Robert L. McIntosh Biography


	This biography appears on page 1878 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
	OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net.

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	ROBERT L. McINTOSH was born in Delaware county, Iowa, May 16, 
1855, grew to maturity on a farm and received a practical education in 
the public schools. He remained in his native state until 1887, at 
which time he disposed of his interests there and moved to 
Springfield,. South Dakota, where he spent some time dealing in horses, 
later purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 6, 
Homer township, Bon Homme county.

	Mr. McIntosh has succeeded well as a farmer and at the present 
time owns a fine homestead of two hundred and eighty acres, two hundred 
of which are in cultivation, and in addition thereto he rents three 
hundred and sixty acres in the vicinity, devoting the greater part of 
the latter to live stock, in the raising of which he has achieved a 
wide and enviable reputation. He served two terms as county 
commissioner, one of the most important local offices within the gift 
of the people. Politically he is a zealous supporter of the Republican 
party.