Albert F. Milligan Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1478-1479 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	ALBERT F. MILLIGAN, state agent of the St. Paul Fire and Marine 
Insurance Company for South Dakota, with headquarters at Aberdeen, was 
born at St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, on April 11, 1862. His parents were 
James and Mary (Hunt) Milligan, both natives of the province of Ontario. 
where the father resides at the present, living retired at St. Thomas. 
The mother died in 1897. 

	Albert F. Milligan attended the public schools, then taught for 
three years, after which he entered the St. Thomas Collegiate Institute, 
taking high position in mathematics and languages. In 1884 he came to 
Aberdeen, South Dakota, and two years later established himself in the 
local fire insurance. Five years later he was appointed state agent for 
the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, and has since held that 
important position. Under his management of this field the company has 
kept pace with the growth and development of the Northwest, and now 
controls the leading insurance business in South Dakota. Mr. Milligan 
gives close attention to the upbuilding of his business, and has done 
much to gain for his company its success and prestige in South Dakota. 
Mr. Milligan has other important interests, including those of farming 
and banking. He is a director of the Aberdeen National Bank and of the 
First National Bank of Webster, South Dakota, and is also identified 
with the First State Bank of Aberdeen. He has always been a member of 
the Republican party, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a 
member of Damascus Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar, and of El Riad 
Temple, Mystic Shrine, the latter of Sioux Falls. 

	In Ellendale, South Dakota, on August 10, 1888, Mr. Milligan was 
married to Rose Abbott, who was born and reared in Kandiyohi, Minnesota, 
being a daughter of Burroughs Abbott, now a resident of Aberdeen. Mrs. 
Milligan was a successful teacher in the Aberdeen public schools for 
several years prior to her marriage. Three children have been born to 
this union: Marjorie, Muriel and James Abbott.