J. J. Barkley Biography


	This biography appears on page 1842 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	J. J. BARKLEY, who is the owner of extensive landed interests in 
Charles Mix county, and who is engaged in the raising of cattle upon a 
large scale, is a native of the old Empire state, having been born in 
Washington county, New York, on the 27th of November, 1848. When but 
fourteen years of age he left school and began to "rustle for himself," 
as the colloquial phrase well expresses it. He followed various 
occupations until 1875, when he became identified with the work of 
railroad construction, in which connection he advanced to positions of 
responsibility, finally becoming superintendent of construction and 
having been concerned in the building of a number of the important 
western railroads, while he has made Chicago his home and business 
headquarters, having retired from his association with railroading 
enterprises in 1898, since which time he has given much of his 
attention to the handling of western lands and to other capitalistic 
enterprises, showing great business sagacity and judgment and also 
marked executive talent. He is now the owner of two thousand six 
hundred and forty acres of valuable land in Charles Mix county. His 
land is principally devoted to grazing purposes and he raises a high 
grade of cattle. In politics he is a radical Republican. Mr. Barkley 
was united in marriage to Miss Mary Henry, who presides with gracious 
dignity over the home.