Herman H. Garey Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1356 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	HERMAN H. GAREY, of Mount Vernon, Davison county, was born in Oswego 
county, New York, on the 6th of December, 1859, being a son of James W. 
and Susanna (Griffin) Garey, of whose three children he was the first in 
order of birth. He received his rudimentary education in the public 
schools of his native state, and when he was about ten years of age his 
parents removed to Iowa, where he continued to attend the district 
schools until he had attained the age of twenty years. He then learned 
the art of telegraphy, and for three years was employed as telegraph 
operator and station, agent by the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, at 
various points in Iowa. In the autumn of 1888 he came to South Dakota 
having previously been employed in a banking institution in the state of 
Nebraska for about three and one-half years. Upon coming to the present 
state of South Dakota he located in Mount Vernon, where he established 
the Davison County Bank, of which he became one of the principal 
stockholders, while he served as cashier of the institution until 1900, 
when he resigned his executive office, though still retaining his 
capitalistic interest in the bank. In 1892 Mr. Garey organized the Mount 
Vernon Milling Company and in 1896 he further manifested his progressive 
spirit by effecting the organization of the Mount Vernon Co-operative 
Creamery Company, while he was also actively identified with the 
organization of the Mount Vernon Merchandise Company, in all of which 
concerns he still retains a financial interest, while all have exercised 
important functions in connection with the industrial advancement of 
this section of the state. In 1900 Mr. Garey established himself in the 
real-estate business, and in the line he has built up an extensive and 
prosperous enterprise, to which he devotes much of his time and 
attention. In politics he is a staunch advocate of the principles of the 
Republican party, but his many business interests are so insistent in 
their demands that he takes no active part in political affairs. He is a 
member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the thirty-
second degree of the Scottish Rite, while he is also affiliated with the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 

	On the 24th of February, 1889, Mr. Garey was united in marriage to 
Miss Mary Samuels, of Mount Vernon, South Dakota, she being a daughter 
of John and Sarah Samuels.