L. K. Lord Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1379 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	L. K. LORD, president of the First National Bank of Parker, Turner 
county, is a native of the state of Connecticut, having been born at 
Stafford Springs, on the 31st of December, 1851, and being a son of John 
K. and Sarah (Spellman) Lord, the former of whom was born in Maine and 
the latter in Connecticut, while both families have long been identified 
with the annals of New England history. The father of the subject was a 
contractor by vocation, and both he and his wife died in the state of 
Connecticut. 

	L. K. Lord was reared to manhood in his native state, in whose 
public schools he secured his early educational training. He continued 
his residence in Connecticut until 1883, when he came to the west and 
located in the state of South Dakota, where he was engaged in the grain 
business. He was one of the projectors and organizers of the First 
National Bank of Parker, which was founded in 1887 and of which he has 
been president since then. It is one of the popular and substantial 
financial institutions of the state, basing its operations on a capital 
of twenty-five thousand dollars, while its deposits have now reached the 
notable aggregate of nearly two hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Lord 
devotes the major portion of his time and attention to the executive 
duties devolving upon him in this connection and to the management of 
his other capitalistic and industrial interests. 

	On the 29th of October, 1872, Mr. Lord was united in marriage to 
Miss Nettie M. Converse, who was likewise born in his native town of 
Stafford Springs, Connecticut, being a daughter of Orrin and Marietta 
Converse. Mr. Lord is a Mason, having attained the Royal Arch degree, 
and also belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Knights 
of Pythias. In 1902-3 he was president of the South Dakota Bankers' 
Association.