Frank F. Aplin Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1708-1709 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	FRANK F. APLIN, general merchant at Britton, Marshall county, was 
born February 2, 1852, at Kendall, Orleans county, New York, the son of 
Rev. N. J. and Chalnissa A. (Sherman) Aplin. The father was born at 
Kendall, New York, on May 31,1821, the mother at Rochester, New York, 
September 18,1828. Rev. Aplin was for many years a minister of the 
Methodist Episcopal church. He removed his family from New York state. 
to Wisconsin in 1853, and to Britton, South Dakota, in 1894. 

	The subject was educated in the summer schools of Wisconsin, 
attending at the different points his father was stationed. In 1879 he 
went on the road as a traveling salesman, continuing for fifteen years. 
In 1894 he located in Britton, South Dakota, and established himself in 
business by opening a large general store. Mr. Aplin is a Republican and 
belongs to the Masonic fraternity, Ancient Order of United Workmen and 
Eastern Star. He has twice been married. His first wife was Susan Alice 
Woodworth, daughter of E. G. Woodworth, of Berlin, Wisconsin. She died 
in 1894, leaving one son, Harry Grant. His second marriage was to Mattie 
A. Smith, daughter of H. A. Perkins, of Villard, Minnesota.