Frank Lvatos Biography


	This biography appears on page 1869 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	FRANK LVATOS, now deceased, was born in Bohemia and there he was 
educated. He afterward followed farming in his native country and he 
was there married to Miss Annie Steskal, also a native of that land. 
When about thirty years of age he bade adieu to friends and native 
country and with his little family crossed the ocean to the United 
States. He did not tarry long, however, in the east, but made his way 
at once into the interior of the country and on reaching Yankton 
county, South Dakota, he secured land, which he entered from the 
government in accordance with the homestead act. This did not, however, 
represent his total possessions for as the years passed and his 
financial resources increased he added to his property until he became 
the owner of a valuable tract of four hundred and eighty acres, which 
he possessed at the time of his demise.

	Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lvatos were born ten children. Mr. Lvatos 
passed away in 1885, respected by all who knew him and leaving to his 
family the priceless heritage of an untarnished name, for he was highly 
esteemed as an upright man and as a devoted and loyal member of the 
Catholic church. His widow still resides upon the old homestead.

	Joseph Lvatos was born in Yankton county and was educated in the 
district schools, wherein he pursued his studies until he reached the 
age of sixteen years. He then began to work on his father's farm, where 
he was employed continuously until twenty-three years of age. He 
married Miss Clara Kudrna, and the marriage of the young couple was 
blessed with three children. Joseph Lvatos now engages in the 
cultivation of land near Lakeport.