Bio of SEARLE, Augustus Leach (b.1863), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol II, pg 78-81
AUGUSTUS LEACH SEARLE
Augustus Leach Searle, vice president and general manager of the Globe Elevator
Company, was born in Lyons, Wayne county, New York, on the 20th of March, 1863,
his parents being Seth C. and Rosabella (Leach) Searle, both of whom were
natives of western New York. On leaving the Empire state they became residents
of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where the father was engaged in the milling
business-a pursuit which he had also followed in Lyons, New York. Both he and
his wife have passed away.
Augustus L. Searle pursued a public and high school education, which constituted
his training for life's practical and responsible duties. For a short time alter
leaving school, at the age of fifteen years, he was employed in a mill and 1882
he came to Minneapolis, while later he went to Battle Lake, Minnesota, he
engaged in buying grain. In 1885 he established his home at Mapleton, North
Dakota, where he continued in grain buying until 1889. In that year he returned
to Minneapolis and became associated with A. J. Sawyer & Company, a connection
that continued until 1893. In the latter year Mr. Searle accepted the position
of superintendent of the Monarch Elevator Company, thus entering into active
association with F. H. Peavey & Company. He has been the vice president and
general manager of the Globe Elevator Company since 1898 and thus through a
period of twenty-five years has been most active in directing the development
and promoting the expansion of this business, which is today one of the foremost
of the kind in the state. He is also a director of F. H. Peavey & Company and is
president of the National Elevator Company, president of the Searle Grain
Company, president of the Searle Securities Company, president of the
Saskatchewan Elevator Company, president of the Home Grain Company, president of
the Port Arthur Elevator Company and president of the Liberty Grain Company. He
is likewise vice president of the Security Elevator Company, vice president and
general manager of the Peavey-Duluth Terminal, a director of the Midland
National Bank and a director of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. In the
foregoing list it will be seen that his activities have constantly broadened and
his interests expanded until he is today an outstanding figure in connection
with the grain trade in the Twin Cities and the section of the country where the
industry centers. From the outset indefatigable industry has characterized him
and his broadening experience has enabled him to judge most accurately of the
value of any business situation or opportunity. Today some of the large business
enterprises of the Northern Mississippi valley owe their success to his activity
and wise counsel and his name has become interwoven with the history of
Minneapolis and the state.
On the 14th of April, 1882, Mr. Searle was married to Miss Elizabeth Finkler of
Grand Rapids, Michigan, and they became the parents of three children:
Rosabelle, the eldest, is now the wife of Norman L. Leach of Winnipeg, Manitoba;
Florence is the wife of James M. Gilchrist, also of Winnipeg; Stewart Augustus,
the only son, was in the World war in overseas service for about two years,
being with the French army. He received the Croix de Guerre in recognition of
his bravery and was commissioned a sergeant. He was a freshman in Yale
University when he enlisted, going overseas with the American Field Service in
May, 1917. He volunteered in the United States army in September, 1917, and
served with the American forces until after the signing of the armistice, or
until May, 1919. being mustered out at Camp Dix, New Jersey. He has since become
associated with his father in the grain trade and is now the vice president of
the Searle Grain Company. Augustus Leach Searle was married February 14, 1914,
to Mrs. Helen S. Gardner of Minneapolis, who by her former marriage had two
daughters, Helen Evelyn and Katharine R.
Mr. Searle is prominently known not only in Minneapolis but in every important
business center of the country. He belongs to the Duluth Board of Trade, to the
Chicago Board of Trade, to the New York Produce Exchange, to the Winnipeg
Exchange and to the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. Important and extensive as
are his business connections in this country, he also has large interests in
Canada. Notwithstanding all this he has ever manifested keen appreciation for
the social amenities of life and he is a valued representative of the
Minneapolis Club, the Minikahda Club, the Lafayette Club, and the Automobile
Club, all of Minneapolis, the Kitchi Gammi Club of Duluth and the Manitoba Club
of Winnipeg.