Charles Albert Lum Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1303-1304 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	CHARLES ALBERT LUM, well-known citizen of Aberdeen, South Dakota, 
and treasurer of the Aberdeen Mill Company, was born at Utica, New York, 
October 23, 1849, the son of Charles L. and Cornelia (Batter) Lum, both 
of tives of New York state, and both now deceased. 

	Charles A. Lum was reared at Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence county, New 
York, to which point his parents removed from Utica. In 1869 he went to 
St. Joseph, Missouri, where for fifteen years he held the position of 
cashier in a large wholesale and jobbing house. In July, 1885, he came 
to Aberdeen and became interested in the milling business, and has since 
continued. He was for a time secretary and treasurer of the Dakota 
telephone lines. 

	Mr. Lum married Anna Elliott, the daughter of Charles Elliott, of 
Louisville, Kentucky, and to this union two sons and one daughter have 
been born, namely: Elliott, Berenice and Robert. Mr. Lum is a member of 
the Masonic order, and he and family belong to the Episcopal church.