Rev. Gary T. Notson Biography


	This biography appears on page 1486 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	REV. GARY T. NOTSON, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at 
Pierre, was born in Decatur county, Iowa, September 19, 1865. In his 
youth Mr. Notson learned the printer's trade, but in 1892 entered the 
ministry in the Des Moines conference and joined the Dakota conference 
in 1894. He has rapidly risen to a position of eminence in his calling. 
He is secretary of the Dakota conference and is the historian of the 
church in this state.