Samuel H. Bakewell Biography


	This biography appears on pages 849-850 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
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	SAMUEL H. BAKEWELL. - No member of the bar of Aurora county has 
attained more distinctive prestige and honor than has Judge Bakewell, 
who has been for many years engaged in the practice of his profession 
in Plankinton and who has been a prominent figure in public and civic 
affairs in this section of the state.  

	Judge Bakewell was born on a farm near Lansing, Allamakee county, 
Iowa, on the 4th of April, 1855, being one of the nine children of John 
and Sarah Ann (Hunt) Bakewell. He is of English descent. He received 
his early education in the public schools, and in the seminary at 
Waukon, Iowa. He taught school several winters. He continued his 
studies in the State University of Iowa, at Iowa City, in the law 
department of which he graduated as a member of the class of 1879. Soon 
after his graduation he came to the territory of Dakota and located at 
Plankinton, Aurora county, in 1881, being one of the pioneers of his 
profession in the county. During the first few years he was largely 
engaged in locating home seekers on the public lands of hits county and 
representing them professionally before the local land office at 
Mitchell, and the general land office at Washington, D. C. He became 
prominent in the public affairs of the county in the territorial days, 
and has continued since South Dakota was admitted to the Union to hold 
many positions of honor and trust. In 1884 he was elected to the office 
of probate judge of the county, and was reelected in 1886. After the 
admission of South Dakota as a state he was elected judge of the county 
court, and twice elected state's attorney of his county. His self-poise 
and his thorough knowledge of the science of jurisprudence has won him 
a large and remunerative practice in his profession. He has taken 
advantage of the opportunities of a new country and has acquired large 
and valuable property interests. The Judge is one of the old-time 
Republicans and is one of the leaders of that party in his county. 
Fraternally, he is identified with the time honored order of 
Freemasonry, and his religious faith is that of the Congregational 
church, of which he and his family are members.  

	On the 17th of April, 1884, was solemnized the marriage of Judge 
Bakewell to Miss Martha A. Cawley, who was born and educated in 
Wisconsin, having graduated from the Oshkosh Normal School in 1879, and 
who was principal of the Plankinton public schools the year previous to 
her marriage. They are the parents of two sons, Robert C. and George 
S., aged seventeen and fifteen years respectively.