History of South Dakota, Vol. II, Part 72

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

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ously, and in 1888 William H. Lyon became a member of the firm, which was known as Bailey, Davis & Lyon, and which held a foremost posi- tion among the legal associations of the territory and state during the entire time of its existence. Judge Bailey served as city attorney of Sioux Falls from 1885 until 1889, and on the 21st of August, 1890, upon the resignation of Charles O. Bailey, he was appointed state's attorney for Minnehaha county, retaining this office, by sub- sequent re-elections, until 1895, when he resumed the private practice of his profession. In No- vember, 1900, he was elected county judge of Minnehaha county, serving for a term of two years and being then re-elected, in 1902, for a second term of equal duration. In the territorial days the Judge was for two years a member of the Republican central committee of the territory, and in 1895-6 he was a member of the state agricul- tural board. In 1899 he edited and published a history of Minnehaha county, a valuable contribu- tion to the history of the territory and state in the field covered, and the work is considered au- thoritative, gaining distinctive commendation from those most capable of judging its true mer- its. Judge Bailey has ever been a stanch advo- cate of the principles of the Republican party and has been prominent in its councils in the three states in which he has lived and labored so effectively. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order.

WILLIAM C. NOTMEYER. register of deeds of Hughes county, was born in the city of Bismarck, North Dakota, on Christmas day, 1877, being a son of Henry L. and Nellie (Inman) Notmeyer, both of whom were born in Ohio. At the time of the Mexican war Henry L. Notmeyer offered his services to his country, but failing to secure a commission he engaged in a survey in Kansas and during the winters of those early years he was with Colonel W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) on expeditions in hunting buffaloes on the great western plains, the animals being shipped to the markets in Cincinnati and St. Louis. At the opening of the Civil war he enlisted as a mem-

ber of the Fifty-second Regiment Indiana Volun- teer Infantry and served until victory had crowned the Union arms, participating in the battles of Vicksburg, Shiloh and many other of the famous battles incidental to the great civil conflict. In an early day he came to what is now North Da- kota and located in the frontier village of Bis- marck, where he remained until 1881, when he came with his family to Pierre, the attractive lit- tle capital city of South Dakota, where he en- gaged in the grocery business. Here he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1894. He was well known to the old-timers of the territory, was a man of inflexible integrity and had a host of friends in the two great com- monwealths which originally constituted the ex- tensive domain of the territory of Dakota. His wife died in the year 1880 at Bismarck; of their three children, two are living. Prior to settling in Bismarck he had been a scout in Kansas, dur- ing the Indian troubles, having been appointed to this position by Colonel Cody, who was chief of scouts at the time.

The subject of this sketch received his edu- cațional training in the public schools of Pierre, and thereafter was for several years employed as bookkeeper in the cattle and loan establishment of March Brothers. On the 28th of April, 1898, he enlisted as a private, and was later promoted to sergeant, in Company A, First South Dakota Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel A. S. Frost, being mustered in at Sioux Falls and thence proceeding with the command to San Francisco, where they embarked at once for Ma- nila, making the voyage by way of Honolulu. Their first engagement with the insurgents oc- curred on the 4th of February, 1899, in Manila, the conflict continuing on the following day, while on the 23d of the same month they had other spirited engagements on the outskirts of the city, while they were again engaged with the natives on the 28th. On the 4th and 5th of May they moved out and captured the town of San Fer- nando, where they remained on provost duty un- til May 24th, when they again were in battle, as were they also on the 25th, this being the last active engagement in which the regiment took

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part. They then returned to Santa Mesa, three miles distant from Manila, where they recruited before returning, remaining there stationed about four weeks, at the expiration of which they were again called into the field and kept on duty until they returned to San Francisco, by way of Japan, having been mustered out on the 5th of October, 1899. Mr. Notmeyer while thus in service well upheld the military prestige gained by his hon- ored father, and was always found at the post of duty.

After the close of his military career he re- turned to his home in Pierre, and was instru- mental in the organization of Troop B, First Squadron, South Dakota Cavalry, National Guard, located at Pierre, of which troop he was made first lieutenant. In November, 1900, he was elected register of deeds of Hughes county, in which capacity he has since continued to serve, having been chosen as his own successor in 1902. He is a real-estate dealer to some extent and also contracts for the construction of cement side- walks, curbing, etc., being associated with the cement firm of Stover & Engelsby, and frater- nally is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Brother- hood of American Yeomen. He is a very active member of Pierre's volunteer fire department, and has served several years as first assistant chief. Religiously he is member of the First Metho- dist church of the capital city.

On the 16th of May, 1900, Mr. Notmeyer was united in marriage to Miss Arlie B. Pond, who was born in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, and who is a daughter of Albert A. Pond, now a well- known citizen and business man of Pierre.

MORITZ ADELBERT LANGE, deputy s11- perintendent of public instruction in the state of South Dakota, was born at Smith Mills, Chaut- tauqua county, New York, on the 28th of Janu- ary, 1855, and is a son of Moritz Jacob Lange, who was born in Grossenhein, kingdom of Sax- ony, Germany, on the 5th of March, 1824, and who came to America in 1848, with the renowned Franz Sigel, who rendered so brilliant service in

defense of the Union during the war of the Re- bellion. The maiden name of the subject's mother was Margaret J. Dawley, and she was born in Gowanda, Cattaraugus county, New York, on the 25th of October, 1835, being of stanch Eng- lish lineage. The original ancestors in the new world settled on Long Island in 1700, and a col- lateral relative was Ethan Allen, of historic fame. In 1856 the parents of our subject came to the west and took up their residence in Decorah, Winneshiek county, Iowa, being numbered among the pioneers of the Hawkeye state, where the fa- ther engaged in farming and where both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Moritz A. Lange was a mere infant at the time of the family removal to Iowa, where he was reared to manhood, having completed the curric- ulum of the graded schools of his home town and having then engaged in teaching, by which means he earned the funds which enabled him to avail himself of higher educational advantages. He was graduated in Stanford Seminary, at Stan- ford, Iowa, in 1872, and thereafter completed the normal course in the Decorah Institute, in Dec- orah, being graduated as a member of the class of 1874. He continued his residence in Iowa tantil 1878, when he came to what is now the state of South Dakota and cast in his lot with the pio- neers of McCook county, where he filed entry on the west half of section 26, range 102, township 55, perfecting his title in due course of time and improving the property, which he retained in his possession until 1902, when he disposed of the same, receiving forty dollars an acre, though he is still a land holder in the county. He promptly identified himself with the industrial and public affairs of the county, having served as county surveyor for the decade from 1880 to 1890, while in 1892 he was again chosen as in- cumbent of this office, serving one year. He has taken a prominent part in educational work from the early days to the present, having been county superintendent of schools from 1882 to 1894, while in 1895 he was appointed institute conduc- tor, in which office he did an admirable work. In 1897 he was appointed deputy superintendent of public instruction for the state, and in 1903 he

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was again appointed to this office, of which he is in tenure at the time of this writing, giving prac- tically his entire time and attention to his execu- tive duties and enjoying marked popularity in the educational circles of the state. In politics he has ever given an unfaltering allegiance to the Re- publican party, and fraternally he is affiliated with Eureka Lodge, No. 71, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, at Bridgewater, this state; Salem Chapter. No. 34, Royal Arch Masons, at Salem; and Capital City Chapter, No. 39, Order of the Eastern Star, at Pierre, where he has maintained his home since 1903.

In Decorah, Iowa, on the 2d of April, 1879, Mr. Lange was united in marriage to Miss Eva May Punteney, who was born on the 2d of Jant- ary, 1861, and they have one son, Moritz Arthur, who was born September 14, 1880, and who was married to Miss Susie May Evans, on the IIth of November, 1902.

JOHN E. MALLERY, one of the represent- ative business men of the city of Pierre, is a na- tive of the Badger state, having been born in the village of Waukau, Winnebago county, Wiscon- sin, on the Ioth of December, 1858, and being a son of Ebenezer J. and Jane E. (Silsbee) Mallery, both of whom were born in the state of New York, whence they came to Wisconsin and be- came numbered among its pioneer settlers. They are still both living, the father being a farmer by vocation and a man of prominence and influ- ence in his community. The subject received his early educational discipline in the public schools of his native town, completing a course in the high school and supplementing this by a thorough course in the Janesville Commercial College, at Janesville, Wisconsin. After leaving school he secured employment as a school teacher in Win- nebago county, Wisconsin, and he continued to reside in Wisconsin until 1882, when he came to South Dakota, where he lias since made his home, and he has built up an excellent business in Pierre, being known as a loyal and progressive citizen. In politics he accords a stanch allegiance

to the Republican party, though he has never been an aspirant for office, and fraternally he is iden- tified with Tent No. 8, Knights of the Maccabees, while both he and his wife are valued members of the Congregational church in their home city.

On the 23d of February, 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Mallery to Miss Nancie Shove, who was born in Waukau, Wisconsin, on the 4th of February, 1858, being a daughter of Francis and Mary (Hallows) Shove, who are now both dead, Mr. Shove having been for many years engaged in the farming business in Wau- kau. Mr. and Mrs. Mallery have three daugh- ters, all of whom remain beneath the home roof and all of whom are popular in the social circles of the capital city, their names being as follows: Blanche J., Jennie P. and Miriam I.

IRA L. NICHOLS, of Elk Point, Union county, has the distinction of being a native of the old Buckeye state, having been born in Bel- mont county, Ohio, on the 12th of June, 1853. and being a son of Balaam and Abigail (Hatcher) Nichols, the former a farmer by vo- cation. After duly availing himself of the ad- vantage of the common schools of his native state Mr. Nichols continued his studies for some time in Washington and Jefferson College, at Washington, Pennsylvania, and later entered Franklin College, at New Athens, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1879, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. For about three years lie was successfully engaged in teaching in the public schools of Ohio, and then took up the study of the law at St. Clairsville, Belmont county, under the preceptorship of the well-known firm of A. H. and W. Mitchell. In 1882 he came to the present state of South Dakota and took up his residence in Elk Point, where he was admitted to the bar, becoming one of the early practitioners in the county and having soon gained distinctive precedence as an able and discriminating trial lawyer and counselor. He has remained con- tinuously in practice, and has had to do with much important litigation during the intervening years. He has ever accorded a stanch allegiance

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to the Republican party, and on its ticket, in 1884. he was elected state's attorney of Union county, while the same preferment came to him again in 1888. 1900 and 1902, so that he is incumbent of this important office at the time of this writing. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic or- der, being affiliated with the lodge and chapter of the same in his home town.

On the 2d of July, 1881, Mr. Nichols was united in marriage to Miss Mary Emma Hewet- son, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, and they have three children,-Charles B., Albert H. and Nellie C.

HIRAM C. SHOUSE, M. D., who is suc- cessfully engaged in the practice of his profession in Plankinton, merits consideration in this work as one of the able physicians and surgeons of the state. He was born in Johnson county, Indi- ana, August 10, 1844, being a son of Lewis and Sarah (Kelly) Shouse, of whose eleven children only four are living, namely: David, Louisa and Harrison, all of whom are resident of the state of Illinois; and Hiram C., whose name initiates this paragraph. The father of the Doctor was born in Germany, in 1800, and the mother was a native of Ireland. Lewis Shouse emigrated to America, in company with one of his brothers, when eighteen years of age, resided for a time in Kentucky and thence made his way to Indiana, where he engaged in teaching in the common schools, having thus devoted his atten- tion to pedagogic work in one building for the long period of eighteen years, while later he was engaged in farming, while for several years prior to his death he was engaged in merchandising, his death occurring in 1883. while his wife passed away in 1867, both having been members of the Campbellite or Christian church, while in politics he was first a Whig and later a Republican.

his honorable discharge. In 1864 he re-enlisted, becoming a member of Company C, One Hun- dred and Thirty-fifth Illinois Infantry, and receiv- ing his discharge in October of that year, after which he continued in the government employ for some time as forage master. On the 15th of February, 1862, the Doctor was severely wounded in the engagement at Fort Donelson, being injured in the leg, arm and hand. After the close of the war he returned home, where he remained until January 1, 1867. when he entered the Illinois Soldiers' College. at Fulton, Illinois, where he was graduated in 1871, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. In the same year he was matriculated in the Hahnemann Medical College, in Chicago, having previously devoted three years to reading medicine under the direc- tion of Dr. A. O. Blanding, of Lyons, Iowa, while he was prosecuting his studies in the Soldiers' College. He was graduated in medicine in the spring of 1873. receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. He soon afterward located in Dav- enport, Iowa, where he built up a large and re- munerative practice. In 1885 he came to Plank- inton, South Dakota, with the intention of re- maining but a brief interval, but the outlook ap- peared so favorable that he determined to take up his permanent residence here, and the suc- cess that has here attended his professional en- deavors has amply proved the wisdom of his choice, for he controls a very large and represent- ative practice and has the esteem of all who know him. He is public-spirited and progressive, is independent in his political views, voting in sup- port of men and principles meeting the approval of his judgment, and in 1900 he was a delegate of the People's party national convention, while he has frequently served as delegate to state and county conventions, though invariably refusing to permit his name to be used in connection with nomination for office. He and his wife are zeal- ous members of the Baptist church. He is a "member of the South Dakota State Medical So- ciety, is superintendent of the county board of - health and fraternally is identified with the Mod-

Dr. Shouse was reared on the home farm and in his youth received a good common-school ed- nication. At the age of seventeen years, in July, 1861, he tendered his services in defense of the Union, enlisting in Company G, Eleventh Illi- nois Volunteer Infantry, with which he served , ern Woodmen of America, the Home Guardians, until late in the following year, when he received , the American Yeomen and the Fraternal Brother-

HIRAM C. SHOUSE, M. D.

MRS. H. C. SHOUSE.

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hood, being examining surgeon for the local lodges of each of these orders and also for the New York Life Insurance Company.

On the 14th of October, 1874, Dr. Shouse was married to Miss Jennie Jacobs, of Fulton, Illi- nois, and of their eleven children eight are living, namely : Alice J., a graduate of the Sioux Falls University, class of 1893, who was for four years superintendent of schools for Aurora county, be- ing the youngest incumbent of such office ever known in the history of the state, is now the wife of B. J. Thompson, of Denver, Colorado : Willis D. is a member of the class of 1905 in the law de- partment of the State University ; James B. is in- structor in mathematics in the high school at Red Wing, Minnesota, having graduated from the literary department of the State University, class of 1891 ; Arthur C. is a student in the State Uni- versity ; Aion W. is a graduate of the Plankinton high school, and will enter the university in 1904; and Kara, Raymond and Gerald are attending the public schools, the Doctor making it a special effort and ambition to afford all of his children the best possible educational advantages. Mrs. Dr. Shouse departed this life January 4, 1904, at the age of forty-seven years, and at the time the following mention was made in the local pa- per :

On last Friday morning the sad news was passed around that Mrs. H. C. Shouse had answered the last summons and but the earthly remains were left of one of Plankinton's most respected residents, a noble Christian mother and wife. The final summons came late Thursday evening, after an illness extending over a period of a year. The cause of her illness baffled the most expert medical knowledge and she suffered greatly until within a short time of her death when all pain left her and, with it, hope for the sav- ing of a useful life.

To the members of the bereaved family the most sincere sympathy is extended, and, in conclusion we can but echo the following sentiments expressed by Rev. Janes in his remarks concerning the dead woman:

"Death has invaded our community and taken from us one of heaven's choicest gifts, a devoted Christian mother and a virtuous woman.

"What can we say in honor of our departed sister and loved one, but to tell of her patient toiling, her unselfish devotion, her daily sacrifice to her home and

family which was dearer to her than any other earthly thing. All those among her large circle of acquaintances understand as well as the speaker. how much of her thought and labor was given to the interest of her children, how anxiously she watched over them and how earnestly she sought to promote their moral and intellectual development. When those faithful mothers leave us here we won- der if there is not a larger place awaiting them in the world beyond.

"Our departing sister had the larger part of her family here, but some had preceded her to the better world and were there waiting to give her welcome. She went out from one home where there were tears and sorrow into another where there was gladness."

MARTIN E. CURRAN, one of the most hon- ored citizens of Fort Pierre, was born in Port Washington, Ozankee county, Wisconsin, on the 22d of February, 1849. His father, Thomas Cur- ran, who was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, whence he accompanied his parents on their removal to America, became one of the pioneers of Wiscon- sin, where he died when our subject was a boy of about eight years, the mother surviving a number of years. The subject passed his early youth in Columbia county, Wisconsin, where he received his educational training in the common schools. He learned the carpenter's trade, to which he continued to devote his attention in Wis- consin until coming to South Dakota, in 1883. He took up his residence in Fort Pierre and turned his attention to contracting and building, meeting with success in this vocation, in which he has ever since been concerned, being one of the reliable and straightforward business men of the town and one whose name is a synonym of abso- lute integrity. Upon the organization of Stan- ley county, in 1890, he was elected its treasurer, serving three years and giving a most satisfactory administration of fiscal affairs, while in the same year he was elected city treasurer, of which posi- tion he remained incumbent for six consecutive years, while for an equal period he held the office of treasurer of the school district, being a mem- ber of the board of education and one of its most progressive and valued workers for nine years, within which time was erected the fine union

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school building in Fort Pierre, his influence hav- ing been most potent in bringing this improve- ment to a satisfactory issue, so that the building stands in a sense as a monument to his enterprise and public spirit. Within late years his hearing has become quite seriously impaired and he has thus refused to accept further nomination for pub- lic office though he still maintains the deepest in- terest in all that concerns the progress and mate- rial and civic prosperity of his home town and county as well as the state of his adoption. He is a man of broad information, having read widely and with marked discrimination and having an excellent library of the best standard literature. He is well known in the county and has the un- qualified respect of all classes. In politics he is a stanch Republican and fraternally is identified with the Masonic order and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, while in 1884 he was one of the organizers of the local lodge of Good Templars in Fort Pierre, taking an active part in its work until the organization lapsed, after a period of about three years.

At Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on the 16th of June, 1873, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Curran to Miss Charlotte E. Coleman, who was born and reared in that state, and they have four living children, Harry, Richard, Clinton and Wal- lace. Harry, the eldest of the children, enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Regiment of United States Volunteers, with which he went to the Philip- pines, serving nineteen months and being mus- tered out in the city of San Francisco. In April, 1901, he was in the state of Washington, and since that time his parents have lost all trace of him, causing to fall upon them a great burden of grief and constant anxiety.

E. R. SCHMIDT, of Tea, Lincoln county, South Dakota, is a native of Germany and was born February 22, 1853. He was brought to America when quite young, and lived with his parents until young manhood, the meanwhile at- tending at intervals the public schools of Wiscon- sin, where he lived until 1873. In the latter year he accompanied the family to Lincoln county,

South Dakota, where he married Miss Emma Erb, and immediately thereafter moved into a half section of land in Perry township, where he carried on agriculture and stock raising with en- couraging success until the year 1895, when he disposed of his farm and took up his residence in the village of Tea. Since the latter year Mr. Schmidt has been proprietor of a general store in the above town, and he now commands an ex- tensive and lucrative patronage, being one of the most enterprising and succesful business men in the northwest part of Lincoln county. He car- ries a full stock of merchandise demanded by the general trade, manages his affairs with excellent judgment and occupies a prominent place in commercial circles.

ALONZO A. COTTON, M. D., who is suc- cessfully engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Vermillion, Clay county, is a native of the state of Iowa, having been born in Cedar county, on the 28th of October. 1861, and being a son of Luzerne and Mary A. (Dwigans) Cot- ton, the former of whom is now engaged in the real-estate business at Jennings, Louisiana, while the latter died at Jennings in 1889. The Doctor received his early educational training in the public schools of Iowa City, and then entered the state university, in the same city, where he completed the scientific course and was graduated as a member of the class of 1884, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. He was then matriculated in the homeopathic medical depart- ment of the same great institution, where he completed the prescribed technical course and was graduated in 1886, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In January of the following year he engaged in the active practice of his profession in Sioux City, Iowa, where he remained for the ensuing five years, after which he was in prac- tice at Dixon, Nebraska, for one year, removing thence to Vermillion, South Dakota, in 1893, and having here been specially successful in the up- building of a large and representative practice. In politics the Doctor is a stanch Republican, but so exigent are the demands placed upon his time

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History of South Dakota, Vol. II, Part 72

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