History of South Dakota, Vol. I, Part 142

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

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The subject of this sketch was a child of about

three years at the time of his parents' removal to South Dakota, and he was reared under the influ- ences and conditions of the pioneer era, assisting from his boyhood in the work of the farm and securing his educational training in the somewhat primitive common schools of the locality and pe- riod. He continued on the old homestead until 1892, when he purchased a quarter section of land in Dayton township. Lincoln county, where he has developed a good farm, upon which he has made substantial improvements, while he is now numbered among the prosperous farmers and stock growers of the county and is one of its steadfast and loyal citizens, meriting the confi- dence and esteem in which he is held in the section which has so long been his home. In politics he gives his support to the Republican party, and fraternally he is a charter member of Homestead No. 680, Brotherhood of American Yeomen, at Harrisburg, which was organized in 1901, and of which he has been master of accounts from the time of its inception.

On the 25th of November, 1897, Mr. Nettle- ton was united in marriage to Miss Clara Anna Lyon, who was born in Oakland, Illinois, on the 28tlı of March, 1879, being a daughter of Henry and Ida Lyon, and they are the parents of four children, whose names and dates of birth are here entered : Emma Ray, March 19, 1899; Henry Tawney, January 19, 1901 ; Amos Arthur, Sep- tember 13, 1902, and Floyd Lyman, February 16, 1904.

PIERRE ROMEO PINARD, M. D., is a native of the town of Batiscan, province of Que- bec, Canada, where he was born on the 4th of May, 1870, being a son of Jolin Noel and Amelia (St. Cyre) Pinard, of whose thirteen children the following named eight survive: Dr. Philip H. A., who is a practicing physician at Jefferson. South Dakota: Denise, who is the wife of Eugene Lemire, of Chassel, Michigan ; Turibe, who is engaged in the grocery business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Horace, who is a resident of Waterbury, Connecticut ; Mary L., who is the wife of Horace Boiverre, of Montreal,

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Canada; Arthur, who is engaged in the manu- facturing business in Madison, Wisconsin ; Archie, who is a photographer in New York city ; and Pierre R., who is the immediate sub- ject of this review. The parents were both born in Canada, and there the father of the Doctor prepared himself for the priesthood of the Catholic church, but shortly before the time when he was to have been ordained he found that his heart insistently demanded the object of its de- votion and he accordingly was united in mar- riage to Miss St. Cyre. He then engaged in teaching as a vocation, and with the exception of a brief period, during which he served as government revenue inspector in Canada, he con- tinned to follow the pedagogic profession, both he and his wife being devoted members of the Catholic church, while they resided in Montreal, Canada, until their deaths.

Dr. Pierre R. Pinard received his early edu- cational training in the parochial schools, and he was but fifteen years of age at the time of his father's death, being thus doubly orphaned, since his mother passed away when he was a child of but three years. Being deprived of his father's care and guidance the lad was thrown upon his own resources at the age noted, and for the ensuing four years he worked for his board and clothing and a very small financial recompense, while he continued to attend school during this pe- riod. At the age of nineteen he had saved enough money from his small earnings to enable him to defray the expenses of one year in college, and he accordingly entered the . Victoria College of Medicine and Surgery, in Montreal, where he pursued his technical studies for one year. His brother Philip, who was then engaged in the practice of medicine, then advised him to come to the United States to continue his medical studies, and in June, 1890, he accordingly came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he secured em- ployment, devoting the early morning hours and the evenings to the study of his chosen profes- sion, having as preceptor Dr. Messhoff, a promi- nent physician and surgeon of Milwaukee. In March, 1891, the subject came to Jefferson, South Dakota, where he continued his medical

studies under the direction of his brother until the following autumn, when he was matriculated in the St. Louis College of Physicians and Sur- geons, in St. Louis, Missouri, where he remained during the winter, while the following summer was passed in Jefferson, this state, and Mil- waukee, Wisconsin, where he continued his studies under his former preceptors and also found employment, in order to secure the funds with which to continue his collegiate work. In the autumn he again entered the college in St. Louis, where he was graduated with honors in the spring of 1893. receiving his degree of Doc- tor of Medicine and coming forth well qualified for the active practice of the profession in pre- paring himself for which he had labored so indefatigably and earnestly. He located in Chas- sel, Michigan, where he remained a short time and then came to South Dakota, establishing himself in practice in Lesterville, where he suc- cessfully continued for six years, after which he passed a year in the city of Milwaukee, Wis- consin, at the expiration of which he located in Geddes, being numbered among the founders of the town, and here he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, hav- ing the confidence and high regard of the peo- ple of the community and being recognized as one of the skilled physicians and surgeons of the state. He is a member of the South Dakota State Medical Society and on June 1, 1903, he was appointed medical examiner on the board of pension examiners in this section. On May I, 1903, he was appointed vice-president of the Charles Mix county board of health. In 1903 the Doctor took a two-months post-graduate course at Chicago Polyclinic and three weeks at the Illinois School of Electro-Therapeutics, of Chicago. He and his wife are communicants of the Catholic church, and fraternally the Doctor is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

On the 23d of June, 1896, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Pinard to Miss Susie Law- rence, of Lesterville, this state, and they are the parents of two children, Noel Lawrence and

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Kenneth Oscar. Dr. and Mrs. Pinard are promi- nent in the social life of the community and are numbered among the most popular citizens of Geddes.

EPHRAIM EPSTIEN, a Russian Jew, was first president of the State University, at Vermil- lion. Was a graduate of the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of New York and of Andover Theological Seminary, and, having abandoned his mother faith, became a Baptist. He was a ripe scholar and a linguist of the highest order. He still lives in Chicago.

DAVID D. WIPF, auditor of Hutchinson county and also editor and publisher of the Olivet Leader, was born in southern Russia, on the 4th of August, 1872, being a son of David and Kath- erina (Stahl) Wipf, of whose eleven children seven are living, namely: David D., subject of this sketch; Anna, wife of Paul Wollmann, of Wells county, North Dakota ; Katherina, wife of Jacob B. Hofer, of that county ; Paul, a resident of Hutchinson county, South Dakota ; and Maria, Rebecca and Sarah, who remain at the parental home. The parents were both natives of southern Russia, whence they emigrated to the United States in 1879, being numbered among the pio- neers of the territory of Dakota and being now resident of Hutchinson county, the father having devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. Upon coming to the territory he took up a homestead claim in Hutchinson county, eight miles north- west of the present village of Freeman, where he still resides, now having a valuable landed estate of three hundred and twenty acres and having been signally prospered in his efforts as a farmer. He is a Republican but has never consented to be- come a candidate for political office, and he and his wife are devoted members of the German Mennonite church.

The subject of this sketch was a lad of seven years at the time of his parents' emigration to America, and he was reared on the homestead farm in Hutchinson county, while his educational

advantages were those afforded in the public schools. That he made good use of the same is evident when we revert to the fact that at the age of nineteen he began teaching in the district schools, continuing to devote his attention suc- cessfully to this work for about five years, during the winter months, while during the summer seasons he was engaged in farm work. Within this period the Sioux Indian reservation was thrown open to settlement and he filed entry on a quarter section in Lyman county, but as the land did not come up to his expectations he finally abandoned it. In June, 1897, Mr. Wipf resigned his position as teacher in district No. 31, Hutch- inson county, where he had taught for three terms, and accepted a position in the office of the county treasurer, where he worked one month in a clerical capacity and was then, on the Ist of March, appointed deputy treasurer, under Chris- tian Buechler, and of this position he continued incumbent until January 1, 1901. In the fall of the preceding year he was nominated for the office of county auditor, to which he was duly elected, and on the Ist of March, 1901, he entered upon the discharge of his duties. He gave a most ac- ceptable administration and was chosen as his own successor in the fall of 1902. for a second term of two years. He is a stanch advocate of the prin- ciples of the Republican party and has been an active worker in its cause. In May, 1903, Mr. Wipf purchased an interest in the Olivet Printing Company, publishers of the Olivet Leader, a weekly paper and one of the best and most popu- lar in the county, and he has since been editor of the same. G. W. Murner is president of the com- pany and J. B. Ashley secretary and treasurer. Mr. Wipf is a member of Eureka Lodge, No. 71, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Bridge- water ; Scotland Chapter, No. 52, Royal Arch Masons, at Scotland ; and Oriental Consistory. No. I. Ancient Accepted Scottishi Rite, in Yankton, while he is also identified with Menno Camp, No. 3071. Modern Woodmen of America. He and his wife are members of the Mennonite church.

On the Ist of June. 1891, Mr. Wipf wedded Miss Katharina Wipf, of this county, she likewise

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being a native of southern Russia, whence her parents came to the territory of Dakota in 1877. Of this union have been born two children, one of whom died in infancy, while the surviving child is John D., who was born on the 19th of July, 1895.

B. T. BOYLAN, one of the influential citi- zens and business men of Armour, Douglas county, is a native of the state of Wisconsin, hav- ing been born in Beaver Dam, Dodge county, on the 19th of August, 1858. He was the second in order of birth of the eleven children of Howard and Delight (Howe) Boylan, and of the number nine are still living, namely: Charles F., who is engaged in the real-estate business in Mitchell, this state ; B. T., who is the subject of this sketch ; Lucy M., who is the wife of B. I. Salinger, of Carroll, Iowa ; Daisy D., who is the wife of F. W. Lindsay, of Arelia, Iowa : Samuel H., who is a law student at Carroll, Iowa ; Thomas H., who is chief clerk in the office of the Iowa state rail- road commissioner. in Des Moines ; Nellie, who is the wife of J. W. Powers, of Mitchell, South Da- kota ; Henry A., who is agent for the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company at Mitchell; and David W., who is court stenographer at Carroll, Iowa. Howard Boylan, the father of the sub- ject, was born in the state of New York, and when he was still a boy his parents removed thence to Dodge county, Wisconsin, locating near Beaver Dam, where he was reared to matu- rity. He there learned the trade of marble cut- ting and was engaged in this line of enterprise in Beaver Dam for a number of years, during which time he continued to reside on his farm, in the immediate vicinity. In 1877 he removed to Cherokee county, Iowa, becoming one of the honored pioneers of that section, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death. which occurred in 1884. He rendered valiant and arduous service as a government scout dur- ing the war of the Rebellion, and the results of this rigorous service were to so seriously impair his health that he died in the prime of life, hav- ing been about forty-eight years of age at the

time of his demise. He was a stanch Republi- can in politics and his religious faith was that of the Methodist church, while he was a man of sterling character, commanding the respect of all who knew him. His devoted wife, who was born in New York, is now living at Aurelia, Iowa.

B. T. Boylan remained at the parental home until he had attained the age of seventeen years, while his early educational advantages were such as were afforded in the public schools. In 1876, in company with his brother Charles, he went to Cherokee county, Iowa, settling on a farm owned by their father, who joined them there a year later, whereupon our subject and his brother purchased farms of their own in that county, where he continued to devote his atten- tion to the cultivation of the same until 1882, when he came to South Dakota, locating on a homestead claim nineteen miles northwest of the present town of Armour. He proved up on this farm, and two years later, in 1884, took up his residence in Grand View, which was then the county seat of Douglas county, where he engaged in the implement business. In 1887, when the town of Armour was platted and established he removed his business to this place, where he has since conducted operations in the line, though he' now handles only heavy farm machinery. In 1899 Mr. Boylan also engaged in the real- estate business and he is now one of the success- ful operators in this line in the state.

In politics Mr. Boylan gives a stanch and unequivocal allegiance to the Republican party. In 1894 he was elected county treasurer, giving a most careful and able administration and being chosen, as his own successor two years later. In 1900 he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature, serving one term and proving a valuable working member of the house. Fra- ternally he is identified with Lodge No. 97, Free and Accepted Masons, in Armour : the chapter of Royal Arch Masons, at Mitchell, and Command- ery No. II. Knights Templar. in Mitchell. He also holds membership in the Knights of Pyth- ias, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Knights of the Maccabees.

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In November, 1886, Mr. Boylan was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Lawrence, of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and they are the par- ents of three children, Lawrence H., Baird T. and Lulu.

WILBUR S. GLASS, one of the prominent members of the bar of South Dakota, engaged in the practice of his profession in Watertown, Codington county, is a native of the state of New York, having been born in Genesee county, on the 27th of April. 1852, and being a son of Chester F. and Mary (Brown) Glass, the for- mer of whom was born in the state of New York and the latter in Vermont. In 1857 they removed from New York to Marengo, Illinois, where the father of the subject was engaged in business for many years, having been one of the influential citizens of his community. He died at Marengo in 1872, while the widow died at Winfield, Kansas, in September, 1897. The subject of this review was but five years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Illinois, where he was reared to maturity, re- ceiving his rudimentary education in the public schools, and thereafter entering the Illinois State University, at Champaign, where he continued his studies for two years. In 1874 he was ma- triculated in the law department of the famous University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated in the spring of 1876. Shortly afterward he entered a law office in Marengo, Illinois, and in June, 1878, he was admitted to the bar of the state, upon examination before its supreme court. He continued in the practice of his profession in Illinois until the spring of 1880, when he came to Watertown, South Dakota, and here established himself in a practice which has grown to large proportions and which is im- portant in the nature of its clientele.

In politics Mr. Glass has given an unwaver- ing allegiance to the Republican party, in whose cause he has put forth most effective personal efforts. In 1894 lie was elected to represent his district in the state legislature, and so ac- ceptable was his work in the connection that his

constituents honored him with re-election in 1896 and again in 1898, thus serving three con- secutive terms, covering the fourth, fifth and sixth sessions of the legislature. In 1897 he re- ceived from President Mckinley the appoint- ment as United States consul at Kiehl, Ger- many, where he remained until May, 1898, when he resigned the office and returned to his home in Watertown. Fraternally, he is identified with the local organizations of the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order of United Work- men.

On the 3d of October, 1899, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Glass to Miss Kathryn Garner, of Anoka. Minnesota, in which state she was born and reared, and they are the parents of two children, Louise and Wilbur S., Jr.

COL. LEE STOVER, register of the United States land office at Watertown, Codington county, and who is also prominent as a land and corporation attorney, was horn in Iowa county, Iowa, on the 16th of June, 1867, being a son of M. W. and Laura R. (Ricord) Stover, the for- mer of whom was born in Ohio and the latter in Iowa. M. W. Stover was engaged in the bank- ing business at Marengo, Iowa, for many years. was a man of marked influence and sterling char- acter, commanding the unequivocal confidence and esteem of all who knew him. . At the time of the war of the Rebellion he was a member of the Twenty-second Iowa Volunteer Infantry. with which he saw long and arduous service. and being captain of Company K at the time of the battle of Vicksburg, where he received a wound which necessitated the amputation of his right arm, his regiment having been the only one to enter the works of the enemy in this memorable conflict. while of those who were wounded in the regiment in that engagement he was the one of the very few to survive. This valiant regiment placed its flag on the works and there main- tained it for seven hours during the sanguinary conflict on the 22d of May, 1863. The paternal grandfather of the subject was George Stover, who was born in the Shenandoah valley, of Vir-

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ginia, and who served with distinction in the war of 1812, while his father, Colonel Hiram Stover, served as colonel under Washington during the war of the Revolution, so that it will be seen that our subject comes of patriotic stock, while he himself has seen military service, as a repre- sentative of the fourth generation of the family in this department of the country's service.

Lee Stover received his early educational dis- cipline in the public schools of Marengo, Iowa, and then entered the Iowa State University, at Iowa City, where he completed the scientific course and was graduated as a. member of the class of 1887. He then became a student in the law department of the same institution, and was graduated in the same in 1889, in June of which year he came to Watertown, South Dakota, and initiated the active practice of his profession, liis devotion to his work and his legal acumen and power soon gaining him representative clientage. On the Ist of April, 1898. Colonel Stover was appointed register of the United States land of- fice, but on the 30th of the same month he re- signed the office to accept the position of lieu- tenant colonel of the First South Dakota Volun- teer Infantry, which was sent to the Philippine Islands, where it remained in active service until October, 1899. The subject made a record worthy of the name he bears, was known as a bold and fearless commander, was loved by all his men and revered by his fellow officers. On his return to Watertown, at the expiration of his term of service in the Orient, Colonel Stover re- sumed the practice of his profession, his absence having greatly interfered with his regular work in the line, but he soon regained his precedence and today controls a large and lucrative practice. On the Ist of November, 1899, he again received appointment as register of the land office, of which position he has since been incumbent, giv- ing a most able administration of its affairs. He served four years as state's attorney of Coding- ton county, and is known as a strong and skill- ful advocate and prosecutor and a counsellor well grounded in the science of jurisprudence in its various branches. Fraternally he is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Inde-

pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and Modern Woodmen of America, all of Watertown. While in service in the Philippines Colonel Stover was one of the three members of the supreme, or provisional, court of the island of Luzon, and while there was also with his regiment on the line for one hundred and twenty-six days and nights without removing clothing, shoes, etc.

On the IIth of February, 1890, at Burling- ton, Wisconsin, Colonel Stover was united in marriage to Miss Maude Newell Gipson, who was born and reared in that state. Of this union have been born two children, Walter E. and Lee Roy.

JAMES S. FOSTER, first superintendent of public instruction, was born in Salisbury, Con- necticut. in 1828. He conducted the famous New York colony to Dakota in 1864. Was superin- tendent of schools and commissioner of immi- gration. He was accidentally killed by the dis- charge of a gun at Mitchell in 1890.

WILLIAM W. WADDELL, the popular and efficient sheriff of Codington county, is a native of the state of Illinois, having been born in the city of Freeport on the 11th of Septem- ber, 1844, and being a son of William G. and Ann Eliza (Donaldson) Waddell, the former of whom was born in Ohio and the latter in Indiana, while both were of sterling Scottish lineage. The father of our subject was a suc- cessful contractor, being engaged in business for a number of years in Freeport and later in the city of Chicago.

The subject of this review secured his edu- cational discipline in the public schools of his native town, being graduated in the high school, after which he was employed as a bookkeeper until there came the call to higher duty, when the integrity of our nation was thrown into jeopardy through armed rebellion. Responding to President Lincoln's first call for volunteers,

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he enlisted, on the 8th of May, 1861, at Free- port, as a private in Company A, Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he pro- ceeded to the front, while at the expiration of his three months' term he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment, with which he continued in active service until January 20, 1866, when he was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisi- ana, having served faithfully and valiantly dur- ing practically the entire period of the great civil conflict, the last year being detached as clerk at brigade headquarters. He participated in many important battles, including those of Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Shiloh, the siege and capture of Mobile, etc., his regiment being under command of Generals Grant and Canby at different periods.

After the close of the war Mr. Waddell re- turned to Illinois, where he was connected with various enterprises as bookkeeper until 1883. when he came as a pioneer to Codington county, where he has ever since maintained his home. while he has contributed his quota to the prog- ress and material upbuilding of this attractive section of the state. For nine years he held the position of deputy sheriff of Codington county, and at the expiration of this period, in the fall of 1902, he was elected sheriff, as the candidate on the Republican ticket, being a stanch advo- cate of the principles of the "grand old party," with which he has been identified since he at- tained his legal majority. He had done most effective work as deputy and since entering upon the office of sheriff he has materially added to his prestige as an able and discriminating officer, being alert and imbued with great daring and courage, so that his name is one which is held in fear by malefactors, in whose apprehension he has been most successful. He is one of the popu- lar citizens of Watertown and the county, and is prominent in both official and social circles. while he commands the respect of all who know him. Mr. Waddell has been identified with the Masonic fraternity for the past thirty years, and has attained the degrees of the lodge, chapter. council and commandery.

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History of South Dakota, Vol. I, Part 142

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