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John Bippus-born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, in 1841; went to Huntington county, Ind., in 1854, lived there until 1865; enlisted in Company E, 75th Indiana regiment, infantry; then came west, and located in 1870 at Sioux Falls and engaged in the practice of law: married Eunice Wheeler, a native of Baraboo, Wis .; they have one child-Sumner. Mr. B. has been clerk of the district court one year. county superintendent two years, register of deeds three years and postmaster four years.
Thomas Bridge was born in Liverpool, England. in 1835; came to America in October, 1864 and located in Decorah. Io .; in 1 75 he removed to Sioux Falls and engaged in present business; marriel Mary Carroll a native of Vermont. They have one daughter.
I. K. Buck-born in Courtland county. N. Y., in 1830: came west; in 1855 he made several moves: and in '78 settled in Sioux
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Falls. He married Sarah E. Councilman, a native of Broome county, N. Y .; have three children-Frank, Charles and Lillie E.
C. V. Booth-architect and builder, plans and specifications furnished for public and private buildings; born in Duchess county, N. Y., 1833; came to Redwing, Minn., in '66, and engaged in building and contracting: in 1871 he came to Sioux Falls and engaged in same business. Married Lottie Kinney, a native of Mt. Morris, N. Y .: they have four sons and three daughters.
E. G. Carter-born in Canada in 1856; came to the United States in 1876 and settled in Austin, Minn .; in 1879 he came to Sioux Falls: married Rose Litchfield, a native of Austin, Minn.
Col. B. F. Campbell-born in Machias, Me., October, 1838, moved to New York in 1852, and to Aurora, Ill., in 1856, and was engaged in the hardware business until spring, 1861. when he en- listed in the U. S. service and served until 1865; in January, 1865, he married Abbie L. Weddell, of Aurora, Ill .; March .1868 he re- moved to Vermillion, D. T., and was appointed register of land office in May. '79; continued in said office until June 15, 1880; have four children-three sons and one daughter.
A. Clendenning-farmer; born in New Brunswick in 1830; came to the West in '55, and settled at Taylors Falls, and for many years was engaged in the lumber business; in 1878 he re- moved to Sioux Falls and for a short time sold groceries at wholesale and retail; he erected what is known as Clendenning Block; he removed to his present farm in 1879; in the same year he was elected county commissioner, which position he still holds; he married Martha Clendenning, a native of Michigan; they have nine children-six sons and three daughters.
J. B. Cloudas-was born in Tazewe !! county, Ill., in 1852; in '66 he went to Missouri, where he remained until 1870, when he removed to Yankton and soon after settled here.
H. H. Carroll-was born in Canada in 1858; in 1865 he came to Shabony, Ill., with his parents; from there he went to Iowa, and thence to Rochester, Minn .; he returned to Emmetsburg, Io., and was engaged three years in butchering and buying and ship- ping stock: in 1880 he removed to Canton, D. T .; here he re- tained one year and then located in this city and engaged in his present business.
G. P. Cross-attorney at law; born in Rensaeler Falls, N. Y., n 1850: came to Dakota Territory in 1878, and settled here and iengaged in the practice of law; taught school in Ohio four years, and was admitted to the bar in St. Croix county, Wis.
O. N. Dahl-was born in Norway in 1850; came to America in 1868 and settled in Austin, Minn .; he went to Minneapolis from there and thence to Sioux City, and in 1879 he came to this city; married Nelda Wilkinson, a native of Wisconsin; they have one daughter-Mattie.
WV. S. Darby-born in Prince Edward Islands in 1850, came
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to United States in June. 1873 and located in Minneapolis; in 1879 he removed to Sioux Falls.
Joseph N. Dickson -sheriff of Minnehaha county, elected in 1 80: born in Logan county. Ohio, in 1840; came to Dakota in 1871 and settled in this city and engaged in farming; married R. S. Swezey, a native of Ohio: they have six children; three sons and three daughters.
I. C. Dixon born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1839; came to Dakota in 1871 and settled here.
I. T. Dunning -- born in Jefferson County, Wis., in 1846; came to Dakota in 1873 and settled in Sioux Falls.
H. Easton- - painter: born in Norway in 1850; came to Ameri- ca in 1832 and settled in Houstin Co., Minn. ; came to Sioux Falls in 1878; married Sophia Bergeson.
L. M. Estabrook -- born in Platteville, Wis., in 1852; came to Iowa in 1868, and in 1877 came to Sioux Falls. He graduated in the law class of 1875, at Ann Arbor, Mich .; he married Mary M . Cornwall, a native of Canada.
John M. Entzminger- born in Germany in 1847; came to America in 1868 and located in Chicago; removed here in 1880; married Mary Glasser, also a native of Germany; have four chil- dren, two sons and two daughters.
Oscar Errickson-born in Sweden in 1853; came to America in 1872 and located in Canada; in 1876 came to the United States, and located in Sioux Falls in 1879, and engaged in his present business.
F. W. Farwell-was born in Fond du Lac, Wis .. in 1851; came to Dakota in 1878 and engaged in his present business.
H. A. Fairbank-bookeeper for Edwin, Sharp & Co.
A. T. Fleetwood-postmaster and dealer in stationery and cigars; born in Sweden in 1828; came to America in 1846 and set- tled in Milwaukee, Wis .; lived there a short time and enlisted in the Mexican War and served one year; he settled in Stoughton, Dane Co., Wis., until 1861, when he enlisted in Co. B 5th Wis. Infantry, and served until close of war; he was promoted to 2d Lieutenant, and afterwards to 1st Lieutenant in Company K. He was in a great many battles during the war and was honorably discharged in Halls Hill, Va., on the 12th of June. 1865. After war settled in Austin. Minn., where he lived three years; he then traveled through the Southern States; in 1872 came to this city. and has been here since; first was in tobacco business; in 1876 was appointed postmaster.
M. M. Flaska born in Berlin, Germany, in 1840; came to America in 1852; in 1868 he came to Dakota and settled in this town: married Mary Shoemaker, a native of Wis .; they have two children, Louis and Charles.
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A. Frizzell -- born in Essex Co., Vt .. in 1839; in 1855 went to Columbia Co., Wis., and a year later to Eau Claire Co., and in 1864 to Wabasha Co .: in 1878 came to Sioux Falls and engaged in the practice of law: married Mary C. Barber, a native of New York; they have one child, Ethel M.
A. Gale- - born in New Jersey in 1825; went to Albion, N. Y. in 1838: came west to St. Paul, Minn., in 1854, and in 1871 to Sioux Falls and engaged in present business; was among the first settlers of this village: married Louisa E. Churchill, a native of New York.
M. Gerin- born in Ireland; came to America in 1852 and lo- cated with parents in Canada: in 1877 he came to United States, and his first permanent location was in this city.
H. Gilbert-born in Germany in 1833: came to America in 1846, and settled in Washington Co .. Wis. : came to Sioux Falls in 1873.
J. Grant-born in Montreal. Canada, in 1855: came to Sioux Falls Aug. 19th, 1880.
Murray A. Gould-born in Maine in 1856; came west in 1878 and settled in Minneapolis, where he was employed in the Wash- burne Mills: came to Sioux Falls April, 1881, and engaged in the Queen Bee Mill.
Geo. Gildersleeve-head miller and manager of Queen Bee Mill: born in Columbia Co .. N. Y., in 1838; came to Minneapolis, Minn .. in 1878 and was engaged in the construction of Washburne's Mill: came to Sioux Falls, August 19th. 1880.
A. A. Gront-born in Dane Co., Wis .. in 1850; came to Sioux Falls in 1878.
Gunder K. Gunderson-was born in Norway in 1825: came to America in 1864, and located in Chicago where he remained until he came to Sioux Falls in 1880; married Bertha Frank, also a na- tive of Norway: they have seven children, four sons and three daughters.
Charles E. Gregory-born in Nanvoo, Ill .. in 1856: came to Dakota in 1880, and engaged in the practice of law at Sioux Falls.
Philo Hall-born in Canada in 1841: came to Sioux Falls in March. 1880; married Mary E. Green, a native of New York city; they have four children, Philo, Mary, Geo. P. and Nellie May.
R. C. Hawkins-probate judge; born in Clinton county, N. Y., July 23, 1824: in '44 he removed to Aurora, Ill .; six years later he removed to Richland county, Wis .. where he lived until 1872, when he removed to Sioux Falls; in 1878 he was elected probate judge, which office he still holds; has been twice married. first to Ada Munroe, a native of Connecticut; they had eight children. three of which are now living: married again Hattie Albertson, a native of Pennsylvania: have one child -- John R.
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A. J. Hayes-candy factory; born in Albany county. N. Y., in 1834; he came to Illinois in about 1852, and in 1874 he re- moved to Sioux Falls; married Nellie Long, a native of England; they have three children.
T. Hardiman-machinist, Queen Bee mill; born in Lake Su- perior in 1857; came to Sioux Falls in 1879.
J. B. Hawley-surveyor and city civil engineer; born in Osnabrook, Canada, in 1847; he lived in Ogdensburg, N. Y., until he was ten years old; he came west with his parents and settled in Mankato, Minn .; he came to Sioux Falls in 1880.
John Henjum-dealer in staple and fancy groceries; born in Norway in 1844; came to America in '48 and settled in Dane co., Wisconsin; lived there until '61, when he removed to Decorah, Ia., and attended Luther College; he afterwards taught school until 1876, when he moved toSioux Falls; married Christie Bersie, a na- tive of Winnesheik Co., Iowa, and they have two children, Han- nah, Louisa and John Albert.
C. O. Henjum-born in Norway in 1847; came to America in 1866, and settled in Fillmore county, Minn; came to Dakota in 1872, and located in Sioux Falls, engaged in present business in 1878. Married Petrine B. Anderson, a native of Norway. They have one child-a daughter.
Henry L. Hollister-cashier of 1st National Bank, Sioux Falls; born in Winnebago county, Ills., in 1856; came to Dakota in 1877 and engaged in his present business. Married Fanny C. Mer- ritt, a native of Winnebago county, Illinois. They have one daughter.
C. K. Howard-dealer in general merchandise and stock; born in Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1836; came west in 1856 and settled in Sioux City and engaged in steam boating, afterwards in drug bus- iness. Came to Sioux Falls in 1869, and engaged in present busi- ness.
Jolm Q. Houts -- billard saloon; born in Indiana in 1848; went to Kansas in 1863, and removed to Sioux Falls in 1877, and en- gaged in present business. Married Lulu Dennison a native of N. Y.
J. F. Hopkins-agent for American Express Company.
J. H. Hutchins born in New Hampshire in 1842; in 1878 he came to Dakota and engaged in his present business.
C. W. Hubbard -superintendent of the Sioux Falls Water Power Company.
H. F. Jackson-millwright and builder, employed at Queen Bec Mill.
Mads Johnson-Sioux Falls millwright, Queen Bee mill: born in Norway in 1847; came to America in 1872, and settled in Fil-
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more Co., Minn .; came here in 1880; married Nattie Peterson, a native of Norwdy; they have three children.
W. W. Johnson-was born in Williams county, Ohio, in 1847; in 1872 came to Dakota and settled in this county; married Armena Rathbun, a native of New York. They have three children, Jen- nie, Harvey and Zeruia.
C. A. Kampt-proprietor of billiard hall; established in Jan., 1881; he was born in Sweden in 1834; came to America in 1870, and settled in Yankton. Came to Sioux Falls, in Oct., 1880.
W. R. Kingsbury-dealer in dry goods; born in Connecticut, in 1832; was in dry goods business in Chicago, Ills., for a number of years; went to Nebraska in 1857, and located in Sioux Falls in 1878 and established business.
Geo. A. Knott -- proprietor of Sioux Falls Brewery, establish- ed in 1874; built at a cost of $20.000 and has a capacity for mak- ing 4,000 barrels per year; born in Sussex, England, in 1838; came to America in '56 and settled in Belvidere, Ills .. where he lived until 1860, and removed to Waverly, Iowa, and remained there until 1874, he then came to Sioux Falls. He married Mary Beebe, a native of New York. They have two children-Jennie and Georgia.
James Krebs -- proprietor of Sioux Falls House; born in Penn- sylvania in 1843; came to Wisconsin in 1860 and settled in Vernon county ; removed here in April, 1873. Married Alice Huggins, a native of Wisconsin. They have three children, Annetta, Edward, Earnest.
J. M. Leavitt-was born in Waukesha county, Wis., in 1842; in 1878 came to Sioux Falls and engaged in present business.
T. F. Leavitt-was born in Waukesha county, Wis., in 1844; in Jan., 1874, he moved to Red Wing, Minn., and two years later came here and engaged in his present business; married Ella Stone, a native of Wisconsin: have two children, a son and daughter.
Geo. W. Lewis-insurance; established in 1878; born in Ma- lone, Franklin county, N. Y., in 1844; came to Dakota in the pring of 1878, and engaged in present business.
J. B. LeBlond-physician and surgeon; established in May, 1880: born in Richland county, Ohio, in 1825; came to Minnesota in 1856 and settled in Brownsville, where he remained until 1880; married Kate Ward, a native of Middletown, Ohio; they have two sons.
Chas. Manouk-stone dresser; born in Smyrna in 1853; came to America in 1861 and settled in New York City and remained three years; removed to Rochester, N. Y., and stayed; then went to Chicago, Ills .; stayed there three years; then went to Milwau-
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kee. Wis .: stayed one year: and moved to Minneapolis Min .; stayed one and one-half years, and came to Sioux Falls in December, 1880.
Thos C. Marson-carpenter and builder; established in 1876: born in England in 1834; came to America in 1845. and settled in Rochester: N. Y., in 1855 he came to Dayton, Ohio, and soon after removed to Illinois: he married Sophia Mayo, a native of Eng- land. They have six children, Ida, Jessie, Roger, Mattie, Mayo and Sophia.
A. L. Marcy-born in Springfield, Mass., in 1851; in 1867 he came to Chicago, where he lived until he came to Sioux Falls: he graduated in the class of 1873, at a Homeopathic Medical College. Philadelphia.
Chas McKinney -- born in Athens. Bradford county. Penn., in 1856: eume to Dikota in 1880 and settled in this city: he is a mem- ber of the banking firm of McKinney & Scougal. Married Ella A. Waterman. a native of Coldwater, Michigan.
John M.Kee -- born in Belfast, Ireland. ia 1847; came to America in '68, and located in New York; in '71 came here. Mar- ried Ella Brooks, a native of Wisconsin. They have three child- ren.
John M. Munson-born in Cleveland. Ohio, in 1850: came to Dakota in 1878.
Chas. O. Natesta-register of deeds and county clerk: elected in 1878: born in Rock county, Wis., 1841; in May. 1873 he came to this city and engaged in merchandising until elected to this office in '78. Married Nellie M. Blair, a native of Dane co., Wis .; have one child, Pheba E.
E. S. Norton -- station agent. Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha: born in Glenn Falls, New York. in 1846: came to Wisconsin in 1859. and settled in Rock county: Aug. 31. 1880 he came to Sioux Falls: he married Annie E. Stewart, a native of New York. They have two sons and one daughter.
C. L. Norton -- assistant cashier First National Bank.
John T. Norton -- born in Schenectady. N. Y., in 1843; came to Iowa in '53. and settled in Lansing; in 1878 he came to Sioux Falls. Married Catherine Norton; a native of Mass. They have one child. Nellie.
S. Olney-born in Warren county. Pa., in 1846: came west in 1869 and settled in Sioux Rapids, lowa; removed to Turner county. D. T .. in 1875: thence, in 1877. to this city.
J. W. Parker. Jr. born in Warren, Illinois in 1851; came to Sioux Falls in June. 1881.
R. G. Parmley-born in Rock county, Wis., in 1851: came to Sioux Falls in March, 1578. Married Fanny Damm. They have two sons and one daughter.
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Edwin Parliman-born in Ohio in 1832. In 1853 went to to Decorah, lowa, and in 1859 removed to Hastings, Minn, and came here in 1877; enlisted in 1863 and served three years; com- missioned captain. Married Isabel J. North, a native of Ohio. They have four children, Anna, Ralph W., Percy and Mary.
J. B. Peterson-proprietor of 9th street meat market; estab- lished in 1878; born in Ontario, Canada, in 1848; came to Sioux Falls in 1878; married Edith E. Morey, a native of Vermont; they have two children; a son and daughter.
A. Petterson -- born in Norway, in 1833; came to America in '66, and located in Chicago; in '68 he came to Ft. Sully, D. T., and- removed to Sioux Falls in '72, and was employed as carpenter and builder until he engaged in present business; married Betti Nelson, a native of Sweden. He has one son by a former wife.
Wm. Peterson-was born in Denmark in 1852: came to Amer- ica in 1872, and settled in Yankton: in 1877 he removed to Sioux Falls.
Porter P. Peck -- born in Canada in 1843; came to U. S. when he was 10 years old and located with his parents at Kenosha, Wis .: in 1872 he came to Sioux Falls and engaged in his present business: married Catherine W. Cornue, a native of Wisconsin.
J. L. Phillips-born in Maine in 1835; came to Dakota in '57 and settled here: in 1861 he enlisted as surgeon of the 16th lowa Infantry, and served four years: in '69 he returned to Sioux Falls and for a number of years practiced medicine.
Place Bros. & Co .- C. E. Place was born in Maine in 1839: came to Dakota in April, 1880.
Phillip Plaster-proprietor of First and Last Chance, near St. Paul depot, 8th Street; born in Niagara county. N. Y., in 1849; came to Sioux Falls in November, 1878, and engaged in present business.
Henry Pontz- dealer in cigars and tobacco; established in 1879; born in Pennsylvania in 1849; he came to Sioux Falls in 1879; married Mary Vrennen. a native of Minn.
T. H. Prumer-blacksmith. Established business in 1874: born in Ohio in 1855: came to Wisconsin in 1860; went to Illinois, thence to Iowa and in 1871 came to Sioux Falls; married Jennie Knott, a native of Bremer county, Iowa, they have one child, a SO11.
T. A. Robinson-insurance: established business in 1878 under firm name of Briggs & Robinson; born in England in 1847; came to America in 1855 and located in Detroit, Mich .; came to Sionx .Falls in 1868: has been in the Territory fourteen years.
Michaels & Roberts-proprietors of meat market opposite Com- mereial Hotel.
Thos. Roberts-born in England in 1841; came to America in
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'43 and settled in New Jersey; he came to Sioux Falls in 1878; opened business for himself in August, 1881.
W. C. Rose-stone dresser: born in Monroe county, N. Y., in 1847; came to Chicago. Hl., in 1868, and thence to West Liberty, Ia .; came to Sioux Falls, January, 1881.
Edwin E. Sage-real estate dealer. Howard & Taylor's Block.
Geo. B. Sammons-dealer in general merchandise, Brandon, Minnehaha county, D. T .; established business in 1881; born in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1834; came to this place in 1873; mar- ried Ada Robinson, a native of Gennessee county, N. Y .; they have two. children, a son and daughter.
Clayton T. Sischo-watchmaker and jeweler; established bus- iness in 1879: born in Michigan in 1857; came to Dakota in 1877, and settled in Vermillion; removed to Sioux Falls in 1879.
Edwin Sharp & Co .- dealers in lumber, doors, sash and blinds; Edwin Sharp was born in Connectient in 1843; in 1871 he came to Sioux Falls, and engaged in lumber business.
E. A. Sherman-of firm of Emerson, Sherman & Co: born in Massachusetts in 1844; came to Woodbury county, Iowa, in 1872, and engaged in teaching; the following year he came to this place and engaged in editing the Independent, which he continued one and a half years. Then opened real estate and loan office, and in 1876 was elected Territory Treasurer; and confirmed by governor; held two years, and was appointed auditor. which office he held two years. He is one of the owners of the Cascade mill prop- erty. Married Florence S. Cowdreif, of Melrose, Mass .: they have one child, a daughter. Mr. S. has held various town offices; pres- ident of school board; at present is president of the Territorial In- stitute for Deaf Mutes.
Charles T. Seheel-grain buyer for Basset, Hunting & Co., McGregor, lowa. Born in St. Louis in 1854: came to Iowa in 1872 and settled in Ridgeway; came to Sioux Falls Aug .. 1881.
Christ Skoyen-born in Norway in 1848: came to America in 1873. and settled in Chicago; in 1877 he came to Sioux Falls; mar- ried Lizzie Hansen, a native of Norway; have one child, Josephe- nia.
Geo. D. Smead-was born in Luzerne county, Penn., in '49; came to Grant county, Wis., in 1855, and settled near Bee Town; in 1878 came to Sioux Falls; married Nancy Barningham, a native of Grant county; they have two children Frank and Josie.
Wm. Snell -born in Rice county, Minn., in 1859; spent two years in Minneapolis, Minn., in the flour business; came to Sioux Falls, July, 1881: married Nettie Thompson, a native of St. Cloud, Minn.
H. M. Stearns, millwright; born in Vermont in 1846; came to Wisconsin and settled in Chippewa county; removed to Minneapo-
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lis, Minn., in 1878; came to Sioux Falls in July, 1880. Married Frances Gorman, a native of Wisconsin. They have two children.
Perry A. C. Stevens-Millwright; born in Oswego county, N. Y., in 1847: came west in 1856 and settled in Ill. Removed to Ft. Dodge, Iowa, in 1876, and in 1881 located in Sioux Falls; mar- ried Stella Richards, a native of New Hampshire. They have two children.
M. A. Stickney -- miller; born in Vermont in 1846 came west in 1855, and settled in Winona county, Minn; came to Sioux Falls in 1877; married Mary E. Roberts, a native of Indiana. They have two children.
John Sundback-of the firm of Johnson & Sundback; born in Sweden in 1850; came to America in 1867 and settled in Des Moines, Io .; came to this county in 1872 and settled in Edson township; entered the first claim in that town; engaged in farm- ing until the spring of 1881; married Jennie Bentson, a native of Norway. They have three children.
Albert H. Stites-dealer in drugs and medicines; established business in 1881; born in Pennsylvania in 1857; came to Sioux Falls in July, 1881 and engaged in business here.
O. S. Swenson-dealer in hardware, stoves and tinware; es- tablished business in 1880; born in Norway in 1845; came to America in '57 and settled in Nicollet county, Minn .; came to Sioux Falls in 1880; married Eliza S. Ranney, a native of Ken- tucky. They have three children; two sons and a danghter.
L. S. Swezey-attorney at law; established business in 1879; had ten years practice in Chicago before coming here; completed collegiate course at Beloit college, Wis.
F. W. Taylor-born in Omro, Wis., in 1857; in 1867 he went to Chicago, where he lived thirteen years; in 1880 he came to Sioux Falls and engaged in the hardware business.
K. Thompson-proprietor of Thompson House and dealer in agricultural implements; born in Norway in 1847; came to America in 1852, and settled in Wisconsin; came to Sioux Falls in 1875; married Rachael Thompson; they have three children.
J. P. Tufts-sale stable and dealer in stock; born in Brattle- boro, Vt., in 1852; came to Illinois in '56, and lived with his parents near Genesseo; he has been engaged in various business, until July, 1880, he located at this city and engaged in his present business.
C. H. Vincent-born in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1845; came to Sioux Falls in March, 1877 and engaged in the hardware business, which business he still continues; he married C. F. Raynor, a native of Wisconsin.
Edward Watson-physician and surgeon; born in Canada in 1840; came to the United States in '49 and settled in Ann Arbor,
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Mich., where he received his medical education, graduating in the class of 1873: in 1878 he came to Sioux Falls: married Alice J. Fralick, a native of Michigan.
J. B. Watson-miller, Queen Bee mill; born in Nelson, Madison county, N. Y .. in 1840; came west in 1860: located in Sioux Falls in 1878: married Mary Nelson, a native of Norway; they have three children.
Cyrus Walts-born in Jefferson county, Wis., in 1844; went to Yankton in '69: in the spring of 1870 he came here and en- gaged in real estate: was appointed clerk of the district court in 1874, which position he still holds; he has been superintendent of schools one year, county surveyor four years: married Mary A. Benton, a native of Columbus, Ohio: have three children-Charles C., Hattie L. and Hope.
Guy C. Weed-collector: born in Racine. Wis .. in 1845; came to St. Panl. Minn .. in 1870, and in 1878 came to Sioux Falls; married Helen T. Jones. a native of Wisconsin: have three sons.
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