Paul Landmann Biography


	This biography appears on page 1079 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	PAUL LANDMANN, who is successfully engaged in the real-estate and 
lumber business in the town of Scotland, Bon Homme county, was born in 
Odessa, Russia, on the 22d of February, 1853, being a son of Anton and 
Louisa (Hoffman) Landmann and the only survivor of their three children. 
His brother, Emanuel, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 28th of 
September, 1898, as a result of fever contracted in Porto Rico, where he 
served as a member of Company F, Third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 
during the Spanish-American war. The father of our subject was born in 
Germany and always remained a citizen of that empire, though he went to 
Russia as a young man and there maintained his home about a quarter of a 
century. A year after the subject came to the United States and located 
in South Dakota his parents joined him here, and this state continued to 
be their home until their deaths.  

	Paul Landmann was reared to maturity in Russia, and there acquired 
his educational training in the excellent schools of his native place. 
In 1873, at the age of twenty years, he bade adieu to his native land 
and set forth to seek his fortunes in America. He landed in New York 
city and from the national metropolis continued his westward journey to 
what was then the territory of Dakota, arriving in Yankton, the capital, 
with a cash fund of only five dollars. There he was for seven years 
employed in the hardware store of the firm of Wynn & Buckwalter, in the 
capacity of salesman, and in 1880 he came to Scotland, Bon Homme county, 
where he engaged in the same line of enterprise upon his own 
responsibility, beginning operations upon a modest scale and succeeding 
in building up an excellent trade. He continued the business about seven 
years, when he disposed of the same, having been elected to the office 
of county treasurer, in which he served one term, after which he was 
incumbent of the office of register of deeds of the county for a term, 
having proved a most efficient executive in each of these capacities. 
After his retirement from office Mr. Landmann returned from Tyndall, the 
county seat, to Scotland, where he engaged in the real estate business, 
in which he has since continued, having handled much valuable property 
in this and other counties of the state. In February, 1903, Mr. Landmann 
expanded the sphere of his business operations in Scotland, by 
establishing extensive lumber yards in the town, and he already controls 
a large part of the lumber business of this section. He is the owner of 
eleven hundred and twenty acres of land in Hutchinson county and much 
valuable real estate, both improved and unimproved, in the village of 
Scotland. He is a stalwart Republican in his political adherency and is 
a strong factor in the councils of his party in this section, and both 
he and his wife are members of the Reformed church.  

	Mr. Landmann was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Serr, of 
Scotland, this county, and they are the parents of seven children.