History of Dakota Territory, George W. Kingsbury, Vol. 4, 1915
transcribed by Karen Seeman
ALBERT N. CARLISLE.
Albert N. Carlisle is now living retired at Woonsocket, enjoying a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves. For many years he was extensively engaged in the grain trade in that part of the state and his capably conducted business affairs brought to him the substantial competence that now enables him to rest from further labors. He was born in Chautauqua county, New York, on the 11th of May, 1855. His father, John Carlisle, was a farmer by occupation and in 1880 removed to Miner county, Dakota territory, where he remained for a short time. He then returned to Minnesota, where he had settled in 1867, making his home in Fillmore county for about thirty-seven years, his death there occurring on the 11th of May, 1903, when he had reached the age of seventy-six. He married Ann Spratt and they became the parents of eight children, of whom Albert N. was the third in order of birth. Both parents were natives of the north of Ireland and it was in the year 1854 that they came to the new world. Both passed away in 1903, the mother's death occurring in the month of January, when she was seventy-three years of age.
Albert N. Carlisle attended the district schools in New York, Wisconsin and Minnesota and was also a high-school pupil at Spring Valley, Minnesota. He started in the business world as an apprentice to the harness maker's trade, which he followed for nine years. In 1880 he removed to Lake Herman, Dakota territory, where he established a harness shop which he conducted for a short time. He then turned his attention to the grain business in connection with an elevator company and in 1884 he came to Woonsocket, representing the grain company until 1900. He then purchased a line of elevators of his own at Woonsocket and at Lane and remained as one of the foremost grain merchants of his part of the state until 1912, when he retired from active business. He had handled a large amount of grain annually, his business reaching extensive proportions. He also owns a farm of six hundred and forty acres north of Woonsocket devoted to the raising of grain, and the place is splendidly improved and presents a most attractive appearance.
On the 14th of December, 1887, Mr. Carlisle was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Seekatz, of Waverly, Iowa, her parents being August and Mary (Schlund) Seekatz, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Wisconsin. Our subject and his wife have one child, Rachael, who is a graduate of the Woonsocket high school and the Dakota Wesley an University.
Mr. Carlisle is the owner of an automobile and makes motoring his chief source of recreation. Politically he is a republican with independent tendencies, and when his judgment dictates an independent course in the exercise of his right of franchise, he does not hesitate to follow it. He was a member of the Woonsocket school board for six years and has also served on the city council and at all times labors for the welfare of the community. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and the Odd Fellows. He is a champion of the cause of temperance, is an advocate of good roads and a stalwart supporter of many plans and measures for civic progress and improvement. He now has leisure to more thoroughly investigate those subjects which are of significant interest to his community and the people at large and his influence is always on the side of right and progress. In his business career the capable direction of his affairs has led to prosperity. He has ever followed constructive methods in his business and his path has never been strewn with the wreck of other men's fortunes. He is noted for his integrity as well as for his industry, for his justice as well as for his enterprise, and thus it is that he is numbered among the honored and representative residents of his city.
History of Dakota Territory, George W. Kingsbury, Vol. 4, 1915
transcribed by Karen Seeman
CAPTAIN CHARLES C. HAYS.
Captain Charles C. Hays is an honored veteran of the Civil war and one of the pioneer settlers of Sanborn county, where he still has important farming interests, although since 1886 he has maintained his residence in Woonsocket. He was born at Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1835, and has therefore passed the eightieth milestone on the journey of life. His father, Samuel Hays, was a native of Pennsylvania and a son of Captain James Hays, who served in the Colonial wars, was appointed first lieutenant and in 1776 served in the Revolutionary war with the rank of captain. He received his lieutenant's commission when but seventeen years of age. Three of his brothers also served in the Revolutionary war in a company in Benjamin Franklin's regiment. John Hays, the great-grandfather of our subject, came from Donegal, Ireland, in 1730 and settled in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. For many years representatives of the family were connected with the leather business in Pennsylvania. Captain James Hays was given three land grants, one in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, one in Clinton county, Pennsylvania, and one in Kentucky. He established the family homestead in Clinton county and there Captain Charles C. Hays was born and reared. The mother of the last named was in her maidenhood Susanna Smith, a daughter of Gideon Smith, of Scotch descent. By her marriage she became the mother of nine children, four sons and five daughters, only one daughter of whom died under seventy years of age.
Captain Charles C. Hays, who was the eighth in order of birth and is now the only survivor of the family, was educated in the public schools of Pennsylvania and at Lombard University in Galesburg, Illinois. When his textbooks were put aside be began farming and followed that occupation until after the outbreak of the Civil war, when his patriotic spirit was aroused by the attempt of the south to overthrow the Union and he enlisted January 1, 1862, as a member of the Seventh Illinois Cavalry. He served with that command until 1865, being mustered out on the 4th of November at Nashville, Tennessee. He served throughout the war in the Union army under Generals Grant, Thomas and Sherman, participated in the siege and battle of Corinth and in the engagements at Iuka, New Madrid, Franklin, Nashville and the Grierson raid. He entered the service as a private, was advanced to the position of noncommissioned orderly sergeant and on the 4th of November, 1864, was promoted to the captaincy as a reward for conspicuous bravery in action. He was captured, at Somerville, Tennessee, but escaped while crossing the Tallahatchie river. He was wounded slightly several times but never totally incapacitated and he remained a faithful defender of the old flag until the stars and stripes were planted in the capital of the Confederacy. Following the close of the war Captain Hays established a grocery store at Prairie City, Illinois, and in 1876 he was elected sheriff of McDonough county, which position he filled for two years. In 1879 he removed to Blanchard, Iowa, where he engaged in the hardware business for three years, and in 1882 he came to Dakota territory, taking up a claim in Sanborn county, where he has since resided. Through all the passing years he has been numbered among its representative and valued citizens. In 1886 he was elected treasurer of Sanborn county for a term of four years. He has always followed farming, although maintaining his residence in Woonsocket since 1886, and he is the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of valuable land in Sanborn county which he has brought to a high state of cultivation, the place being devoted to the raising of grain. He has also made many substantial improvements upon his farm and from that property derives a most gratifying annual income.
Captain Hays has been married twice. On the 21st of December, 1865, he wedded Miss Mattie Loughry, by whom he had three children, namely: Thaddeus S., who was a banker in Armstrong, Iowa, and passed away in that city, August 25, 1904; Sidney C, who succeeded his brother in the banking business at Armstrong; and Frances, a graduate of Blairsville College of Pennsylvania, who is now teaching Latin in a high school at Joplin, Missouri. The wife and mother passed away on the 13th of May, 1881, and on the 2d of November, 1887, Captain Hays was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Julia Gordon, who bore the maiden name of Julia Young and is a native of Warren county, Illinois. Her parents were John and Catherine (Ehrhardt) Young, the former born in Baden, Germany, and the latter in Alsace-Lorraine. At the time of the death of John Young, which occurred November 14, 1908, when he had attained the age of ninety-eight years, he was the oldest Odd Fellow in the United States.
Captain Hays is a republican in his political views and his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, in which he is now serving as a member of the board of trustees in the church at Woonsocket. He is a stalwart champion of the cause of temperance, is equally earnest in his advocacy of good roads and in fact gives earnest allegiance to any movement which he believes will be of general benefit. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic and for six terms served as commander of McArthur Post, No. 25. While he is now well advanced In years, in spirit and interests he seems yet in his prime and keeps in touch with the progressive thought and movements of the day. His life has been one of activity and usefulness in which he has contributed to the advancement of many plans for the material, intellectual, social and moral progress of his community, while in all matters of citizenship he has been as true and loyal to his country as when he followed the old flag upon the battlefields of the south.
History of Dakota Territory, George W. Kingsbury, Vol. 4, 1915
transcribed by Karen Seeman
ELMER R. JUDY.
Among those who are active in controlling and directing financial interests in South Dakota is E. R. Judy, president of the Forestburg State Bank. In the town where he now resides he is widely known, for it was there that he was born on the 8th of August, 1885, representing one of its old families. His father, Morris K. Judy, was a native of Ohio, born near Washington Court House, that state. He became one of the pioneers of Sanborn county, South Dakota, where he settled on a homestead claim in 1881, eight years before the admission of the state into the Union. He became one of the county's most highly respected and prosperous citizens. Coming to the state with scarcely a dollar and walking from Yankton to what is now Forestburg, he advanced steadily in a financial way until he was recognized as one of South Dakota's foremost farmers and stockmen, owning a splendidly improved tract of land of fourteen hundred acres, equipped with all modern accessories and conveniences. His death occurred .September 22, 1909, when he was fifty years of age, while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Isabel M. McGillvray, and is a native of Vermont, still resides in Forestburg.
Elmer R. Judy supplemented his public-school training by study in the Dakota Wesleyan University and such was his early experience and such the standing that he gained, that he was appointed assistant superintendent of the South Dakota Agricultural Exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. He was with his father upon the home farm until 1907, when he became one of the organizers of the State Bank of Forestburg and in 1913 was elected to the presidency. He has contributed much to the successful conduct of this institution, making it one of the important and indispensable business features of the town. Aside from this he is still largely interested in farming lands and in the breeding of registered cattle and his broad experience and progressive methods enable him to speak with authority concerning the best methods of developing land and caring for live stock. He also served as treasurer of the first Farnsworth Cooperative Telephone Company.
On the 2d of June, 1909, Mr. Judy was joined in wedlock to Miss Clarinda A. Jeffery, of Miller, South Dakota, a daughter of William H. and Mary (Richards) Jeffery. Mr. Judy greatly enjoys touring with his motor car and also takes delight in travel by train. He is fond of outdoor sports and is an advocate of good roads. Fraternally he is a chapter Mason and an Odd Fellow and he has long been a recognized leader in republican circles in his part of the state, serving as a member of the state central committee in 1914. He believes in advancement and is actuated by the spirit of progress and enterprise along all those lines which affect the general interests of society. He is recognized as a young man of unusual promise and his record is already adding new luster to the honored name of his father. He is exceedingly active in the live-stock business and has done much to promote an interest in live-stock exhibits at the state fairs. He is also secretary of the Sanborn County Fair Association, of which he was one of the chief promoters.
History of Dakota Territory, George W. Kingsbury, Vol. 4, 1915
transcribed by Karen Seeman
EDWARD RAYMOND KRAMER, M. D.
Dr. Edward Raymond Kramer is engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Letcher and his ability has brought him to the front among the representatives of the profession in his part of the state. This is not because nature has endowed him with unusual qualities but because he has persistently and energetically applied himself to the mastery of the principles of medicine and has been most careful in applying those principles to the needs of suffering humanity. He is yet a young man but has already achieved a success that many an older physician might well envy. His birth occurred at Preston, Minnesota, November 24, 1886, his parents being John Louis and Mary R. (Miller) Kramer. The father was a native of Germany and after coming to the new world engaged in the manufacture of wagons at Preston, Minnesota, where his death occurred in 1914 when he had reached the age of seventy years.
Dr. Kramer acquired his elementary education in Preston, where he attended the public schools, and later he took up the study of classics in the University of Minnesota, thus acquiring broad general knowledge to serve as the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional learning. Entering the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, he was graduated therefrom with the class of 1910, winning the degree of M. D. Upon his return to his native state he practiced for a short time at Bigelow, followed by a half year's residence at Scotland, South Dakota. In June, 1911, he removed to Letcher and in the intervening years has built up a large practice scarcely surpassed in extent or importance by that of any physician in his section of the state. Dr. Kramer is a patron of outdoor sports, in which he engages when opportunity offers. He holds membership in the Lutheran church and politically he is independent, voting as his judgment dictates without regard to party ties. Along strictly professional lines his association is with the Sioux Valley Medical Society, the Mitchell District Medical Society, the South Dakota Medical Association and the American Medical Association, and through the work done by those organizations be keeps in touch with the onward trend of thought and with the advanced methods of practice that have to do with the restoration of health. He is a member of the county board of health and is local health officer, and he is also a member of the Counties Board of Health Association, a state organization. All of his professional duties are conscientiously performed and his labors bring excellent results.
History of Dakota Territory, George W. Kingsbury, Vol. 4, 1915
transcribed by Karen Seeman
CHARLES V. TEMPLETON, M. D.
Recognizing the heavy responsibilities which devolve upon him as a practitioner of medicine when the issues of life and death are in his hands and performing all of his professional service with a high sense of conscientious obligation, Dr. Charles V. Templeton has become recognized as a foremost physician of Woonsocket and Sanborn county. He was born upon a farm at Winnsboro, Texas, Novemher 24, 1862, a son of Thomas W. and Elvira C. (Dickson) Templeton. The Doctor's grandfather on the paternal side was born in Ireland, and emigrated to the new world, becoming a resident of Virginia, The father was a native of Virginia but in his boyhood days went to Tennessee and in 1849 removed to Texas. He was born in the year 1821 and had passed the seventy -second milestone on life's journey ere death called him. His wife was a native of Tennessee, but the Dickson family is of Scotch-Irish descent.
Dr. Templeton was reared in a household numbering twelve children, of whom he was the tenth. His education was largely acquired at Sulphur Springs, Texas, where he completed the high-school course. He afterward attended the State University of Texas at Austin, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Letters in the class of 1887. The following year he entered the University of Louisville at Louisville, Kentucky, and there pursued a medical course until he won his professional degree in 1892. The same year he came to Woonsocket. He had previously practiced as an undergraduate in Texas before finishing his college course, so that he was not without practical experience when he arrived in South Dakota. He has since resided continuously in Woonsocket and his attention has been always given to general practice, in which he is very proficient. His knowledge of the principles of medicine is comprehensive. For many years he has been United States pension examiner. He belongs to the State and American Medical Associations and has recently been honored with election to the presidency of the Mitchell District Medical Society. He reads broadly, thinks deeply and neglects no professional duty in the slightest detail.
Dr. Templeton has been married twice. On the 26th of June, 1893, he wedded Miss Annie Murphy, daughter of Mrs. Jane Murphy. She passed away in November, 1898, leaving two children, John D. and Charles V. On the 11th of March, 1902, the Doctor was again married, his second union being with Miss Mary Minty, of Elk Point, South Dakota, her parents being the Rev. Walter F. and Marie S. (Remington) Minty, the former a Methodist clergyman. By this marriage there are five children, namely: Walter M., David D., Lois, Edward E. and Alice L.
Dr. Templeton was reared in the faith of the democratic party but since 1900 has been a stanch prohibitionist, voting the ticket, taking active part In promulgating its principles and serving for many years as chairman of the state central committee. The temperance cause has indeed in him an earnest, stalwart champion whose labors are effective and whose influence in this direction is farreaching. He has for many years been a member of the school board and has always been interested in educational matters. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, in which he is serving as an elder, and in the church work he takes a most active and helpful part. When it is possible to enjoy a period of leisure he engages in hunting and in more limited hours of recreation he takes to motoring. He owns farm lands in Hand county devoted to stockraising, and he is also the owner of irrigated land in Montana. He is interested in good roads and in fact is the champion of all plans and projects for the public good. His course has at all times been so thoroughly actuated by a spirit of devotion to the general good and he is so fearless in conduct and stainless in reputation that he is most highly honored as a physician and as a citizen.
History of Dakota Territory, George W. Kingsbury, Vol. 4, 1915
transcribed by Karen Seeman
FRANK M. WOODEN.
Frank M. Wooden is the senior partner in the firm of Wooden & Weston, dealers in implements, automobiles, and vehicles at Letcher, and belongs to that class of wide-awake, alert, energetic merchants of the west who are contributing so largely to the rapid and substantial development of this section of the country. He has always made his home in the Mississippi valley, his birth having occurred at Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, January 31, 1875, his parents being James and Adeline (Tooker) Wooden. The father was a native of New York and on leaving the Empire state removed westward, casting in his lot with the early residents of Wisconsin, where he followed the business of a carpenter and builder.
To Mr. and Mrs. James Wooden were born five children, of whom Frank M. is the youngest. At the usual age he began his education in the public schools of Fort Atkinson and when his textbooks were put aside and he began to learn the more practical but difficult lessons that one must master in the school of experience, he turned his attention to farming. It was in 1886 that he became a resident of Dakota territory, settling in Sanborn county, near Letcher, where he afterward proved up a claim. The land was entirely wild and undeveloped but he at once began to cultivate it and in the course of time transformed it into rich and productive fields. Year after year he carefully tilled the soil and remained upon that place until 1909, when he engaged in the implement business in connection with the J. I. Case Company, selling thresher outfits. He remained upon the road for about a year and in 1910 purchased the implement business which he is now conducting. He represents the John Deere Plow Company, the Willys Overland Company and the J. I. Case Company and has the largest business of the kind in Sanborn county. His sales cover a wide territory and his business methods commend him to the continued patronage and support of the general public. He is always courteous and obliging and thoroughly reliable in his methods and his success has come through the earnest efforts which he has made to please his customers.
On the 1st of November, 1899, Mr. Wooden was united in marriage to Miss Nellie May Weston, a daughter of George B. and Sarah D. (Corliss Weston, of Sanborn county. They have become parents of four children: James Edward, Mildred, Francis Ray and John Bradford.
Mr. Wooden exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the democratic party, but he does not seek office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Elks Lodge, No. 1059, at Mitchell. He enjoys motoring and hunting and thus finds his recreation. He is in hearty sympathy with the good roads movement and various other progressive projects which tend to bring about a higher and more advanced civilization. He is one of the section's energetic and progressive business men, alert to his opportunities, active in their improvement and honorable in all business relations.
