1880, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. During the fol- lowing four years he was instructor in Greek and Latin in Wayland University, at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and in August, 1884, he came to Pierre, Dakota territory, in which place he has ever since been actively engaged in the prac- tice of his chosen profession, while he also practically controls the abstract business in the capital city and has been prominently and suc- cessfully identified with real-estate enterprises for a number of years past. His loyalty to the city and state is unbounded and he has ever manifested a zealous interest in the advancement of both, being held in the highest esteem in busi- ness, professional and social circles and being known as a lawyer of high ability, and a man of recondite knowledge. He was for six years president of the board of education of Pierre, served five terms as president of the board of trade, and was also president of the capital 53

committee, being a prominent figure in public and civic affairs. He has ever been a stalwart advocate of the principles of the Republican party and has done much to further its cause. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church, of which Mrs. Sutherland likewise was, in her lifetime, a devoted member, and fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

On the 5th of September, 1881, was solem- nized the marriage of Mr. Sutherland to Miss Laura Paulina Aiken, of Beaver Dam, Wiscon- sin, and to them were born two children, Martha Emma and Laura Paulina.

WILLIAM R. BORST was born in Mar- quette county, Wisconsin, on the 15th of Janu- ary, 1860, and is a son of Daniel and Emma (Kelly) Borst, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Ireland. R. Borst, the grandfather of the subject, was born in Germany, whence he emigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania, where he made his home for a number of years, after which he re- moved with his family to Wisconsin, becoming one of the sterling pioneers of that state, where he engaged in farming. Eventually he removed to Caldwell county, Missouri, where he bought land and also a flouring mill, the latter being located in the village of Kingston. There he passed the remainder of his life, his death oc- curring in 1866, and later his widow removed to Valparaiso, Indiana, where she died at the venerable age of ninety-two years. The father of the subject continued to be engaged in agri- cultural pursuits in South Dakota until 1886, when he removed to the state of Washington, where he has since been engaged in general farming and cattle raising. It should be noted that he was numbered among the pioneers of what is now the state of South Dakota, since he came here in 1869, taking up land in Minnehaha county, three miles west of old Fort Dacotah, and there developing a good farm, upon which he continued to reside until his removal to Waslı- ington, as previously noted. In his family were

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nine children, of whom eight are living at the present time.

William O. Borst secured his rudimentarv education in the public schools of Wisconsin and was a lad of about nine years at the time of the family removal to South Dakota, where he was reared to manhood on the homestead farm and under the conditions of the pioneer era, in the meanwhile continuing his educational work as opportunity presented. In the spring of 1877 he came to Fort Pierre, and from this point and Cheyenne and Bismarck, engaged in freighting to the Black Hills, in which connection he met with a number of hazardous experiences. In the fall of 1877 his cousin, Curtis Borst, who was likewise a freighter, was murdered near Frozen Man creek, robbery undoubtedly being the cause which led to his death. Attempts were made to apprehend and convict the mur- derers, but all proved futile, owing to the lack of conclusive evidence. Our subject himself met with several narrow escapes, and he was upon the scene shortly after the massacre of the family at Bear Butte. The atrocities of the Indians led the residents of the Black Hills district to offer a reward of one hundred dollars a head for every Indian killed west of the Cheyenne river, but the wily savages learned of this and thereafter confined their operations to the country east of that stream. Mr. Borst continued to be actively engaged in the freighting business until 1883. when he secured and opened up the ranch now occupied by C. K. Howard, on the Cheyenne river, in Meade county. He there remained four years, giving his attention principally to the raising of live -stock. In 1889 he disposed of his cattle and ranch property to Mr. Howard and located in the northeastern part of Ziebach countv, adjoining the Big Foot camp, where oc- curred the trouble with the Indians in connection with the battle at Wounded Knee, and the post- office of Pedro is located on the site of the Indian village which was there at the time the subject came to the locality. Here he has since continued to be engaged in the raising of cattle upon an extensive scale, having at times as many as thirty-five hundred head, and being known as

one of the progressive and successful stock growers of this section, while he has made good improvements upon his ranch and controls an excellent grazing range. In May, 1903, Mr. Borst established himself in the hardware busi- ness in the city of Pierre, also handling farming implements and machinery, and the enterprise has proved a successful one, while he still gives a general supervision to his cattle business. He has maintained his home in Pierre since 1896, . and his is one of the attractive residences of the place. His principal object in removing to the capital city was that his children might secure better educational advantages. In politics he gives his allegiance to the Republican party and fraternally is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order of United Work- men, while he is held in high regard in both business and social circles.

On the 12th of October, 1889, Mr. Borst was united in marriage to Miss Matilda A. Mason, who was born and reared in Minnehaha county, this state, the date of her nativity having been February, 1871, and so far as can be learned she has the distinction of being the first white child born in said county. She is a daughter of William and Mary (Powell) Mason, sterling pioneers of the state, who now reside in the city of Sioux Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Borst have three children, Olney H., Margaret and Jessie.

JOHN L. LOCKHART was born near Portage City, Columbia county, Wisconsin, on the 17th of April, 1856, being a son of John and Agnes (Gray) Lockhart, both of whom were born in Scotland, whence they emigrated to the United States in 1852, locating in Wisconsin, where the former still resides, his devoted wife having passed away in March, 1901. The edu- cational advantages of the subject of this sketch were such as were afforded in the common schools of his native county, and at the age of twenty-four he became identified with the great lumbering industry in Wisconsin, as a foreman in a logging camp, for two years. In the spring of 1882 he came to Clark county, Dakota, and

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took up homestead and pre-emption claims, there continuing to reside for one year and then re- moving to Milbank, Grant county, where he was engaged in the hardware business for the en- suting five years, when he disposed of his in- terests in the same and turned his attention to the real-estate and insurance business. In 1894 he was elected commissioner of school and public lands for the state of South Dakota, and there- upon took up his residence in Pierre, where he has ever since maintained his home. In 1899 he here engaged in the general merchandise busi- ness, which he has since continued, having se- cured a large and representative supporting pat- ronage, and having the implicit confidence and esteem of all who know him. In 1889, while a resident of Millbank, he was elected clerk of the courts of Grant county, and was re-elected three times, while an idea of the confidence in which he was held in the party ranks is conveyed when we state that he was thrice nominated by ac- clamation for this office. In the spring of 1893 Mr. Lockhart was elected mayor of Milbank, having been nominated for the office while ab- sent from home, serving one term and refusing a renomination. In 1894, as before stated, he was elected commissioner of school and public lands, being chosen as his own successor two years later, on which occasion he was one of the five candidates on the Republican ticket suc- cessful at the polls. He has ever been a stanch advocate of the claims of Pierre as the permanent capital of the state, in which connection he did most effective and enthusiastic work as a mem- ber of the executive committee of the board of trade and also of the capital commission of Pierre, while he has long been a prominent figure in the Republican party ranks here, un- compromising in the advocacy of its principles. Fraternally, he is identified with the Knights of Pythias, being past chancellor commander of the lodge at Milbank and also a member of the grand lodge of the state, while he also holds membership in the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

On the Ist of December, 1885, Mr. Lockhart was married to Miss Delilah C. Burman, daugh-

ter of William T. and Eliza (Russell) Burman, of Grant county, this state, and they are the par- ents of four children, John B., William H., Margaret E. and Grace G.

BURTON A. CUMMINS, one of the most loyal and influential citizens of Pierre, is a na- tive of the old Green Mountain state and is a scion of families long identified with the annals of New England history. He was born in Mont- pelier, Vermont, on the 3d of April, 1869, being a son of Albert Oren and Mary ( Frances) Cuni- mins. The subject secured his early educational discipline in the public schools of his native city, and after leaving the high school continued his studies and graduated in the Washington County Grammar School at Montpelier, Ver- mont, as valedictorian of the class of 1887. He shortly afterward went to the city of Boston, where he took a successful examination for matriculation in Harvard, but instead of enter- ing that famous institution he decided to come to the west and at once identify himself with the practical activities of life. He located in the city of Sioux City, Iowa, where he secured a position as note teller in the Sioux National Bank, showing a distinctive predilection for the banking business and being promoted from one position to another in that institution, in whose services he continued until 1890, when he re- signed. On the 3d of July of that year he set forth for Pierre, South Dakota, and was elected cashier of the First National Bank of this city, being at the time but twenty-one years of age and having the distinction of being the youngest cashier of all national banks in the Union. He has held this office ever since, showing marked discrimination and judgment in the handling of his exacting executive and administrative duties and gaining a high reputation in the financial circles of the state. In 1901 Mr. Cummins was appointed colonel on the staff of Governor Her- reid, retaining this office during both terms of Governor Herreid's office. He was president of the Pierre board of trade from 1892 to 1894, in- clusive, was chairman of the Pierre capital com-

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mittee in 1902, and has been a most zealous worker in the interests of his home city at all times and seasons. In politics he accords an un- swerving allegiance to the Republican party, and has been a prominent figure in its councils in this state, having been a member of both the state and central committee and the state exe- cutive committee in 1898. In 1902 he was elected president of the South Dakota State Bankers' Association. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Pierre Lodge, No. 27, Free and Accepted Ma- sons; Pierre Chapter No. 22, Royal Arch Ma- sons ; La-Co-Tah Commandery No. 6. Knights Templar, and El Riad Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in Sioux Falls, and has been for years treasurer of his blue lodge.

On the 3d of April. 1890, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Cummins to Miss Clara Belle Merrick, a daughter of Fred L. and Nancy Merrick, of Kankakee, Illinois, and they be- came the parents of two children, Albert O., who was born on the 24th of February, 1892, and who died on the 26th of February, 1895; and Aline, who was born on the 19th of February, 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Cummins are prominent and active in the social life of the community. and their attractive home is a center of refined hospitality.

HENRY EUGENE CUTTING was born in Woodstock, McHenry county, Illinois, on the 26th of May, 1851, being a son of Henry P. and Laurensy E. (Newell) Cutting, both of whom were natives of New Hampshire. The father of the subject was one of the pioneers of Illinois, and there followed the vocation of wagon manu- facturing, his death occurring while in the army in 1863, while his wife passed away in 1884 in Sioux City, Iowa. The subject received the advantages of the public schools of his native town and later attended the Presbyterian Col- lege in that place, being graduated as a member of the class of 1869. In the same year he came west to Sioux City, Iowa, which was then a small village, and there remained until the fall

of 1873 in the employ of H. D. Booge & Com- pany, engaged in the wholesale and retail gro- cery business, when he went to Chicago, Illinois, and there passed one year às cashier in the Brown-Delmonico restaurant. He then returned to Sioux City, and during two seasons thereafter was clerk on a Missouri river steamboat. In 1875 he came to Yankton, which was then the capital of the great undivided territory of Da- kota, and there engaged in the grocery business, forming a partnership with John B. Cloudas, and in the early days the firm was commonly known as Gene & Jack, the two partners enjoy- ing marked popularity and building up an ex- cellent trade. In 1878 Mr. Cutting disposed of his interests in this enterprise, and during the year 1879 served as city clerk of Yankton, while during the following year he was identified with newspaper work, in the employ of the Press and Dakotain Publishing Company, of Yankton. In July, 1880, Mr. Cutting came to Pierre, where he entered the employ of the Merchants' Trans- portation Company, engaging in freighting to the Black Hills, where the gold excitement was then at is height. Later he was in charge of the freight department of the Chicago & North- western Railroad in Pierre, resigning his position in 1886, while in October, 1886, he was ap- pointed agent for the quartermaster's department of the garrison then located in Fort Sully and Bennett, retaining this position until 1894. when the troops were removed from the fort, after which he was made custodian of the Fort Sully reservation, in which capacity he served two years. In the meanwhile, in 1889, he had es- tablished himself in the real-estate and insurance business, and he has ever since continued in this enterprise, in which he controls an excellent business.

Mr. Cutting has always been a stalwart ad- vocate of the principles and policies of the Re- publican party, and in 1889 he was elected city treasurer of Pierre, retaining this office for seven years, and at the expiration of this time, in 1896, he was elected treasurer of Hughes county, serving four years and giving a most satisfactory administration of the fiscal affairs

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of the county. In 1890 he was made chairman of the Hughes county Republican central com- mittee, and this important party office he has still continued to hold, having shown much tact and ability in the marshaling of his forces in the various campaigns and having done much to further the cause of the "grand old party" in the state. On the Ist of January, 1900, Mr. Cutting was appointed by President Mckinley as receiver of the United States land office in Pierre, and still holds office, being appointed for four years. Mr. Cutting has been identified with the Masonic fraternity since 1876, when he be- came an entered apprentice in St. John's Lodge No. I, Free and Accepted Masons, in Yankton, being duly raised to the master's degree and being now affiliated with Pierre Lodge No. 27, in Pierre, while he is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, which he likewise joined in the centennial year. The subject is one of the state's most loyal and public-spirited citizens. has taken a most lively interest in its develop- ment and material advancement, and has long been a power in the political fields, while he is well known throughout the state and has hosts of stanch friends.

On the 21st of February, 1878, Mr. Cutting was united in marriage to Miss Josephine A. Dawson, who was born in the state of Min- nesota, being a daughter of Richard and Amanda M. Dawson, who were numbered among the pioneers of the state, having been residents of Yankton at the time of their daugh- ter's marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Cutting have three children, Mabel W., who is now the wife of B. C. Thayer, of Peru; Helen E., who is at All Saints' Schools, Sioux Falls, and Henry Newell, who is at home.

CHARLES L. HYDE was born in Pike county, Illinois, on the 23d of June, 1861, being a son of James F. and Hattie ( Blake) Hyde, the former of whom was born in Massachusetts, in 1812, and the latter in Maine, in 1830. The father of the subject is an expert accountant and mathematician, and though now more than

ninety-two years of age he is incumbent of the office of city treasurer of Lincoln, Illinois, and is also acting as deputy city auditor, having charge of five different sets of books. He is certainly one of the most remarkable men of his age, both mentally and physically, that can be found in the entire Union. The subject of this review received his early education in the public schools and supplemented this by attending for three years the Cumberland Presbyterian College, at Lincoln, Illinois. He early became imbued with a great ambition to prepare himself for the medical profession, but overstudy caused a difficulty of his eyes and he was compelled thereby to leave college. At the age of seven- teen he went to Colorado, and for two years was there employed as a "cowboy" on the great cattle ranches, the free and exhilarating life enabling him to fully recuperate his energies. At the age of nineteen he became a commercial traveler in the hardware trade, following this vocation until he had attained the age of twenty-five. In the meanwhile he began investing his surplus earn- ings in western lands and town properties. In the fall of 1886 he was married and shortly after- ward engaged in the wall paper and carpet busi- ness at Lima, Ohio, the venture proving suc- cessful. In January, 1888, Mr. Hyde disposed of this enterprise and came to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, turning his attention to the real- estate business. In April. 1889, he removed to Pierre, where he had previously acquired large realty holdings, and from that time forward his operations in the real-estate line have in- creased in scope and importance until he is now one of the most prominent and successful rep- resentatives of this great branch of industry in the northwest. His holdings at the time of this writing include about fifty thousand acres of land in South Dakota; town property in Pierre, Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Watertown, Huron, Brookings, Chamberlain and Rapid City, this state; together with large holdings at Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin ; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Spo- kane, Washington ; Bismarck, North Dakota, and other towns and cities. He also owns land and

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town property in Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Alabama and other states, besides large mining interests in Colorado and some in the Black Hills. He is the owner of a large and finely equipped flouring mill in Pierre, and it is stated upon competent authority that he is today the largest taxpayer in South Dakota and is probably its wealthiest citizen, while he is yet a comparatively young man and has gained this great prosperity through his own well directed endeavors and business sagacity. Of him it has been well said "He has unflinching confidence in the future greatness of Pierre, his chosen city, and in South Dakota as a whole, and is ever ready to defend the state against criticism. He is a man who will do much toward the upbuilding of our state and its capital city, Pierre." In fact, Mr. Hyde states emphatically that, initiating his business career with no capital, he has gained his fortune through the manifestation of his confidence in the future of the western states and cities, es- pecially South Dakota. He is a man of un- assuming and genial personality, tolerant in his judgment of his fellow men and imbued with a deep appreciation of the dignity of honest toil and endeavor. He finds his greatest solace and pleasure in the sacred precincts of his beautiful home, is a stanch advocate of temperance, has been a student of science from his youth up, is fond of hunting, being an expert shot with rifle, shotgun and revolver,-in short is a clean-cut, sane and vigorous man and one whose labors both dignify and advance the interests of the great state with which he has so prominently identified himself. While engaged as a traveling salesman he acted also as a detective and as a reporter for the Chicago Inter Ocean. In politics Mr. Hyde maintains 'an independent at- titude, following the dictates of his own judg- ment without fear or favor. He was originally a supporter of the Republican party and was a delegate to its national convention in Minne- apolis, in 1892, while in 1900 he was a delegate to the Democratic national convention, in Kansas City. He and his wife are prominent and valued members of the Congregational

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History of South Dakota, Vol. I, Part 122

Author: Robinson, Doane, 1856-1946. cn Publication date: 1904 Publisher: [Logansport? IN] : B. F. Bowen Number of Pages: 998

Author: Robinson, Doane, 1856-1946. cn
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: [Logansport? IN] : B. F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 998