Peter Lynum Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1569-1570 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	PETER LYNUM, the leading contractor and building of Hartford, 
South Dakota, and the son of Peter and Lena (Jacobson) Lynum, was born 
in Menominee, Wisconsin, on the 23d day of June, 1876, but grew to 
maturity in the town of Baldwin, that state, to which place his parents 
removed when he was a child. After attending the public schools of 
Baldwin until acquiring a good practical education he turned his 
attention to mechanical work for which he early manifested a decided 
liking, and in due time became an efficient carpenter, which trade he 
followed at different places in his native state until 1897. In that 
year he came to South Dakota and, locating at Hartford, worked for other 
parties until 1901, when he began contracting upon his own 
responsibility, since which time he has erected many of the finest 
residences in the city, also a number of business blocks and public 
edifices. besides doing considerable building in other towns and 
throughout the country districts. Mr. Lynum is a skilled mechanic and a 
master of his trade; he has devoted much attention to the study of 
architecture, is prepared to furnish all kinds of plans and 
specifications, and in addition thereto makes a specialty of fine 
cabinet work, in which he is without a rival in the city of his 
residence. Since engaging in business for himself his advancement has 
been rapid and at this time he furnishes steady employment to quite a 
force of skilled workmen, having on hand a number of important contracts 
which when completed will add greatly to the growth and beauty of the 
city and surrounding country. 

	Politically Mr. Lynum has always been steadfast in his allegiance 
to the Republican party, but he is by no means narrow or illiberal in 
his opinions. He is a married man, having contracted a matrimonial 
alliance, on January 1, 1901, with Miss Gail Sarah Scott, of Hartford, 
South Dakota, daughter of Joseph and Ella (Banton) Scott, the union 
being blessed with one child, Allen LeRoy.