Luman B. Farley Biography

	This biography appears on pages 966-967 in "History of South Dakota" 
	by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, OCRed and edited 
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LUMAN B. FARLEY, proprietor of the leading drug house in 
Garretson, South Dakota, and a gentleman of high standing in 
social, as well as in the commercial and professional circles, 
is a native of South Dakota, and has spent all his life within 
its borders. His parents, L.. T. and Carrie A. (Warner) Farley, 
came to South Dakota in 1868 from Rock county, Wisconsin, and 
settled in Lincoln county, where, entering land, the father 
engaged in farming and stock raising.

Luman B. was born on the homestead in Lincoln county, August 
19, 1870, and grew up in close touch with nature, receiving his 
educational training in the public schools. In 1885, when a 
youth of fifteen, he took up the study of pharmacy and in due 
time, by close application and critical research, succeeded in 
mastering the profession, after which, in August, 1898, he 
engaged in business at Garretson, where, as already stated, he 
now owns a large and thoroughly stocked establishment, with a 
patronage second to that of no other drug store in the city. Mr. 
Farley's business career has been eminently creditable, 
prosecuting from the beginning a series of advancements which 
demonstrate not only a business ability of high order and 
superior professional training, but also a personal worth that 
has won him the confidence of the public.

Mr. Farley is a man of excellent habits, stands well with all 
classes of people and, being public spirited and enterprising, 
gives his influence and, when necessary, his material assistance 
to encourage the growth and development of the city in which he 
resides. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic brotherhood, 
also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and in politics supports 
the Republican party.

	Mr. Farley is a married man and the father of two bright and 
interesting children, whose names are Wava and Roy. Mrs. Farley, 
formerly Miss Laura Christianson, a native of Iowa, lived for 
some years in Canton, South Dakota, at which place her marriage 
was solemnized.