Alexander LePlante Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1048-1049 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	ALEXANDER LEPLANTE was born in Charles Mix county, South Dakota, in 
April, 1867, and owing to the exigencies and conditions of the time and 
place his early educational advantages were limited in scope, though he 
secured a good foundation upon which to build up the fund of practical 
knowledge which is his today.  He continued to be associated with his 
father in the raising of live stock until 1887, when he initiated his 
independent career in connection with the same line of industry, which 
has become one of the most important resources of the state. He 
utilized the range in the valley of the Bad river until 1894, since 
which time his cattle have found their grazing rounds on the broad acres 
of the Cheyenne Indian reservation.  Mr. LePlante has an average head of 
seven hundred head of cattle, and makes his residence and headquarters 
at the Cheyenne government agency, of which he has been official butcher 
since 1899, providing all meats used.

	On the 14th of November, 1893, Mr. LePlante was united in marriage to 
Miss Johanna Madison, a daughter of that honored pioneer, Trules 
Madison, of Fort Pierre, concerning whom individual mention is made on 
other pages of this work.  Mr. and Mrs. LePlante have five children, 
namely: Louis, Edward, George, Gaylord and Caroline.