History of South Dakota, Vol. II, Part 104

Author: Robinson, Doane, 1856-1946. cn
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: [Logansport? IN] : B. F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1138

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In June, 1861, at the age of twenty-two years, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Twenty- fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he proceeded to the front, the command being as- signed to the Army of West Virginia. In May, 1862, the entire company was transferred and given the title of Twelfth Ohio Independent Bat- tery of Light Artillery, and under these condi- tions Mr. Lockwood continued to serve until the close of the war. Among the more notable bat- tles in which he participated may be mentioned the following: Cheat Mountain, West Virginia, Summit of Alleghany Mountain, Cedar Moun- tain, second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and nu- merous other small engagements.

After the close of his long and gallant serv- ice as a soldier of the republic Mr. Lockwood re- turned to Ohio, where he remained a short time and then removed to Rockland, Illinois, where he was engaged in clerking for one year, and thereafter was engaged in the lumber business for intervals of varying length in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, until 1879, when he came to South Dakota and located as a pioneer in Mc- Cook county, taking up a homestead claim and in- itiating the work of improving the same and bringing it under cultivation. He there continued to reside until 1884, when he removed to the vi- cinity of Humboldt, Minnehaha county, where he became the owner of a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, in Humboldt township. He here continued to be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1892, when he took up his abode in the village mentioned, and has ever since resided here, a prominent and honored citizen. In Jan- uary, 1893, he was appointed postmaster at Hum- boldt, of which office he has ever since been in- cumbent, while he has served for six years as no- tary public, and has been township clerk since 1893. He is a man of sterling character and has the high esteem of all who know him. In politics he has given his support to the Republican party from practically the time of its organization to the present, and fraternally he is a member of Jo Hooker Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Sioux Falls.

On Christmas day, 1883, at Salem, South Da --

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kota, Mr. Lockwood was united in marriage to Mrs. Celestia A. (Dodge) Royce, widow of Daniel D. Royce, of Ohio, of which state she is a native, having been born in 1840, in Ashtabula county, and being a daughter of Gilead Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood have no children.

JOSEPH P. GALLAGHER, one of the prominent and successful farmers of Humboldt township, Minnehaha county, is a native of the old Keystone state, having been born in Alle- gheny county, Pennsylvania, on the 2d of March, 1856, and being a son of Michael and Kate (Leonard) Gallagher, both of whom were born

in Ireland. This worthy couple continued to reside in Pennsylvania until 1857, when they came west and located in Winona county, Minnesota, where the father of our sub- ject engaged in farming, developing a good farm from the forest wilds. Both he and his wife passed the closing years of their lives in the same place, and they ever commanded the unqualified esteem of all who knew them, having been de- voted communicants of the Catholic church, while in politics the father was a stanch and uncom- promising Democrat. Of their nine children, seven are living, the subject of this sketch having been the third in order of birth.

Joseph P. Gallagher was an infant in arms at the time of his parents' removal to Minnesota, and there he was reared to maturity on the farm, while his educational advantages were such as were afforded in the common schools of the lo- cality. He there continued to maintain his home until 1878, when, at the age of twenty-two years, he came to what is now the state of South Da- kota, locating in Minnehaha county, where, on the Ioth of May, of that year, he entered home- stead and timber-culture claims in Humboldt township, about one and one-half miles south of the present village of the same name. He began operations in a primitive way, his original dwell- ing being rudely constructed of lumber, and through energy, perseverance and good manage- ment during the long intervening years he has ac- cumulated a valuable property, while his ranch

is equipped with the best improvements. He still retains his two original claims, to which he has since added an adjoining half section, so that the area of his landed estate at the present time is six hundred and forty acres, nearly all of which is available for cultivation, yielding large re- turns for the labor expended. Mr. Gallagher's religious faith is that of the Catholic church, in which he was reared; politically he gives an un- wavering allegiance to the Democratic party, and fraternally is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

On the 27th of July, 1885, Mr. Gallagher was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Kelly, who was born and reared in Minnesota. and who was a resident of Minnehaha county at the time of her marriage. Of this union have been born two children, George, who is associated with his father in the management of the home place, and Mamie, who likewise remains beneath the paren- tal roof.

HERBERT D. OAKS, dealer in hardware and farm machinery, Hartford, South Dakota, is native of Olmsted county, Minnesota, born in the town of Viola, on the 21st day of July, 1858. When a youth of twelve he accompanied his par- ents, D. W. and Loraine (Waite) Oaks, on their removal to South Dakota and during the ensuing nine years lived with them on a farm twelve miles west of Sioux Falls, atttending school the mean- while and assisting his father in developing the latter's land. On attaining his majority, he en- tered the employ of the Peavey Elevator Com- pany, at Montrose, conducting the business of the company in an able and satisfactory manner and becoming familiar in the meantime with every phase of the grain trade. Resigning the above position in 1883, Mr. Oaks came to Hartford and accepted a clerkship in the mercantile house of John Mundt, continuing to sell goods during the five years following. At the expiration of that time he became a member of the mercantile firm of Shimmech, Oaks & Company, which partner- ship lasted three years, when Mr. Shimmech disposed of his interest in the business, this

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change resulting in the organization of the well- known firm of John Mundt & Company, with which the subject was identified until 1897. In the latter year Mr. Oaks severed his connection with the firm and began handling hardware and farm machinery, in which he soon built up an extensive business, being at this time one of the leading dealers in

these lines in Hartford. Mr. Oaks car- ries a large and carefully selected stock of hardware, represents a number of the leading implement firms of the United States, and the steady growth of his establishment in public fa- vor bears evidence to his ability, tact and re- sourcefulness as a business man. In politics he was originally a Republican, but of recent years he has affiliated with the Bryan wing of the Democratic party, and is now one of its earnest advocates and active supporters in the county of Minnehaha. Mr. Oaks is identified with the Odd Fellows fraternity, and stands high in the local lodge to which he belongs. He was married on March 23, 1883, to Miss Ida G. Marson, of Sioux Falls, and has a family of children whose names are as follows: Mabel, Cliff, Elma, Elsie, Mar- cene, Loraine, Lelia, Dorotha and Mildred.

WILEY V. LOWE .- We are pleased to make specific mention of the East Sioux Falls granite quarries, of which the firm of Lowe & Handley are the proprietors, the subject of this sketch being the senior member of the firm. They conduct a large and important business, as con- tractors for the celebrated Sioux Falls granite and make a specialty of paving blocks, building and dimension stone, etc., and are contractors for street paving and architectural work.

Mr. Lowe is a native of the beautiful city of Wheeling, West Virginia, where he was born on the 13th of August, 1865, the family name hav- ing been identified with the annals of the southern section of the Union for many years. He is a son of Wiley V. and Margaret ( Miller) Lowe, and his father was engaged in farming near Wheel- ing until 1867, when he removed with his fam-

ily to Wenona, Marshall county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming until 1873, when he re- moved to Gaylord, Smith county, Kansas, while about 1879 he located in Creston, Iowa, where he engaged in farming, becoming one of the prominent farmers of that section. He died in 1890, and the mother is now living at Creston, Iowa.

The subject of this skecth was but two years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Illi- nois, and in the public schools of Wenona he se- cured his rudimentary educational training, while later he continued to attend the public schools in Kansas and Iowa. At the age of seventeen years Mr. Lowe entered the Northwestern Com- mercial College at Stanberry, Missouri, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1885, after which he returned to his home, in Creston, Iowa, where he secured a position as bookkeeper in the local office of a mining company, while later he was similary engaged for a short time at Chariton, that state. In the fall of 1889 he came to East Sioux Falls as bookkeeper for the East Sioux Falls Granite Company, the prede- cessor of the firm of which he is now a member, and in 1895 he became associated with William Handley in the purchase of the business, organ- izing at the time the present firm of Lowe & Handley, and having since continued to success- fully operate their valuable quarries, while the business has shown a continual increase in scope and importance during the intervening years.

. Mr. Lowe gives an unequivocal allegiance to the Republican party, and in 1892 he was ap- pointed postmaster of East Sioux Falls, by Hon. John Wannamaker, who was then postmaster- general, while during the intervening years the subject has continued to fill this office. He has held various local offices, including that of city auditor and member of the board of education, while he is also a notary public. Fraternally he holds membership in Sioux Falls Lodge, No. 262, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in Sioux Falls.

The marriage of Mr. Lowe was solemnnized in Stanberry, Missouri, on the Ist of July, 1887, when he was united to Miss Oma I. Shisler, who

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was born in Stanberry, Missouri, being a daugh- ter of T. J. and Vassie Shisler, who are now res- idents of Stanberry. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe have two children, Delmer C. and J. Virgil.

EDWIN E. BUCK, a prominent and success- ful business man of Hartford, Minnehaha county, is a native of the old Empire state of the Union, having been born on the homestead farm, in St. Lawrence county, New York, on the 29th of July, 1866, and being a son of Epaphroditus and Phoebe (Russ) Buck, both of whom are still liv- ing and each of whom is ninety years of age at the time of this writing, the father having al- ways followed the vocation of farming and having lived a significantly long and useful life. The subject passed his boyhood days on the home farm and early began to aid in its cultivation. while his educational discipline was somewhat limited, being confined to a few years' attendance in the public schools. He initiated his independent ca- reer when a lad of but twelve years, coming west to Wisconsin at that age, in 1878, and there being engaged in work on various farms until 1888. when he came to what is now the state of South Dakota and prepared to gain the fullest measure of success possible by the application of the forces at his command. He took up a homestead claim near Hartford, duly perfecting his title to the property and there engaging in farming about six years, at the expiration of which he took up his residence in Hartford and entered the employ of the J. W. Tuttle Lumber Company, with which he was connected until 1892, when he engaged in the real-estate business, associating himself with I. C. Kingsbury, under the firm name of Buck & Kingsbury. He continued operations in this line for a period of three years and thereafter was variously engaged until 1900, when he be- came a member of the present firm of Buck, Evans & Company, dealers in hardware, farm- ing implements and machinery, furniture, etc., the owners taking rank among the leading busi- ness houses of the town and controlling a large and representative trade. Mr. Buck has "hewed close to the line" and has made every effort

count, being known as one of the progressive and public-spirited citizens of Hartford. In pol- itics he was formerly aligned with the Republi- can party, but the Kansas City platform of the Democracy met with his approval and in 1898 he gave his support to William J. Bryan for the presidency, as did he also in the campaign of 1000. Fraternally he is identified with the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

On the 25th of March, 1883, Mr. Buck was united in marriage to Miss Millie Thrall, who was born and reared in Wisconsin, and they have two children, Grace and Retta E.

CHARLES FEYDER has been an honored resident of Minnehaha county ever since 1881 and from 1884 to 1902 he was actively identified with the growth and business interests of the town of Hartford, where he still makes his home. Charles Feyder, son of Nicholas and Rosa ( Nichi- olas) Feyder, was born at Port Washington, Wis- consin, on the 2d day of March, 1850, and spent his early life in his native town. He at- tended the public schools of that place until his seventeenth year, and then left the parental roof to make his own way, his first experience being on the great lakes, which he plied in different capacities during the ten years following. He entered the maritime service in a humble po- sition, but by faithfully discharging his duties was gradually advanced until at the early age of twenty he received a pilot's commission, be- ing one of the youngest men ever intrusted with such an honorable and responsible post. During the greater part of his experience on the lakes Mr. Feyder was in the employ of the Goodrich Transportation Company, which fact attests his ability as a pilot, as none but men of the highest efficiency were intrusted with the guidance of the company's vessels, and when he resigned his position he received from his employers flattering testimonials as to his faithfulness in looking after their interests.

On quitting the lake service, Mr. Feyder re- turned home and engaged in the grain trade at Port Washington, but after spending about four

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years there he disposed of the business and in 1881 came to Minnehaha county, South Dakota, and settled on a tree claim in Humboldt town- ship, which had been taken up in his name the year previous. He at once began improving his land and in due time had a considerable part of it in cultivation. A good dwelling and other build- ings were erected, fences were put up and it was not long until his place became one of the most beautiful and attractive country homes in the township of Humboldt. Mr. Feyder devoted his attention exclusively to agricultural pursuits and stock raising until the year 1884, when he abandoned rural life and, moving to Hartford, opened a hardware store, which line of business he conducted with encouraging success during the ensuing seven years, disposing of the establishment in 1901. Two years after changing his residence to the town he took charge of the Plavey Grain Elevator, which he managed in connection with the hardware trade, building up an extensive business, buying and shipping grain and con- tinuing the same until 1902, when he turned it over to his son and retired from active life.

Mr. Feyder's business enterprises proved quite successful, and he is now the possessor of a suf- ficiency of this world's goods to place him in independent circumstances, besides rendering un- necessary any care or anxiety as far as the future is concerned. His career has been characterized by great activity and devotion to duty, and whether laboring for others or looking after his own interests, his industry was untiring, his man- agement able and judicious and his rewards al- ways liberal and certain. A strong Republican and at all times standing for the principles of his party and laboring earnestly for its success, he has persistently refrained from office seek- ing and leaves to others the honors and emolu- ments of public position. Mr. Feyder, on January 21. 1875. was happily married, at Port Washing- ton, Wisconsin, to an estimable young lady of that place, by the name of Elizabeth Beck. Five children have been the fruits of this union, viz : Nicholas J., Rose, William, Charles and Theo- dore.

ALEXANDER MADILL was born in Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence county, New York, on January 29, 1843. He was reared to agri- cultural pursuits in his native county, attended the public schools at intervals during his minority, and at the age of twenty-three left New York and went to Waupaca county, Wisconsin, where he engaged in the lumber business. After remain- ing in the latter state until the spring of 1877, Mr. Madill came to South Dakota and during the greater part of the next year and a half devoted his attention to prospecting in the Black Hills, with Deadwood as his headquarters. In the fall of 1878 he went to Custer City and began pros- pecting on French creek, but the following year changed his location to the site of the present city of Keystone, where he purchased a number of mining claims, which have since increased in value. In 1880, with Dr. Hope, he located the Bullion mine, in which Benjamin Mitchell sub- sequently acquired an interest, Mr. Madill and the latter gentleman being principal owners of the property at the present time. This mine, which is bonded to eastern capitalists, shows great value and promises, when fully developed, to become one of the largest and richest mining properties in the Black Hills.

In addition to the above, Mr. Madill has located a number of other valuable claims in different parts of the country, several of which he sold at liberal prices, and he was also inter- ested for some time in the Ida Florence mine, a mine of great promise, which he helped pro- mote and develop. Mr. Madill lived at Keystone until the spring of 1891, when he came to Squaw creek and took up his present ranch, five miles from Hermosa, where, in addition to looking after his mining interests, he has since been en- gaged in farming and stock raising. He has a fine place which is admirably suited to agriculture and grazing. and has spared neither pains nor expense in developing and improving the property and providing his family with the conveniences and comforts and not a few of the luxuries of life. Mr. Madill is one of the progressive men of the Black Hills and manifests commendable zeal in whatever makes for the growth and de-

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velopment of this section of the state. Always a staunch Republican, he persistently refused to accept office from his party until the fall of 1900, when he was induced, much against his will, to consent to run for the legislature. His election followed as a matter of course and he represented the county in a very creditable manner, proving an able and indefatigable worker for the inter- ests of his constituency. and earning an honor- able reputation as a law maker. In all that con- stitutes intelligent and aggressive citizenship, Mr. Madill is easily the peer of any of his contem- poraries, and as a kind and obliging neighbor. with the good of his fellow men at heart, he en- joys the esteem and confidence not only of the community in which he resides, but of the people of the county as well. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, at Keystone, and in addition thereto gives his support to all public and private benevolences, being charitable and ever ready to assist the deserving poor wherever they may be found.

On January 20, 1873. Mr. Madill was united in marriage with Miss Emma Kelley, a native of Maine, but at that time living in Waupaca county, Wisconsin, where the ceremony took place. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Madill, namely: George, Gertrude, Roy, Earl and Olive.

CHARLES LEMUEL EAKIN, the owner of a finely improved ranch of sixteen hundred acres, near Blunt, Hughes county, is a native of Illinois, having been born in Indianola, Vermil- lion county, on the 2d of August, 1865, and being a son of Edmond W. and Ellen M. Eakin. He was afforded the advantages of the excellent public schools of his native state, completing his specific scholastic discipline in the high school at Danville. He continued to reside in Illinois un- til 1883, when he came to what was then the ter- ritory of Dakota, and here he has achieved pros- perity and independence and gained prestige as one of the able business men and influential citizens of his home county, where he is held in high esteem by all who know him. In politics

Mr. Eakin is a stalwart adherent of the Republi- can party, and in a social way he is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Knights of the Macca- bees.

On the 11th of November, 1801, Mr. Eakin was united in marriage to Miss Etta J. Sheldon, who was born in Eyota, Olmsted county, Minne- sota, in 1865, and whose death occurred on the 14th of May, 1892. She was a daughter of Porter G. and Caroline Sheldon, who were num- bered among the pioneers of Minnesota. On the 8th of July, 1895, the subject consummated a second marriage, being then united to Miss Lelia Bailey, who was born in Rochester, Illinois, on the 8th of March, 1870, being a daughter of Emory and Lucinda Bailey. Mr. Eakin has three children, one of whom was born of the first marriage, and two of the second, namely: Etta S., Russell L. and Muriel.

PETER LYNUM, the leading contractor and building of Hartford, South Dakota, and the son of Peter and Lena (Jacobson) Lynum, was born in Menominee, Wisconsin, on the 23d chy of June, 1876, but grew to maturity in the town of Baldwin, that state, to which place his parents removed when he was a child. After attending the public schools of Baldwin until acquiring a good practical education he turned his attention to mechanical work, for which he early mani- fested a decided liking, and in due time becune an efficient carpenter, which trade he followed at different places in his native state until 1897. In that year he came to South Dakota and, lo- cating at Hartford, worked for other parties until 1901, when he began contracting upon his own responsibility, since which time he has erected many of the finest residences in the city, also a number of business blocks and public edifices, besides doing considerable building in other towns and throughout the country districts. Mr. Lynum is a skilled mechanic and a master of his trade ; he has devoted much attention to the study of architecture, is prepared to furnish all kinds of plans and specifications, and in addition thereto

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makes a specialty of fine cabinet work, in which he is without a rival in the city of his residence. Since engaging in business for himself his ad- vancement has been rapid and at this time he furnishes steady employment to quite a force of skilled workmen, having on hand a number of important contracts which when completed will add greatly to the growth and beauty of the city and surrounding country.

Politically Mr. Lynum has always been stead- fast in his allegiance to the Republican party, but he is by no means narrow or illiberal in his opin- ions. He is a married man, having contracted a matrimonial alliance, on January 1, 1901, with Miss Gail Sarah Scott, of Hartford, South Da- koťa, daughter of Joseph and Ella (Banton) Scott, the union being blessed with one child, Al- len LeRoy.

ALBION THORNE, who maintains his home in the pleasant little city of Hartford, Min- nehaha county, is a native of the old Pine Tree state, having been born in Canton, Oxford county, Maine, on the 19th of October, 1836, and being a son of John Owen Thorne, a farmer by vocation, who was born at Lisbon, Maine, in 1804, and who died in Dell Rapids, South Da- kota, in 1874. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Hail Billings, was born at Temple, New Hampshire, on the 24th of September, 1810, and died in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on the 6th of April, 1901, both of these sterling pioneers having been numbered among the earliest perma- nent settlers in Minnehaha county. Both families were established in New England in the colonial era, and Thomas Thorne, grandfather of our sub- ject, was an active participant in the war of 1812, and a pioneer settler in the state of Maine. Albion Thorne, to whom this sketch is dedicated, completed the curriculum of the common schools in his native county, and thereafter continued his educational discipline in Westbrook Seminary and the Maine State Seminary, now known as Bates College, while in September, 1858, he was matriculated in Tufts College, at Somerville, Massachusetts, where he pursued a classical and scientific course of study.

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History of South Dakota, Vol. II, Part 104

Author: Robinson, Doane, 1856-1946. cn Publication date: 1904 Publisher: [Logansport? IN] : B. F. Bowen Number of Pages: 1138

Author: Robinson, Doane, 1856-1946. cn
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: [Logansport? IN] : B. F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1138