Myron H. Caldwell Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1677-1678 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	MYRON H. CALDWELL, owner of the Spring Creek farm, near Hartford, 
Minnehaha county, was born in Baraboo, Sauk county, Wisconsin, on the 
19th of December, 1853, being a son of Hiram B. and Pamelia (Allen) 
Caldwell. who were sterling pioneers of the Badger state. The father is 
now dead, while the mother makes her home with the subject. Mr. Caldwell 
secured his early education in the public schools and in the institute 
of Baraboo. continuing to abide beneath the parental roof until he had 
attained the age of sixteen years, when he came to what is now the state 
of South Dakota, arriving in June, 1870, and entering pre-emption and 
homestead claims near the present city of Sioux Falls. There he devoted 
his attention to the improvement and cultivation of his farm until 1879, 
when he disposed of the property and moved to Hartford township, this 
county, where he eventually became the owner of this present attractive 
and valuable farmstead of three hundred and twenty acres. There he was 
engaged in diversified farming and stock raising until February 15, 
1903, when he rented his farm and took up his residence in Hartford, 
establishing himself in business here, as previously noted. Mr. Caldwell 
has been an uncompromising Republican from the time of attaining his 
legal majority, and the esteem in which he is held in this community is 
shown in the fact that he has been called upon to serve in every 
township office in Hartford township with the exception of those of 
assessor and treasurer, while he has always manifested a distinctive 
public spirit and an abiding loyalty to the state in which he has gained 
a position of independence through well-directed effort. Fraternally he 
is affiliated with the Ancient Order of United Workmen. 

	On the 10th of October, 1870, Mr. Caldwell was united in marriage 
to Miss Elizabeth A. Delaney, daughter of Sylvanus and Margaret (Scott) 
Delaney, of Sioux Falls, where they located in 1866, being numbered 
among the honored pioneers of that place, whither they came from 
Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwel1 are the parents of six children, 
namely: Orrin S., Alice M., Ray H., Roy M., James G. and John R.