A. W. Lindquist Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1176-1177 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	A. W. LINDQUIST.—.As the name indicates, the subject of this 
sketch is of foreign blood, although a native of the United States 
having been born near Alma, Wisconsin, on the 4th day of September, 
1869. John and Christina (Westling) Lindquist, his parents, both natives 
of Sweden, came to America in 1850 and settled in Wabasha county, 
Minnesota. Later he moved to Alma, Wisconsin, and from there to 
Ortonville, Minnesota, in 1877, where the father engaged in farming. He 
died December 24, 1902, at the age of seventy-two years, the mother 
being still a resident of Ortonville. John and Christina Lindquist 
reared a family of six children, five living, the subject of this review 
beingthe oldest of the number. A. W. spent his early years on the 
homestead near Ortonville, and received his education in the public 
schools of that place, after which he accepted a clerkship in a 
mercantile house, holding the same for a period of eight years. 
Resigning his position at Ortonville in 1891, Mr. Lindquist came to 
Roberts county, South Dakota, and in February of the same year 
established himself in the mercantile business at Wilmot, which line of 
trade he has since conducted, the meanwhile greatly enlarging his stock 
by adding a general assortment of goods, including all kinds of 
agricultural implements and farm machinery, and meeting with most 
gratifying success in his undertaking. His patronage, which includes a 
wide range, is quite lucrative, and in his well-stocked establishment is 
found every article of merchandise demanded by the general trade. As a 
business man he is familiar with the underlying principles of commercial 
life, being a careful buyer, an accomplished salesman and progressive in 
the management of his affairs, yet sufficiently conservative as to make 
few errors of judgment, steering clear of unwise speculations and being 
satisfied with the sure gains that come from legitimate trading. 

	In addition to his commercial interests, Mr. Lindquist is a large 
real-estate holder, owning and personally managing the farms in Roberts 
county, besides holding a half interest in the old family homestead in 
Big Stone county, Minnesota. He belongs to the public-spirited class of 
men that have done much to promote the material advancement of Wilmot 
and Roberts counties, and he has also achieved considerable reputation 
as a shrewd, resourceful and far-seeing politician, having borne quite a 
prominent part in bringing about the re-election of Hon. J. H. Kyle to 
the United States senate. His influence in municipal, county and state 
politics has given him considerable prestige among the leaders of his 
party, not only in the county and district in which he resides but 
throughout the state as well. Mr. Lindquist is a thirty-second-degree 
Scottish-rite Mason, belonging to the blue lodge at Wilmot, the 
consistory at Aberdeen and the Mystic Shrine at Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
He is a zealous member of this ancient and honorable brotherhood, is 
well versed in its mystic work and his sterling manhood proves that its 
principles and precepts had not a little to do in guiding and 
controlling his daily life and conduct. 

	Mr. Lindquist was married on May 31, 1893, to Miss Edna Knappen, 
of Minneapolis, and is the father of two children, Muriel and Phyllis.