History of South Dakota, Vol. II, Part 142

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

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He is a stanch advocate of the principles and pol- icies of the Republican party, his religious faith is that of the German Baptist church, in which he was reared, and fraternally he is affiliated with Bangor Camp, No. 39, Knights of the Macca- bees, in Selby, where he now resides, being one of the popular young men of the county and one who has the high esteem of all who know him.

JOHN W. ARTHUR, one of the represent- ative business men of Webster, Day county, is a native of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was born on the 30th of June, 1858, being a son of Robert and Mary (Scott) Ar- thur, both of whom were born in Ireland. As a young man the father of our subject left his old home in the northern part of the Emerald Isle and came to America, settling in Philadelphia, where he was for many years engaged in the coal business, becoming successful in his en- deavors and continuing to reside in the fair old City of Brotherly Love until his death, which occurred in 1902, his wife having passed away in 1871.

John W. Arthur, the immediate subject of this review, completed the curriculum of the public schools in his native city and then entered Crittenden College, in the same city, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1875. He then learned the drug business, with which he there continued to be identified until 1884, when he came to South Dakota, bringing a number of car loads of live stock and settling in Day county, where he continued to be en- gaged in the raising of stock for a number of years, after which he became identified with newspaper work. He purchased an interest in the Reporter and Farmer, published in Webster, South Dakota, and continued to be associated in its editorial and business management until 1901, when he disposed of his interests in the line. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster of Webster, retaining this incumbency until 1902, and giving a most satisfactory administration. Since that time he has been established in the real-estate business, controlling valuable farming and graz-

ing lands in this section of the state, as well as improved and unimproved town property, and having at all times represented on his books many desirable investments. He is specially interested in realty in Webster, where he has built a large number of houses. In politics Mr. Arthur is a stanchi and uncompromising advo- cate of the principles of the Republican party, and he has taken an active part in the promotion of its cause in the state of his adoption, having held membership on both the county and state central committees and been a delegate to the various conventions of his party. He is affiliated with the lodge and chapter of the Masonic fra- ternity and also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

In 1885 Mr. Arthur was united in marriage to Miss Clara F. MeDougall, who was born in Sparta, Wisconsin, being a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth ( Farrington) MeDougall, who were born and reared in Maine, being represent- atives of stanch old colonial stock, while the rec- ords establish the fact that members of the Far- rington family were soldiers of the Continental line during the war of the Revolution. Mrs. Arthur was summoned into eternal rest on the 20th of December, 1897, and is survived by three children, Robert, Irene and Walter Scott. The elder son is now attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, being one of the youngest cadets in the institution. On the 30th of June, 1903, Mr. Arthur wedded Mrs. Mary Ella Whitemore, of Stillwater, Minne- sota.

HENRY R. DE MALIGNON, who is suc- cessfully engaged in the farm implement business at Selby. Walworth county, has maintained his home in this county since 1886 and is one of the popular and representative citizens of the town and county.

Henry Richard de Malignon has the dis- tinction of being a native of the national metrop- olis, having been born in New York city, on the 19th of February, 1860, and being a son of

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Francis and Margaret de Malignon, the former of whom was born in Germany, of French an- cestry, while the latter was born in England. The father of our subject came to America as a young man and was for many years engaged in insurance in New York city. Henry R. re- ceived his educational discipline in the public schools of the metropolis and gave inception to his independent career when a lad of but four- teen years. He continued his residence in the east until 1886, when he followed the star of empire toward the west and in 1886 took up his residence in Walworth county, South Dakota, where he has put forth well-directed effort and gained success and prosperity as a business man. He is a stanch Republican in his political pro- clivities and was elected and served as county auditor during 1893-1897; county judge, 1898- 1900, and representative in the legislature from the thirty-ninth district, 1902-1904. While he has a high respect for the spiritual verities, he is an avowed agnostic. Fraternally he is affili- ated with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, the Knights of the Maccabees, the Brother- hood of American Yeomen and the Modern Woodmen of America.

On the 29th of March, 1884, Mr. de Malig- non was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Hof- meyer, who was born in London, England, on the 30th of November, 1862, being a daughter of August and Maria Hofmeyer. They have four sons, Harry, Frank, Arthur and Robert.

CHARLES A. KELLEY, one of the repre- sentative members of the bar of Beadle county, being engaged in the practice of his profession in the city of Huron, and being also incumbent of the office of state's attorney of the county, is to be noted as one of the progressive and influ- ential business men of this favored section of the state, being president and manager of the Kelley Land Agency, one of the leading real-estate concerns of the state. Mr. Kel- ley is a native of the state of Illinois, having been born in Lemont, Cook county, on the 21st of November, 1873. He is a son of M. F. and

Bridget Kelley. When the subject was eleven years old he came with his parents to the pres- ent site of South Dakota, where he has ever since retained his home, having literally grown up with the country and being a representative of one of sterling pioneer families of the commonwealth. He received his education in the public schools of Huron and the University of Wisconsin. Shortly after finishing his law course he located in Huron and initiated the active practice of his profession, opening an office here in May, 1900. A man of most alert mentality and mature judg- ment, he forthwith proved his mettle as a member of the bar, and his success has been cumulative and gratifying, while the professional prestige which he has attained is indicated in the official position which he holds. As state's attorney he has made an excellent record, being known as a strong trial lawyer and as one thoroughly well informed in the minutiae of the science of juris- prudence. Mr. Kelley has been progressive and resourceful, and has shown much initiative and executive ability, so that he has found it expe- dient to identify himself with much that has to do with the development of the resources of his town, county and state. Kelley's Land Agency, of which he is president and manager, controls a large and important real-estate business, hav- ing headquarters in Huron. The most desirable investments are at all times represented on the books of the agency, in the way of South Dakota farm lands, stock ranches and dairy farms, while a specialty is made of high-grade farm mort- gages and of the exchanging of properties. For the facilitating of the operations of the concern offices are maintained in all of the principal cit- ies of the state, and the agency controls valuable lands in all sections of the commonwealth. Mr. Kelley has proven himself loyal and helpful as a citizen, and is one of Huron's most public-spirited men. He is the owner and publisher of the Jour- nal-World, the leading paper of Beadle county, and in politics he is a stanch advocate of the prin- ciples and policies of the Republican party, to which he has accorded an unwavering allegiance from the time of attaining his legal majority, while he is an active factor in the promotion of

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the interests of the party in a local way. As touching his fraternal relations, it may be said that he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Modern Brotherhood of America, while he is held in the highest esteem in both business and social circles, being one of the well-known and popular citizens of Beadle county.

On the 12th of November, 1899, was solem- mized the marriage of Mr. Kelley to Miss Alice C. Issenhuth, who was born in Shellsburg, Iowa, on the 12th of November, 1881, being a daughter of Martin and Margaret Issenhuth, who became pioneers of South Dakota, in which state their six sons are prominent business or professional men.

As a lawyer Mr. Kelley evinces a familiarity with legal principles and a ready perception of facts, together with the ability to apply the one to the other, which has won him the reputation of a sound and safe practitioner. Conscientious work has not only brought with it increase of practice and reputation, but also that growth in legal knowledge and that wide and accurate judg- ment the possession of which constitutes marked excellence in the profession. In the trial of cases he is uniformly courteous to court and opposing counsel, caring little for display, but seeking to impress the jury rather by weight of facts in his favor and by clear, logical argument than by ap- peal to passion or prejudice. By a straightfor- ward, honorable course he has built up a large and lucrative legal business and his life affords a splendid example of what an American youth, plentifully endowed with good common sense, energy and determination, may accomplish when directed and controlled by earnest principles.

HON. GEORGE W. SNOW, of Springfield, Bon Homme county, lieutenant governor of the state of South Dakota, is a native of the state of Indiana, having been born in Posey county, on the 13th of December, 1842. His father, Au- gustus F. Snow, was born in the city of Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania, on the 21st of March, 1816,

and was a miller by trade and vocation, having been the owner of a flouring mill in Grant county, Wisconsin, at the time of his death, which occurred on the 13th of February, 1886. His wife. whose maiden name was Catherine M. Feit, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on the 28th of July, 1819, and their marriage was solemnized on the oth of April, 1837. She died near Montfort, Wisconsin. December 11, 1848. They became the parents of four sons, all of whom are dead except the subject of this sketch. The genealogy in both the paternal and ma- ternal lines traces back to stanch German origin. Governor Snow was about two years of age at the time of his parents' removal from Indiana to Wisconsin, in which state he was reared and ed- ucated, completing the curriculum of the com- mon schools and a local academy and taking a thorough course in a commercial college in Madison, the capital of the state, in which insti- tution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1866. The father of our subject located on a farm in Grant county, Wisconsin, at the time of taking up his residence there, in 1845, and in 1854 he engaged in the general merchandise business at Montfort, that county, where he re- mained until 1858, when he removed with his family to Beatrice, Nebraska, but returned to Grant county, Wisconsin, the next autumn and again resumed agricultural pursuits and milling. The subject of this review remained on the homestead farm until his father engaged in the mercantile business, when he became an assist- ant in the store, while after the return of the family to Grant county he aided in the work and management of the farm until there came the call to higher duty, the rebellion of the south having caused the tocsin of war to be sounded. In August, 1862. Mr. Snow enlisted as private in Company F, Twentieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, for a term of "three years or until the close of the war." He continued in active service with his command until victory had crowned the Union arms, having been mustered out and having received his honorable discharge in August, 1865. He participated in several im- portant and hotly contested battles, including

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that of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, and took part in the memorable sieges of Vicksburg, Spanish Fort and Mobile, being present at the capitulation of the last named city, while he was also with his command in numerous skirmishes and other minor engagements, proving himself a valiant and faithful soldier of the republic whose integ- rity he thus aided in perpetuating.

After the close of his military service Mr. Snow returned to Wisconsin and completed a course in a commercial college in Madison, as previously noted. Thereafter he was employed as clerk in a general store at Dodgeville, that state, until 1869, when he came as a pioneer to what is now the state of South Dakota, settling in Springfield, Bon Homme county, which was then a mere straggling frontier village, and here he has thus maintained his home for thirty- five years, being one of the pioneers of the town and state and having ever been loyal to both. Here he became identified with the operation of a sawmill and for a time was clerk in one of the first general stores in the town, while he availed himself of the opportunities which presented in connection with the development and material progress of the state, and soon found himself well advance 1 on the highway of definite and distinctive success. He began dealing in real estate in the early years of his residence here and largely through this medium has he gained inde- pendence and prosperity, while he is at the present time the owner of several thousand acres of valuable land in Bon Homme and adjoining counties. He has shown a public spiritel in- terest in all that has appertained to the civic and material advancement of his home town and has aided liberally in the support of all legitimate public enterprises, having been largely instru- mental in securing the location of the State Normal School in Springfield. In politics he has given an unequivocal allegiance to the Republi- can party from his carly manhood to the present time. He has served in various offices of public trust and responsibility, including that of justice of the peace, member of the board of education and county treasurer, to which last he was in- cumbent two terms of two years each. He was

a member of the constitutional convention of 1885, while in 1890-I he represented his district in the state senate, as did he again in 1897-8, and in 1901 he was elected lieutenant governor of the state, serving with signal ability and being chosen as his own successor in the election of Novem- ber, 1903, so that he remains in tenure of this important office at the present time. Mr. Snow effected the organization of the Bank of Spring- field in 1883, and is its principal stockholder, giv- ing personal, supervision to its management and being its president, while he is also a large stock- holder in the Bank of Monroe, at Monroe, Ne- braska. He still continues to deal extensively in real estate and controls a large amount of valu- able realty, offering most attractive investments. He and his wife are attendants and supporters of the church of the Ascension, Protestant Episcopal, of which the latter is a communicant. Mr. Snow has been identified with the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows since 186;, and is past grand master of the grand lodge of the order in the state, while he is at the present time grand treasurer. He has attained to the thirty-second degree in the Masonic fraternity, with which he has been identified since 1881, an I is past grand treasurer of the grand lodge, while he is also past grand patron of the allied or- ganization. the Order of the Eastern Star. He is one of the appreciative and honored mem- bers of General Steadman Post, No. 38. Grand Army of the Republic, and the hold which he has upon the esteem and confidence of his com- rades in the same is significantly intimate 1 in the fact that he has served as commander of the post for the past fourteen years, while during 1901-2 he had the notable distinction of being department commander of the order in South Dakota.

In Yankton, this state, in April, 1874. Mr. Snow was united in marriage to Miss Sylvia L. Tyler, who died in May, 1878, leaving one child, Harry, whose death occurred in the following August. In February, 1882, he consummated a second marriage, being then united to Mrs. Al- berta M. Davison, nee Mead, and they have two sons, George G., who was born on the 4th of

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January, 1884, and who is a member of the class of 1903 in the celebrated University of Michi- gan, at Ann Arbor, and Frank M., who was born on the 6th of August, 1888, and who is now a student in the South Dakota State Normal School, in his home town.

JAMES C. BLAIR was born November 23. 1837, in Pocahontas county, West Virginia, and grew to manhood in that state, receiving a com- mon-school education and assisting his father on the farm until twenty-two years of age. In 1859 he went to Iowa, thence, after a short time, to Missouri, and in 1861 crossed the plains to Colo- rado, where he prospected for a while, later en- gaging in freighting there and in Utah terri- tory. In the spring of 1864 hie accompanied, in the capacity of a teamster, a freight train from Salt Lake to Virginia City, Montana, arriving at the latter place in the month of May, and for some time thereafter he prospected and mined in Alder gulch and the Belt district, meeting with fair success in his search for gold. Later he traveled over barren parts of Montana, min- ing and prospecting, but in 1869 returned to his native state, where he remained until the follow- ing spring, visiting his parents and renewing the acquaintances of his childhood and youth. The next year he again started west, with Missouri as his objective point, and from there he subse- quently went to Texas, where he purchased cattle, following spring he took his cattle to Colorado, where they were disposed of at good prices, after which he again turned his attention to prospect- ing-in that and adjoining states and territories until the opening of the Black Hills country, when he proceeded thither, being among the first arrivals in the spring of 1877. In May of the same year Mr. Blair came to Whitewood creek and settled on public land, six miles from the town of Whitewood, which in due time he : converted into a fine ranch, and since that date he had made his home on the same, devoting his attention the meanwhile to the live-stock busi- ness, being now among the enterprising and suc-

cessful horse raisers of Lawrence county. By industry and thrift he has acquired not only the valuable ranch on which he lives, but a sufficient amount of material wealth to make him prac- tically independent, his place being well stocked with horses and other domestic animals, from the sale of which he realizes liberal returns.

PHILIP DUFRAM comes of stanch French lineage and is a native of Dubuque county, Iowa, where he was born on the 26th of May, 1856, be- ing a son of John B. and Lenora DuFram, both of whom were born in the province of Quebec, Canada. John DuFram took up his residence in Iowa in 1840, being one of the early settlers of that state, where he remained, engaged in farm- ing until 1861, when he came to what is now the state of South Dakota, and located near Elk Point, in Union county, having brought his fam- ily through by way of Fort Dodge, and making the entire trip with teams. He engaged in farm- ing in the county mentioned and also became identified with the freighting business, transport- ing supplies to the various government military posts, in which connection he met with many narrow escapes from the hostile Indians. He continued to be engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 1894, and his widow now resides in the city of Yankton, hav- ing attained the venerable age of eighty-six years. Of their fourteen children eleven are yet which he drove to New Mexico to winter. The | living, the subject of this sketch having been the

seventh in order of birth.

Philip DuFram, whose name introduces this article, passed his boyhood days at Elk Point, this state, and Sioux City, Iowa, and owing to the exigencies of time and place his educational ad- vantages were limited. At the age of twelve years he became connected with his father's freighting business to the different army posts and was thus engaged until 1871, when he took charge of the government herd of cattle at Yank- ton Agency, and retained this position until the autunın of 1876, when he went to Nebraska and became the foreman for the Durfee Cattle Com- pany, in whose employ he remained until the

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spring of 1882, when he went to the head of the Powder river, in the Big Horn mountains of Montana, in charge of the stock of the Frontier Land and Cattle Company, and he was a prom- inent figure in the contest between the reliable and law-abiding stockmen with the "rustlers" in the cattle war in Johnson county, Wyoming. He was a member of the party of forty-seven stock- men who were at this period surrounded at the "T. A." ranch and besieged for five days, being finally relieved by the government troops from Fort McKenna, this being during the invasion of Wyoming, in 1892. Prior to this he had charge of the stock of the Frontier Land and Cattle Company, utilizing the range in the fa- mous "Hole in the Wall" country, and here he met with many exciting experiences through the hostility of the same class of invaders. On one occasion he made a most hazardous trip to Buf- falo, Wyoming, to reconnoiter, and though hard pressed succeeded in making his escape. His is a nature without an iota of cowardice, and this has been proved time and again in the face of dangers which could not but test the mettle of the most daring and venturesome. In 1875 Mr. DuFram took a pack outfit into the Black Hills, being accompanied by old Grey Face and three other Indians, and he devoted six months to exploring the country, while in the following year he transported supplies from Fort Pierre to the Hills for Major Clarkson, of the United States army, while in the fall of that year he went to Nebraska, as has been already noted. In 1892 he was appointed state brand inspector for Wyoming, and in the following year he went to Arizona, where he remained one year, being fore- man for the Aztec Land and Cattle Company. He then returned to Montana, where he was em- ployed by the Standard Cattle Company until 1900, when he was appointed brand inspector at Fort Pierre for the Black Hills Stock Associa- tion, retaining this incumbency eighteen months, at the expiration of which he took charge of the stock of the Minnesota and Dakota Cattle Com- pany, on the White river. While attending to his duties in this connection he became snow- blind and also suffered an attack of smallpox,

the result being he lost the sight of his left eye, and upon his recovery he was made representa- tive of the interests of the well-known and ex- tensive firm of stock commission merchants, Ro- senbaum Brothers & Company, of Chicago, for the territory from the Missouri river to the Black Hills in South Dakota, in which capacity he is rendering most efficient service at the time of this writing. He is a man of genial personality and has a host of friends throughout the great northwest, while his name is a synonym of honor and integrity. He maintains his headquarters in Evarts, Walworth county. In politics Mr. Du- Fram is a stanch Democrat. He is not married.

JOHN A. BUSHFIELD, editor and pub- lisher of the Pioneer Press, at Miller, Hand county, is a native of the old Buckeye state, hav- ing been born in Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio, on the 9th of August, 1856, and being a son of John M. and Sarah E. (Moore) Bush- field. He received his early educational disci- pline in the public schools of his native town, and there served an apprenticeship at the print- er's trade, gaining a thorough knowledge of the mysteries of the "art preservative of all arts," and securing incidentally that training which has been well said to be equivalent to a literal education-the discipline of a newspaper office. He continued his residence in Ohio until 1878, when he located in Atlantic, Cass county. Iowa, where he was identified with newspaper work until 1883. when he came to the present state of South Dakota and cast in his lot with the early settlers of Miller, which was then but a small and primitive frontier village. Here he purchased a half interest in the Pioneer Press, which. had been established the preceding year, and in 1889 he purchased his partner's interest in the enter- prise, which he has since individually conducted, the paper being a model country journal and wielding much influence in the local field, both in a political and civic way. The Pioneer Press is # issued on Thursday of each week, is a six-column quarto and is the official paper of the city and county in which it is published. Mr. Bushfield

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History of South Dakota, Vol. II, Part 142

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