Surname: Park

Biography of Hiram A. Park

History of South Dakota vol 1 title page

Hiram A. Park, born March 28, 1838, in Montrose, Pennsylvania, was a prominent wholesale grocer in Watertown, South Dakota. After moving west in 1858, Park served in the Civil War with the First Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, rising to the rank of first lieutenant. Following the war, he established a grocery business in Red Wing, Minnesota, before relocating to Watertown in 1886 to open a successful wholesale operation. He later co-founded Park, Grant & Morris, a major grocery house in Fargo, North Dakota. Park was married twice and had four sons, two of whom predeceased him. He was active in the Episcopal church and Masonic order.

Biography of William W. Rounds

History of South Dakota vol 1 title page

William W. Rounds, born on June 1, 1857, in Monkton, Addison County, Vermont, was the youngest of six children. Leaving home at age twelve, he worked various jobs before moving to Chicago in 1877 and then to Spink County, South Dakota, in 1882. There, he initially took up a pre-emption claim, later establishing a homestead in what became Conde. Transitioning from farming to business, he developed a successful hardware store and held several public service roles, including deputy sheriff. Rounds married Margaret Park in 1884, and they had a daughter, Hazel. William W. Rounds hails from the old Green Mountain … Read more

South Dakota Biographies

The Picturesque Story of South Dakota

Marthy Jane Cannary Biographies from the Memorial and Biographical Record These biographies are from “Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography, including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of South Dakota…” W. G. Ackerman Ell Nathan Aldrich Irwin D. Aldrich M. D. Alexander Andrew A. Anderson G. W. Anderson Oliver E. Anderson William Anderson James Oliver Andrews James J. Aplin Giles A. Baker Thomas Bandy Julian Bennett Dr. William S. Bentley Dr. S. N. Blair Joseph F. Bockler H. A. Booth George C. Bradley Christopher Brakke George Nelson Breed … Read more