John E. Mallery Biography


	This biography appears on page 1375 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	JOHN E. MALLERY, one of the representative business men of the 
city of Pierre, is a native of the Badger state, having been born in the 
village of Waukau, Winnebago county, Wisconsin, on the 10th of December, 
1858, and being a son of Ebenezer J. and Jane E. (Silsbee) Mallery, both 
of whom were born in the state of New York, whence they came to 
Wisconsin and became numbered among its pioneer settlers. They are still 
both living, the father being a farmer by vocation and a man of 
prominence and influence in his community. The subject received his 
early educational discipline in the public schools of his native town, 
completing a course in the high school and supplementing this by a 
thorough course in the Janesville Commercial College, at Janesville, 
Wisconsin. After leaving school he secured employment as a school 
teacher in Winnebago county, Wisconsin, and he continued to reside in 
Wisconsin until 1882, when he came to South Dakota, where he has since 
made his home, and he has built up an excellent business in Pierre, 
being known as a loyal and progressive citizen. In politics he accords a 
staunch allegiance to the Republican party, though he has never been an 
aspirant for office, and fraternally he is identified with Tent No. 8, 
Knights of the Maccabees, while both he and his wife are valued members 
of the Congregational church in their home city. 

	On the 23d of February, 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. 
Mallery to Miss Nancie Shove, who was born in Waukau, Wisconsin, on the 
4th of February, 1858, being a daughter of Francis and Mary (Hallows) 
Shove, who are now both dead, Mr. Shove having been for many years 
engaged in the farming business in Waukau. Mr. and Mrs. Mallery have 
three daughters, all of whom remain beneath the home roof and all of 
whom are popular in the social circles of the capital city, their names 
being as follows: Blanche J., Jennie P. and Miriam I.