Joseph Cabalka Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1355-1356 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	JOSEPH CABALKA, a highly esteemed resident of Yankton county, was 
born in Bohemia in 1858 and is a son of Joseph and Katie (Vavaruska) 
Cabalka. The parents were married in their native country and when they 
arrived in Chicago, where they remained for two and a half years. In 
1870 they came to South Dakota, bringing their children with them and 
here the father secured a homestead claim upon which he lived until 
called to his final rest. He always carried on agricultural pursuits and 
in this manner provided a comfortable living for his family. He had six 
children, all of whom are yet residents of South Dakota and are 
representatives of its agricultural interests. The widowed mother is now 
living with her son Anton upon his farm in Yankton county and has 
attained the age of seventy years. She bore the maiden name of Rosa 
Czwomka. 

	Joseph Cabalka, whose name introduces this record, was but a young 
boy when the parents emigrated to the new world and with them he came to 
Dakota when he was but twelve years of age. He continued to attend the 
public schools here until he reached the age of fourteen and his 
educational privileges in the United States supplemented the early 
advantages which he had received in Bohemia. Through the summer months 
he assisted his father in the cultivation of the home farm and after 
putting aside his text-books he devoted all of his time and attention to 
agricultural pursuits. He has made farming his life work and is today a 
well-known representative of agricultural interests in Yankton county. 

	In the year 1886 Mr. Cabalka was united in marriage to Miss Rosie 
Czwonka, who was born in Poland. and by this union they have become the 
parents of four children: Anton, Charles, Annie and Sophia, all of whom 
are yet under the parental roof. The parents are communicants of the 
Roman Catholic church. Mr. Cabalka takes no active part in political 
affairs, preferring to devote his attention to his business pursuits. He 
has depended upon his own resources from an early age and his labor and 
energy have formed the foundation upon which he has built his success. 
He is now a well-known farmer and his property is constantly increasing 
in value because of the excellent care which he takes of it.