John Doering Biography


	This biography appears on pages 882 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
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	JOHN DOERING, a representative and progressive business man of 
Parkston, Hutchinson county, was born in the southern part of Russia, 
which great empire has contributed a not inconsiderable quota to the 
valued population of South Dakota, the date of his nativity having been 
February 2, 1868, while he is a son of Gottlieb and Juliana (Lempke) 
Doering, who. emigrated to America when he was about twelve years of 
age, coming to South Dakota and passing one year in Menno, Hutchinson 
county, after which they removed to a farm seven miles southeast of 
Parkston, where they have since maintained their home, being numbered 
among the worthy pioneers of this section of the state.  

	The subject of this sketch received excellent educational 
advantages in his native country, but was able to attend school only 
three months after the removal of the family to the United States, for 
institutions of learning, even of the primitive sort, were notable more 
specially for their absence in the pioneer districts of South Dakota at 
the time when the family located here. On June 7, 1892, Mr. Doering was 
married to Miss Louisa Eberhard, of this county, and shortly afterward 
he came to Parkston, where he erected and equipped a grist mill, 
operating the same for two years, at the expiration of which he 
disposed of the property arid engaged in the grain business as a buyer 
for others, thus continuing about three years. In 1897 he turned his 
attention to dealing in agricultural implements and machinery and the 
same year, in company with two others, purchased two elevators in 
Parkston, operating one under the firm name of Doering & Company and 
the other under the title of Rempfer, Kayser & Company. Subsequently 
the interested principals effected the organization of the South Dakota 
Grain Company and purchased nine other elevators, at different points, 
and these nine elevators are conducted by the company mentioned, while 
the original two in Parkston are still maintained under the control of 
the firms previously noted, while the subject of this sketch has held 
the responsible office of general manager of the South Dakota Grain 
Company from the time of its organization, the concern being among the 
heaviest buyers and shippers of grain in the state, while the 
responsibilities devolving upon Mr. Doering indicate that he is a man 
of excellent executive ability. Mr. Doering and John Kayser are now the 
sole owners of the nine elevators outside, and Mr. Doering holds stock 
in the Parkston Land and Implement Company, of which he is vice-
president, and he is also manager of the South Dakota Grain Company. He 
is candid and honorable in all his transactions and retains the 
unequivocal confidence and esteem of all who know him, while he is 
recognized as one of the substantial men and representative citizens of 
the county. He is the owner of two hundred and eighty acres of valuable 
farming land in Hutchinson county and has reason to be gratified with 
the success which he has attained through his energetic and progressive 
efforts. In politics he holds the faith of the Republican party, being 
a member of the common council of his home city at the time of this 
writing, and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Lutheran 
church.