Yankton Co., SD - Biography, 1884 This file is a complete transcription of the biographical and business information for Yankton County as found in A. T. Andreas' "Historical Atlas of Dakota", 1884. Yankton County Yankton ANDREW J. FAULK, third Governor of Dakota, was born in Milford, Pike Co., Pa. November 26, 1814. His ancestors trace their history in America back to 1664, when Captain Daniel Brodhead, an officer of the British army, in the reign of King Charles II, came to this country with the expedition which captured the Dutch city of Manhattan (now New York) and the province of New Netherlands. Following the transfer of the province to the English, Captain Brodhead, on the 14th of September, 1665, was placed in chief command of the county of Ulster, then comprising a large portion of what now constitutes the State of New York. He died while holding this position, leaving descendents, the survivors of whom in the present generation are very numerous. Among prominent members of the family may be mentioned Gen. Daniel Brodhead, at one period in command of the Western department, under commission from President Washington, with headquarters at Pittsburgh; Hon. John M. Brodhead, author of a history of New York; Senator Brodhead of Pennsylvania, and several members of the Beck branch of the family who were prominently connected with various colleges and distinguished in the medical profession, including the author of Beck's Medical Jurisprudence, a standard work. In 1815 his parents removed to Kittanning, Armstrong Co., in the western part of the State, on the Allegheny River. Here he received his early education in the subscription, or "common pay schools," as they were called, and at the Kittanning Academy. Here also, he learned the printer's trade. In connection with John Croll he edited and published, from 1837 to 1843, the Armstrong Democrat, a paper which is still published. He also read law under the tutelage of Michael Gallagher and Hon. Joseph Buffington, both eminent in the profession. Young Faulk, however, did not apply for admission until after his removal to Dakota, to which territory he came in the fall of 1861, in the capacity of Indian trader under appointment by President Lincoln. He was admitted to practice at Yankton in 1866, but circumstances led him into other paths and he has never been in practice. He has been honored, repeatedly, with positions of trust and responsibility, both in his native State and the territory of his adoption, including the office of Governor of Dakota, which he held from 1865 to 1869, and has retired from every official position with an honorable record. He was by official invitation with the Peace Commissioners in 1867 and again in 1868, whose labors terminated in the treaty at Fort Laramie in the last named year, which located the great Sioux Indian nation on its present reservations. Among the prominent gentlemen with whom the Governor was associated in this commission, were Gen. W. T. Sherman, Gen. A. H. Terry, Gen. W. S. Harney, Gen. John B. Sanborn, Col. Taylor, Commissioner of Indian affairs, and Col. Tappan of Colorago. During the two years mentioned he was present at many important councils. Through his messages and personal efforts he contributed materially to the opening of the Black Hills and their later settlement and development. His correspondence with the eminent scholar and geologist, Dr. F. V. Hayden, published in the Union and Dakotian at Yankton, awakened a deep interest in that region throughout the country, and Dr. Hayden's letters were the substance of more voluminous articles which subsequently appeared in Sillman's Journal of Science. Portions of the correspondence were given wide circulation in the public press. The Governor was an active member of the National Union Convention held at Philadelphia in August, 1866, serving as a member of the committee on permanent organization, of which Hon. Montgomery Blair was chairman, and also in the committee on resolutions and address, of which Senator Cowan was chairman. As Superintendent of Indian affairs he enjoyed the confidence of the executive and legislative branches of the government to an unusual degree. Notwithstanding his firm support of President Johnson's administration, when the office of Superintendent of Indian affairs was, in 1868, about being separated from that of governor in all the territories, Dakota was made an exception on motion of the chairman of the Senate committee on Indian Affairs, Hon. John C. Henderson. Subsequently, about February 4, 1869, upon passage of a bill making appropriation in part for the expenses of the Indian Department, which had uniformly been disbursed by the Interior or War Department, the bill amended on motion of Gen. K. F. Butler, of Massachusetts, by striking out the words "War Department" and inserting "Governor and Acting Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Dakota Territory." As a consequence the appropriation for Dakota, amounting to $10,000, was placed directly in the hands of the Governor for disbursement, independent of any control save that attaching to his official responsibility. It may also be said in all sincerity that the same degree of fairness and confidence was accorded him by the people of his own territory. Seldom has it fallen to the lot of a governor of any State or Territory to entirely escape harsh criticism and personal abuse through the public press within his jurisdiction; yet in his case not a paragraph ever found publicity in any public print of Dakota or Wyoming, then forming a part of Dakota, even hinting at official corruption, neglect of duty or incapacity. His administration covered a period of general peace, progress and prosperity, so far as the white inhabitants of the territory were concerned. At that time the sessions of the legislature were annual instead of biennial, as at present, and his term of office included three sessions. A temporary cloud at one period obscured the horizon, caused by the abandonment of Fort James, situated on the site on the present city of Rockport, in Hanson County, on the James River, by military order. A suspicion rapidly took possession of the public mind that the new settlements were liable at any moment to savage inroads by hostile bands ready to enact over again in Dakota the murderous scenes witnessed in Minnesota in 1862. Uneasiness in some defenseless places grew almost to a panic. The Governor was pressed to make a requisition upon the War Department for arms for the common defense, which he finally did; the Department cheerfully responding to the call. Ample material for the equipment of ten companies of cavalry was forwarded at once to Yankton. The Governor immediately appointed a staff through whose prompt, efficient and patriotic labors, the ten companies were speedily organized, armed and prepared for service. But the anticipated Indian troubles died away and the arms were never used for hostile purposes. The staff of the Governor appointed at this period was composed of the following persons: Adjutant General Capt. James L. Kelly; Quartermaster General, D. M. Mills; Paymaster, Col. John L. Jolley; Aide de Camp, Col. John Lawrence. Though no actual trouble ensued, yet the alacrity displayed by the said officers, the people, and the ten companies of troops in rallying for defense reflected the highest credit upon all. At the time of the terrible Minnesota massacres in 1862, Governor Faulk and family were living at the Yankton Indian Agency in Charles Mix County. The hostile Sioux being driven by our armies from Minnesota became, by their frequent raids and murders, a source of great alarm to the unprotected settlements. This alarm soon assumed the proportions of a complete panic, and ended only when a large portion of the territory had been abandoned by the inhabitants, who fled for safety to Iowa and Nebraska. During this reign of terror, the Government agent, Hon. W. A. Burleigh, caused a substantial block house to be erected at the Agency, and through his exertions the services of a company of Iowa volunteers were secured for the protection of the employes and their families. It was a period of constant alarms, and apparently, of imminent danger. Numbers of the hostile Sioux were known to be visiting the Yankton chiefs and warriors daily and nightly to engage them in the scheme of a general Indian war. During this exciting period the family of the Governor and other women and children were many times required by the commanding officer to take shelter in the block house, while all males were put under arms for their protection and for sentinel duty. This state of alarm continued until President Lincoln ordered an expedition to be organized against the hostile Sioux under Gen. John Cook, who was subsequently superseded by Gen. Alfred Sully. The march of this command north through southern Dakota, and the battle of White Stone Hills, which followed, restored comparative quiet to the Agency, when but a short time previous four of the seven Yankton chiefs had yielded to the hostile arguments and influences from the north and were ready for revolt. Gov. Faulk was appointed aide de camp on the staff of Gen. Cook, who had received honorable promotion for bravery in the war for the Union, and was a fit and valuable officer to fill the position. But a pressure on the President compelled the appointment of an Indian fighter, and Gen. Sully, because of greater experience, was placed in command. As Gen. Sully brought a full complement of staff officers, the volunteer officers attached to Gen. Cook's military family were disbanded without seeing active services. In February, 1867, under orders from the War Department, the Governor visited Washington at the head of about sixty chiefs and head men of the Sioux nation for the purpose of having a consultation with the Government. The visitors met President Johnson and various heads of departments and were greatly pleased with their reception. As a matter of local interest it may be mentioned that the charters of the cities of Yankton, in Dakota, and Cheyenne, in Wyoming (then part of Dakota), granted at the session of 1869, were approved by Governor Faulk. The County of Faulk and the town of Faulkton were named in his honor. Did space permit much might be said of Governor Faulk's administration, which was eminently successful and peaceful, while the territory enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity. We may add only that the Governor and family still occupy the old homestead at Yankton, which is conspicuously situated on the bank of the Missouri River at the south end of Broadway. It is the same unostentatious mansion known to all Dakotaians for the hospitality and kindness of its inmatesto all officials, visitors and strangers, through three sessions of the legislature. Time has dealt gently with the Governoe and his noble- hearted companion, and in less than two years, if spared, they can celebrate their golden wedding. ================================================= ADLER & OHLMAN, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN WINES, liquors, cigars, etc. ================================================= BAKER & WARRINGTON, LANDS, COLLECTIONS AND INSURANCE. ================================================= HUGH J. CAMPBELL, U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. ================================================= CHURCH OF SACRED HEART, VERY REV. GEO. L. WILLARD, V. G. ================================================= CONGREGATIONAL COLLEGE, REV. JOSEPH WARD, PRESIDENT. ================================================= JOHN T. COXHEAD, ARCHITECTURAL WOODWORKER. ================================================= WALLACE L. DOW, ARCHITECT. ================================================= J. J. DUFFACK, DEALER IN BOOTS AND SHOES. ================================================= EDMUNDS, HUDSON & CO., BANKERS. ================================================= ELLERMAN & PEEMILLER, DEALERS IN LANDS, LOANS, ETC. ================================================= A. M. ENGLISH, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. ================================================= OLE EVENSON, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. ================================================= EDWIN L. FLETCHER, ATTORNEY AND LOAN AGENT. ================================================= S. H. GRUBER, ATTORNEY. CHRISTIAN HAGE, DEALER IN GROCERIES, ETC. ================================================= C. J. B. HARRIS, DEALER IN REAL ESTATE. ================================================= A. F. HAYWARD, DEALER IN REAL ESTATE, ETC. ================================================= H. F. JENCKS & SON, PROPRIETORS "JENCKS' HOTEL." ================================================= WM. KRAMER, PROPRIETOR "MERCHANTS' HOTEL." ================================================= A. W. LAVENDER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER. ================================================= McKINNEY & SCOUGAL, BANKERS. ================================================= J. C. McVAY, PRESIDENT FIRST NATIONAL BANK. ================================================= JACOB MAX, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES, ETC. ================================================= J. C. MORMANN, DEALER IN HARDWARE, STOVES, ETC. ================================================= FRED. NETH, DEALER IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. ================================================= ORTH & HUBER, DEALERS IN HARDWARE, STOVES, ETC. ================================================= T. B. RAYMOND, PROPRIETOR "RAYMOND HOUSE." ================================================ PETER ROYEM, COUNTY CLERK. ================================================ WM. D. RUSSELL, DEALER IN REAL ESTATE. ================================================= L. SAMPSON, DEALER IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC. ================================================= CHRISTOPH STEINBACH, DEALER IN DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. ================================================= THORNTON & MOULTON, ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS. ================================================= WM. H. TURKOPP, M. D. ================================================= WALLBAUM & BECKER, PROPRIETORS OF "GERMANIA HOUSE." ================================================= WILCOX LUMBER CO., DEALERS IN LUMBER, ETC. ================================================= WYNN & BUCKWALTER, DEALERS IN HARDWARE, STOVES, ETC.