Bon Homme County, SD

Biographies

 

from

HISTORY OF Southeastern Dakota, Its Settlement and Growth,

Sioux City Iowa: Western Publishing Company, 1881

submitted by Karen Seeman

Hiram A. Reeves—was born in Jefferson county, New York, in 1850; came west in 1879, and stopped at Yankton, Dakota; the following year he moved to Scotland, Dakota; in 1881 he married Jennie Girard, of Jefferson county, New York. They have one child.

Gen. C. T. Campbell—was born in Pennsylvania in 1823; he served in the United States army during the war with Mexico. Also served in the late rebellion; General Campbell has a great many battle scars that he will carry to his grave; he left the service in 1866 with rank of brigadier general; that same year he moved to Dakota and settled 15 miles above Port Randall, on the Missouri River; in 1871 he moved to the James River Valley and settled where Scotland now stands. He married Miss South, of Baltimore, Md.

J. F. Weber—was born in Germany Aug. 12th, 1857; in May, 1872, he came to America and settled in Nebraska; from Nebraska he moved to Scotland, Dakota. He married Anna Sveycovsky.

Charles Maywold—was born in the town of Schenectady, New York; in 1872 he came west and settled in Dakota Territory; in 1878 he married Anna Mettis, of Dakota.

John E. Maxwell—was born in Montreal, Canada, May 14th, 1849; in 1863 moved to Iowa; in 1869 he moved to Dakota and settled in Hutchinson county, where he is permanently located.

John Stafford—retired farmer; came to Scotland from Canada in 1872; formerly owned the town site of Scotland, ninety acres of which he gave to the railway company; Mr. S. was appointed post master by President Grant with a salary of $10 per annum, which office he continues to hold; has been a county commissioner for five years; Mr. Stafford is one of the leading citizens of Scotland, owning fine property adjoining the town.

Gottlieb Mix—sample room; born in Germany; came to America in 1876, and settled in Yankton; came to Scotland in 1880, in which year he was married to Mary Makrie.

John C. Dimock; depot agent; came to Prairie du Chien, Wis., from Pennsylvania in 1860; was employed by the C. M. & St. P. R. R. Co., beginning as messenger boy; Mr. D. made the survey west of Algona, Iowa, through to the present terminus of the road.

A. J. Cogan—Sr. proprietor Springfield Times; a native of New Jersey; came west in 1869, and settled in Bon Homme county; published the Dakota Citizen at Bon Homme for three years, when the office was moved to Scotland in Feb., 1880.

W. H. Curtis—grain dealer; came to Scotland from Decorah, Iowa, in 1879; deals in all kinds of grain, principally in flax, of which he shipped, during the past year 15,000 bushels.

Hugo Spannagel—manager Lavender's mercantile house; born in Prussia in 1857; came to Dakota in 1864; moved to Nebraska; thence to Yankton, where he engaged in the mercantile business; came to Scotland in 1879.

Zetus Brown—farming machinery, Sc.; came to Dakota from Canada in 1876, and settled near Scotland.

Taylor O. Bogart—banker; born in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1851; was graduated from Potsdam (N. Y.) Normal School in 1877; for two years after this, acted as principal of Gouverneur graded school, St. Lawrence county, N. Y.; he also studied law and was graduated from Albany law school in 1880, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and admitted to practice law in the courts of his native state; in July, 1880, he came to Dakota and entered into copartnership with F. A. Gale, of Canton, D. T.; in the banking business soon after; commenced business in Scotland May 5, 1881.

Brink & Whaling—proprs. Dexter livery, feed and sale stables; although old settlers in Dakota, are yet young men, and keep a first class establishment.

J. Brinkerhoff—prop, of the stage line; came from Ills, to Sioux City in 1865; thence to Nebraska City as master of the Nebraska City transportation company; returned to Sioux City in 1870, as chief clerk in the freight department of the Illinois Central railroad;  thence to Dubuque as agent of the River road; came to Yankton in 1876, and purchased the Merchant's hotel, and later became proprietor of the Dakota central stage line; came to Scotland in 1881, and engaged in the live stock and livery business; is mayor of Scotland, and is also one of the proprietors of the Dakota Citizen; is the owner of a large amount of town property.

Robert Dolland—was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, March 14th, 1842; he entered the United States volunteer service April 16th, 1861, as a private and served through the rebellion; was twice wounded; was mustered out February 12th, 1866, as commander of cavalry; located in Galesburg, Illinois, May 19th, 1866; April 14th, 1879, he came to Douglas county, Dakota; he married Miss Carrie E. Dunn, September 29th, 1875.

J. Ch. Wenzlaff—hardware dealer and proprietor Janesville Flouring Mill; born in Russia in 1827; came to America in 1874, and settled in the hardware business in Yankton; moved his stock to Scotland in 1880.

George Steiger—Pioneer Sample Room; came from Germany to America in 1874, and settled in Yankton; came to Scotland in 1879 and opened the first billiard hall in the place; married in 1877 to Caroline Oxner, and has one daughter—Katie.

A. J. Faulk, Jr.—was born in Allegheney City, Pennsylvania, the 13th of June, 1858; received his education in Kittanning, Pa., and in Yankton, Dakota; studied law in the office of Judge Wheeler and Phil. K. Faulk, of Yankton; then under the United States District Attorney Hugh J. Campbell,and E. G. Smith, district attorney for the 2d judicial district of Dakota. Was admitted to the bar May 10th, 1880; in June, 1880, he commenced the practice of law in Scotland, Dakota; he is the oldest settler in Scotland
with the exception of Gen. Campbell; he is now notary public and counsel on the board of insanity; he married Miss Mina L. Fletcher, of Yankton.

 B. F. Wise—manager Bassett, Huntington & Co.'s grain house; came from Nora Springs, Iowa, to Scotland; the firm shipped about 30,000 bushels of flax during the past season.

Will B. Robinson—manager Oshkosh Lumber Co.; established the business at Scotland in 1879, and deals in all kinds of builders' supplies; conducts the only first-class lumber yard in the city.

Rev. H. P. Carson—was born in Illinois in 1845. Received his education at Blackburn University; commenced the ministry as the work of his life in 1871; he is of the Presbyterian faith; was pastor of a church in Illinois about eight years; in May, 1880, he
came to Dakota and located at Scotland. Served in the army four months under Colonel Phillips, of Illinois; he married Miss Lizzie Holliday, of Illinois; has two children—Rollin G. and Elizabeth.

H. A. James—general hardware; born in Concord, N. H.; moved to Illinois in 1855 and engaged in farming; thence moved to Iowa; and was for several years in the employ of the Union Pacific R. R. Co.; thence to Yankton where he engaged in contracting and building; moved to Springfield in 1874, and engaged in the lumber trade; entered the hardware business in the fall of 1878. Mrs. James has also the only millinery and  dressmaking establishment in the city.

John Fry—proprietor stove and tin store; born in Connecticut; came to Springfield in 1872 and engaged in business in 1873. Mr. Fry served his country four years in the 5th Conn. Regiment; was wounded in North Carolina just previous to the close of the war.

John A. Lee—came to Springfield, in company with his son George, in 1869, and each took a claim near where the town is now located, and sold to the Town Site Company, 240 acres where the town now stands. George Lee still resides at Springfield and is
engaged in farming.

J. H. Stephens—dealer in furniture, harness and saddlery; came to Springfield in December, 1873; was in the harness business at Yankton previous to coming to Springfield; carries the only stock of the kind in the city.

Robert P. Cowgill—meat market and provision store; came to Sioux City, Iowa, from Delavan, Wis., in 1875; moved to Springfield in 1878, and engaged in his present business in 1881.

George Hefner—hardware; born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1856; came west to Iowa, and in 1870 settled in Yankton, where he engaged in farming machinery business; thence to Springfield in 1878, where he engaged in business as above.

Dr. Charles Curlin—proprietor city drug store; came to Springfield in 1879; is a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa.

A. F. McAuley—proprietor Pioneer Billiard Hall; came to Glencoe, Minn., in 1866: went to Ft. Stephenson in the employ of A. H. Wilder, of St. Paul, and remained there several years.— came to Springfield in 1871, and engaged in general merchandising; was postmaster under Hayes and Garfield, and resigned in 1881.

L. Schwerdlmann—born in Germany; came to the U. S. in 1867, and located in Baltimore, Md.; came to Springfield in 1880, and purchased the established business of P. G. Brann. Mr. S. has a store in Tyndall, Dak., managed by R. L. Wilson.

 John Todd—editor of Springfield Times, son of Gen. J. B. S. Todd; came with Gen. Harney's expedition to Dakota in 1857; assumed control of the Times in 1881.

 Bonesteel & Turner—general merchandise; business established by J. L. Turner in 1870, Mr. Bonesteel becoming a partner in 1871 ;they carry a stock in general merchandise of about $20,000, the firm also have two stores—one general merchandise, the other
hardware, in Niobrara, Nebraska, under the management of Mr. Bonesteel.

 E. W. Monfore—groceries and provisions; born in New York in 1854; moved to Illinois in 1865; came to Springfield in 1872; engaged in his present business in April, 1881.

 J. U. Klemme—firm of Sterling & Klemme, attorneys at law; was brought up in the dry goods business; came to Springfield 1879, and engaged in the loan, general insurance and collecting business; is also city marshal.

 J. C. Russell—billiard parlor and sample room; born in New York in 1841; came to Minnesota in 1856 and settled at Waterford, Dakota county; enlisted in Co. G, 1st Minnesota Volunteers, in 1861; was wounded and captured at the first battle of Bull Run,
and kept a prisoner a year at Libbey, Chattanooga and Saulsbury; was discharged in Feb., 1863, and re-enlisted in the 1st New York Veteran Cavalry, and was discharged at the end of the war; traveled extensively for four years in the West: settled at Springfield in 1869.

 James H. Baskin—proprietor Baskin House, Springfield, D. T.;was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1845; in June, 1865 he came to Dakota, where he settled permanently; in 1875 he married Miss S. E. Culver, of this place.

 M. Griffin—was born in Ireland in 1822; immigrated to America and is now (1881) postmaster of Springfield, Dakota; he was one of the early settlers of this town.

 Mrs. Mary E. Love—proprietress of the Springfield Hotel, Springfield, D. T., was born in Burns, Livingstone county, New York, in 1835; in 1868 came west and settled in Illinois; in 1870 she came to Dakota and settled in Springfield in September of that year; has been twice married; has two children—Emma A. and Alonzo W. Barron.

 Rev. Charles Seccombe—was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1817; was educated at Dartmouth College and Union Theological School, New York; he graduated in 1850 and entered the ministry at that time; his first pastoral charge was at Anthony Falls, Minnesota, in 1850; has been in the ministry work throughout his life; has been twice married; his first wife was Anna M. Peabody, of New Hampshire; he then married Harriet M. Tolman, of Massachusetts; they have five children—Samuel H., Harriet M., Emma R., Mary F: and Charles H.

 

 

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