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and attention by his professional duties that he has not found it expedient to take an active part in political affairs, though he is essentially loyal and public-spirited in his attitude. He is a mem- ber of the lodge and chapter of the Masonic fra- ternity in his home city of Vermillion, and both he and his wife are valued members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
At Newton, Iowa, on the 17th of September. 1886, Dr. Cotton was united in marriage to Miss May E. Lyon, who was born and reared in that state, and they are the parents of six children, namely : Earl L., Carl, Schuyler, Daniel L., Alonzo and Cornelia M. Mrs. Cotton is a graduate of the class of April, 1886, of Drake University (medical department ), Des Moines, Iowa, and she and Mr. Cotton combine the prac- tice of medicine. Dr. Cotton is a member of the Homeopathic Medical Society of South Dakota, and the Quadri-state Homeopathic Society, the headquarters being at Sioux City; also the American Institute of Homeopathy, it being the national society. Mrs. Cotton is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Ladies of the Maccabees and the Degree of Honor. Mr. Cot- ton is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Woodmen of the World, Modern Brotherhood of America, Yeomen and other kindred societies.
L. K. LORD, president of the First National Bank of Parker, Turner county, is a native of the state of Connecticut, having been born at Stafford Springs, on the 3Ist of December, 1851, and being a son of John K. and Sarah (Spell- man) Lord, the former of whom was born in Maine and the latter in Connecticut, while both families have long been identified with the an- nals of New England history. The father of the subject was a contractor by vocation, and both he and his wife died in the state of Connecticut.
L. K. Lord was reared to manhood in his native state, in whose public schools he secured his early educational training. He continued his residence in Connecticut until 1883, when he came to the west and located in the state of South
Dakota, where he was engaged in the grain busi- ness. He was one of the projectors and organ- izers of the First National Bank of Parker, which was founded in 1887 and of which he has been president since then. It is one of the popular and substantial financial institutions of the state, basing its operations on a capital of twenty-five thousand dollars, while its deposits have now reached the notable aggregate of nearly two hun- dred thousand dollars. Mr. Lord devotes the major portion of his time and attention to the executive duties devolving upon him in this con- nection and to the management of his other cap- italistic and industrial interests.
On the 29th of October, 1872, Mr. Lord was united in marriage to Miss Nettie M. Converse, who was likewise born in his native town of Stafford Springs, Connecticut, being a daughter of Orrin and Marietta Converse. Mr. Lord is a Mason, having attained the Royal Arch degree, and also belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Knights of Pythias. In 1902-3 he was president of the South Dakota Bankers' Association.
SAMUEL EDGAR FOREST, cashier of the First National Bank of Britton, Marshall county, is a native of the city of Brooklyn, New York, where he was born on the 23d of April, 1865, be- ing a son of Samuel A. and Lydia E. (Mortimer) Forest, the former of whom was born in Eng- land and the latter in the state of New York, while they are now living in St. Paul, Minnesota, moving there from Brooklyn in 1886, the father being a merchant by vocation. The subject of this sketch was reared to manhood in his native city, in whose public schools he secured his early educational discipline, while in 1880 he entered the celebrated Polytechnic Institute of that city, where he completed the collegiate course and was graduated as a member of the class of 1884. He initiated his business career in 1884, when he entered the employ of the Standard Oil Com- pany, in New York city. He remained with that company for three years. In 1887 he came west to St. Paul, and in 1889 to Britton, South Da-
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kota, and engaged in the lumber and coal busi- ness in the firm of Hamilton & Forest. He served as county treasurer of Marshall county in 1896. He was one of the organizers of the Citi- zens' Bank, of which he was cashier, but whenthe Citizens' was succeeded by the First National Bank he continued as cashier of the latter.
In politics Mr. Forest is a member of the Republican party. Fraternally he is affili- ated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, belonging to the chapter and com- mandery, and the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ; also to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the local organ- ization of the Mutual Benefit Association.
On the 24th of January, 1900, Mr. Forest was united in marriage to Miss Frances C. Hall, who was born in Canandaigua, New York, being a daughter of S. P. and Mary Hall. They have one daughter, Margaret Elizabeth.
JOHN ALBERT CLEAVER, a representa- tive business man and popular citizen of Huron, Beadle county, was born in Havana, Mason county, Illinois, on the 28th of October, 1860, be- ing a son of Hiram R. and Isabelle (Wilburn) Cleaver, the father being a druggist by vocation and being long one of the prominent business men of Havana. The subject received his early educational training in the public schools of his native town and later continued his studies in the Presbyterian College, at Lincoln, Illinois. Upon leaving school he initiated his business career by securing a position as bookkeeper for a firm of retail implement dealers, in Havana, Illinois, and in 1881 he engaged in the same line of enterprise on his own responsibility, in his native town of Havana. In 1884 he entered the employ of the A. J. Hedges Header Company, in the capacity of traveling representative, and he came to the ter- ritory of Dakota in the interest of the company, and, as he states the case, he "managed to get mixed up in the Highmore cyclone in 1885 and was scared out of a year's growth." He passed the winter of 1886-7 in South America, as a rep- resentative of the same company, which was suc-
ceeded by the Acme Harvester Company in 1891, and Mr. Cleaver facetiously remarked to the writer that he "went with the assets," passing the years 1891 and 1892 in Lincoln, Nebraska, as the local representative of the company, while during the ensuing two years he was in the home office of the company, at Pekin, Illinois, while in 1895 he returned to South Dakota and took up his residence in Huron, where he has since main- tained his home, being the general agent of the same company for this state.
In 1898 Mr. Cleaver was elected mayor of Huron, his administration proving so acceptable that he has ever since been retained at the head of the municipal government, by successive yearly elections. Fraternally he is identified with Huron Lodge, No. 26, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons, of which he is past master ; Huron Chapter, No. 10, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is past high priest; Lacottah Commandery, No. 6, Knights Templar, in which he is captain of the guard at the present time; South Dakota Con- sistory, No. 4. Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite ; and El Riad Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Sioux Falls. He is one of the prominent and popular members of the time-honored fraternity, and in 1900 and 1901 served as the grand master of the Masonic grand lodge of the state. He also is affiliated with Huron Lodge, No. 17, Ancient Order of United Workmen, of which he is past master workman. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church in Huron. While a resident of Illinois Mr. Cleaver was for five years a mem- ber of the National Guard of the state.
On the 27th of December, 1882, Mr. Cleaver was united in marriage to Miss Effie Pierce, of Havana, Illinois, she being a daughter of John and Mary Pierce.
JAMES H. DWYER, one of the leading business men of Clay county, is a native of the state of Illinois, having been born on a farm near Woodstock, on the 10th of April, 1850. His boyhood days were filled with arduous work on the farm, and he secured such educational ad-
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vantages as were afforded in the district schools, which he attended in an irregular way until he had attained the age of fourteen years. By this time he had grown dissatisfied with home and farm life and determined to set forth to seek his fortunes and prove his independence, though but a mere boy. He made his way to Fond du ' Lac, Wisconsin, where he secured employment in a sawmill, receiving two dollars a week and board in compensation for his services. He was thus employed for one summer and then went to Chicago, Illinois, where he secured work in the Tremont House, which was then the leading hotel of the city. He was an attache of this hostelry for two years, after which he was em- ployed one year in the Briggs House, from which he went to the Hyde Park hotel, which was then a summer resort, located seven miles distant from the center of the city. It is interest- ing to note in the connection that the fine hotel of the same name and in nearly the same location is now in the very heart of the finest residence district of the south side division of the great western metropolis. Mr. Dwyer was employed there until 1869, when he came to what is now South Dakota, making his way to Clay county and here taking up a homestead claim of gov- ernment land, in April, 1871. He forthwith be- gan to improve his land and place it under culti- vation, and he continued to there devote his at- tention to farming and stock growing until 1887. when he removed to the village of Wakonda. where he engaged in the hardware business, be- ginning operations with a capital of nine hundred dollars. With the growth and development of this section his business has steadily expanded in scope and importance and is now one of the leading enterprises of the sort in this section, his trade being derived from a wide area of ter- ritory naturally tributary to the thriving town. An evidence of the success which he has attained is that afforded by the fact that he is now worth about thirty thousand dollars. He was mayor of the town for two years, but has never been ambi- tious for public office. His political allegiance is given to the Democratic party, and his religious faith is that of the Catholic church, in which he
was reared. In 1895 Mr. Dwyer became a mem- ber of the Modern Woodmen of America, while at the present time he holds the office of worthy advisor.
On the 22d of December, 1874, Mr. Dwyer was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Colagau and they are the parents of six children, whose names, in order of birth, are as follows: Mary (now Mrs. E. W. Babb), Lizzie, Thomas,. Ella, Harry and Leowa.
MORRIS J. CHANEY, who, since 1893, has- been engaged in banking at Wakonda, South Dakota, was born in Ogle county, Illinois, Octo- ber 1, 1858, the son of Osborn and Amanda (Rice) Chaney, the father for many years a suc- cessful lumber merchant of the county noted. The subject spent his youthful years under the parental roof and after obtaining his preliminary education in the public schools of his native place, entered the East high school in the city of Rock- ford, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1878. Following his graduation, Mr. Chaney devoted two years to teaching and at the expiration of that time went to Iowa, locat- ing in 1880 at Newell, Beuna Vista, where for a period of thirteen years he was engaged in farm- ing and stock raising, making a specialty of fine cattle. He met with most encouraging success as an agriculturist and stock man, and during the time mentioned succeeded by close attention and good management in accumulating a handsome capital, with which, in 1893, he established a bank in Wakonda, South Dakota, where he has since lived and prospered.
Mr. Chaney is essentially a self-made man, and his career since beginning life upon his own responsibility has been creditable in every respect. The bank of which he is now proprietor and ex- ecutive head is one of the popular and successful financial institutions, not only of Clay county, but in the southeastern part of the state, being liberally patronized by the leading business men of Wakonda, and proving a great stimulus to the industrial and commercial interests of a large section of the surrounding country. Since locat-
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ing at Wakonda he has manifested a lively in- terest in the growth and prosperity of the place, giving his encouragement and material aid to enterprises making for the common good and using his influence to further all landable meas- ures tending to the moral, as well as the material welfare of his fellow men. His fraternal rela- tions are represented by the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and for the past twenty years he has been a regular attendant of the Congregational church, though originally a Baptist in belief. By reason of there being no church of the latter de- nomination where he has spent the last twenty- three years of his life, he has given a generous support to other religious bodies, being a devout believer in Christianity and always endeavoring to exemplify its beauty and great value in his daily walk and conversation.
On the 18th day of November, 1886, at Port- ageville, New York, was solemnized the mar- riage of Mr. Chaney with Miss Helen McFarline, of that place, the union being blessed with three children, namely: Florence C., Dorothy L. and Morris A. Mr. and Mrs. Chaney, with their children, constitute a happy household and the family is one of the most highly respected in Wakonda. Politically Mr. Chaney votes the Republican ticket and while deeply interested in the welfare and success of his party and widely informed relative to the leading questions and issues of the day, he is too much immersed in business to become a politician or to seek the honors and emoluments of office.
HARRY ELMER PHELPS, the present able and popular incumbent of the office of state's at- torney of Marshall county, was born in Hillsdale, Mills county, Iowa, on the 23d of June, 1876, and is a son of Phineas and Fanny V. (Fogg) Phelps, the former of whom was born in New Hamp- shire and the latter in Maine, while the ancestry is of mingled English, Scotch and Welsh strains. When the subject was a child his parents removed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in the public schools of that fair city he received his early
educational training, being graduated in the South high school in June, 1895, after which he was matriculated in the law department of the University of Minnesota, in the same city, com- pleting the prescribed technical course and being graduated on the 2d of June, 1898, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and being duly ad- mitted to the bar of the state. He initiated the active work of his profession in Minneapolis, where he was engaged in practice one year, at the expiration of which, in March, 1900, he came to Britton, South Dakota, where he has since won recognition and distinctive prestige in his profession, while he has proved a very discrim- inating and capable public prosecutor, having been elected state's attorney of Marshall county in November, 1902. In politics he accords an un- compromising allegiance to the Republican party and is an active worker in its behalf in the vari- ous campaigns. Fraternally he is identified with the local lodges of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows.
On the 13th of June, 1901, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Phelps to Miss Vivian E. Furber, who was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, on the 3Ist of January, 1875, being a daughter of Charles M. Furber, of Britton, South Dakota.
JOHN EDMUND MCDOUGALL, a rep- resentative citizen of Britton, Marshall county, as the name implies, comes of stanch Scottish lineage on the paternal side, and he is a native of Prince Edward Island, having been born in the village of Campbellton, on the 24th of Febru- ary, 1860. He is a son of John and Grace ( Mercerau) McDougall, the former of whom was born on Prince Edward Island, while the latter was a native of New Brunswick. The pa- ternal grandparents of the subject were of pure Scotch lineage, being representatives of the sterl- ing clan McDougall, of the highlands of the fair land of hills and heather. Both were born in Scotland, whence they emigrated to America about the year 1820, settling in Malpeque, Prince Edward Island, and there passing the re-
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mainder of their lives. The mother of the sub- ject represented the Scotch, Irish and French strains, her father having been a Scotchman. She died when our subject was but thirtcen years of age. and his father subsequently mar- ried Miss Jennie McLean, five sons and four daughters having been born of the first union and one son to the latter union. The father died in the month of May, 1902.
John E. McDougall was reared on the home- stead farm and received his educational discipline in the public schools of his native place. He remained at home until he had attained the age of twenty years, having in the meanwhile learned the carpenter's trade. At the age noted he went to Maine and thence to Massachusetts, being ah- sent about nine months, after which he returned home, where he remained a few months, at the expiration of which, on November 23. 1880, he started for the west, locating in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he engaged in the work of his trade. In November. 1883. he went to Nor- ton, Massachusetts, where was solemnized his marriage to Miss Isabel R. Munro, and six weeks later he returned, with his bride, to Min- neapolis. In August, 1884, a son was born to them, Edward James, who was graduated in June, 1904, from Pittsburg Academy, Minnesota, 1 and is now at home. On the 26th of Decem- ber, 1884. Mrs. McDougall was summoned into eternal rest, her remains being interred in Maple Hill cemetery, Minneapolis. On the 25th of May. 1886. Mr. McDougall left Minneapolis and came to Britton, Marshall county. South Dakota, where he has ever since maintained his home. During his residence in Minneapolis he followed his trade, having been for three years foreman for the firm of McCleary & Quigley, and thereafter having been independently en- gaged in contracting and building, in which line of enterprise he has successfully continued in Britton, many evidences of his skill and ability being found here. He has ever accorded an un- wavering allegiance to the Republican party, in whose ranks he has been an active and valued worker, having been a member of the state cen- tral committee for two years, and also having
served as a member of the county central com- mittee, while in 1896 he was president of the Republican club of Marshall county. In May, 1904, he was nominated by the Republican party for lieutenant governor. In 1900 he was captain of a Roosevelt rough-rider company, which had a membership of seventy-five and which was much in evidence during the campaign of that year. In November, 1900, Mr. McDougall was elected to represent his county in the lower house of the state legislature, having been the first Republican elected to this office in the county in four years. His record was such that a further manifestation of popular appreciation was given in the election of November, 1902, when he was elected senator from the thirty-second district, comprising the counties of Marshall and Day, being thus a member of the upper house during the eighth general assembly, in 1903, and being made chairman of the appropriation committee, while he was also assigned to other important committees, proving an efficient working mem- ber of the deliberative body and still farther fortifying himself in popular esteem. On the 14th of October, 1884, Mr. McDougall united with the Andrew Presbyterian church, in Min- neapolis, and in 1887 was admitted by letter to the First Presbyterian church of Britton. He organized a Sunday school in the church in January of that year, and continued as its super- intendent for the long period of ten years, at the expiration of which he resigned, and during the ensuing four years refused to accept the po- sition again, though urged to do so. In January. 1901, however, he again resumed the duties of the superintendency, and has since continued to fill the office, his earnest and zealous labors being greatly appreciated, while he is also active in the other departments of church work.
In July, 1883, Mr. McDougall became a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in January, 1888, he was primarily instru- mental in the organizing of Britton Lodge, in Britton, having been its first noble grand and having represented the same in the grand lodge of the state. He is also affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was
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worshipful master for two years, while he has also served as treasurer and chaplain- of the same. He is identified with the Royal Arch Ma- sons, and also with the local organizations of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Mutual Benefit Association. On the 3d of August, 1901, he was mustered into the South Dakota National Guard and on the same day was elected captain of Company A, Third Regi- ment, located in Britton, while on the Ist of April, 1902, he was promoted to the office of major of the First Battalion of this regiment, of which office he remains incumbent at the time of this writing.
On the 13th of June, 1893, Mr. McDougall consummated a second marriage, being then united to Miss Nettie A. Marsh, of Britton. She was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and is a daughter of George J. and Amanda Melvina Marsh. Her mother is dead, while her father resides near Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. McDougall have two children, Tyrrell Glenn, who was born on the 29th of March, 1894, and Portia Lois, who was born on the 24th of November, 1896.
GEORGE BINGHAM, who is presiding with ability on the bench of the county court of Mar- shall county, is a native of the old Empire state of the Union, having been born in the city of Buffalo. New York, on the Stlı of December, 1865, and being a son of Stamford and Mary (Boddy) Bingham, the former of whom was born in Ireland and the latter in England, while they came to America when young. Stamford Bingham was engaged in law practice in the city of Buffalo at the time of the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion, and he promptly tendered his services in defense of the Union, going to the front with a New York regiment of volunteers and proving a loyal and valiant soldier. He was severely wounded while in the army and never recovered from the effects of this injury, his death occurring in the city of Buffalo, in 1870, his wife dying in the same year at Buffalo, while of their three children two are yet living.
Judge Bingham passed his youthful years on a farm in Minnesota and early became inured to hard work, while his educational privileges were confined to the public schools. He remained in his native state until 1877, when he removed to Minnesota, where he remained until 1886, when he came to South Dakota and located in Marshall county. In 1889 he began the reading of law in the office and under the direction of H. R. Turner and J. H. McCoy, showing marked pow- ers of application and assimilation and being so well fortified in technical knowledge as to gain admission to the bar of South Dakota in 1892. He began the practice of his profession in Brit- ton, where he has ever since maintained his home, and he gained distinctive success and prestige as an able trial lawyer and counselor, securing a representative clientage and continuing in active practice until November, 1900, when he was elected county judge of Marshall county, making an excellent record on the bench and being chosen as his own successor in the election of 1902, for a second term of two years. In politics he gives a stanch allegiance to the Republican party and is a prominent figure in its local councils, while he is known as a progressive and public-spirited citizen commanding the high regard of all who know him and are appreciative of sterling character. In 1902 Judge Bingham established in Britton the Marshall County Bank, and of the same he is cashier at the time of this writing, being the prin- cipal stockholder, while the institution has been successful from the time of its inception.
In March, 1891, Judge Bingham was united in marriage to Miss Eva Chadwick, who was born in Iowa, being a daughter of Henry J. and Mary ( Thom) Chadwick, who are now residents of Marshall county, South Dakota. Judge and Mrs. Bingham have five children, Charles, Stella, George, Webster and Marion.
WILLIAM R. DONALD, editor and pub- lisher of the Marshall County Sentinel, of Brit- ton, Marshall county, comes of stanch Scottish lineage and is a native of the fair Emerald Isle, having been born in Newry, County Down, Ire-
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