Andrew Feeney Biography This biography appears on pages 1787 in "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ANDREW FEENEY, a prosperous and honored stock grower of Stanley county, his well-improved ranch being located fifteen miles west of Fort Pierre, is a native of the fair Emerald Isle and a representative of staunch old Irish stock. He was born in Hollygrove, County Galway, Ireland, on the 28th of May, 1870, and is a son of Patrick and Margaret Feeney, the former of whom died in 1876, in Ireland, where he devoted his life to stock raising, while the latter died in South Dakota, in 1900, having been one of the noble pioneer women of the state. The subject of this sketch received his early educational training in the parochial schools of his native land, and was about six years of age at the time of his father's death. In 1881, when eleven years old, he accompanied his mother and the other members of the family to America, and they forthwith came to what is now the state of South Dakota and located on a pioneer ranch one mile northwest of Harrold, Hughes county. There they secured a pre-emption claim, upon which our subject continued to reside about six years, doing most strenuous work in connection with its improvement and development. The family then removed to a ranch three and one-half miles northeast of Pierre, in the same county, where they remained for the ensuing six years, since which time the subject has resided on his present ranch, which comprises six hundred and forty acres and which is eligibly located fifteen miles west of Fort Pierre, Stanley county, as has already been noted. He gives his attention principally to the raising of cattle and horses, and has steadily pressed forward toward the goal of success, being now numbered among the substantial, progressive and popular stock growers and valued citizens of Stanley county. He has retained his residence in Fort Pierre since 1902, in which year he was elected sheriff of the county, an office of which he has ever since remained incumbent, while his administration has been a most discriminating and able one, gaining to him unequivocal commendation. He is a stalwart advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, and has taken an active part in forwarding its cause in a local way. He was reared in the faith of the Catholic church, of which both his father and mother were communicants. Mr. Feeney remains a bachelor.