Joseph Hacesky Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1874 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	JOSEPH HACESKY was born in Bohemia and was a youth of seventeen 
years at the time of the arrival of the family in this state and was 
about six years of age when they came to the new world. His educational 
privileges were obtained in the schools of Cleveland and he gained a 
good knowledge of the English language and of the branches of learning 
taught in our public institutions. He was united in marriage to Miss 
Rosy R. Lenger, who was also born in Bohemia, and their union has been 
blessed with five children.

	In 1877 Mr. Hacesky took up his abode upon the farm where he is 
yet living and subsequently he purchased an additional tract of land, 
which he also operates. He is a successful farmer, having gained a very 
comfortable competence because of his continued labors, which are 
directed by sound judgment and good business ability. He was treasurer 
of the school board for several years and has always been deeply 
interested in the cause of education. He and his family are 
communicants of the Catholic church and socially he is connected with 
the Modern Woodmen of America and also with the Z. C. B. J., a Bohemian 
society.