DeLoss Perry Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1850-1851 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
	OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net.

	This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit 
	organizations for their private use. 

	Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval 
	system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other 
	means requires the written approval of the file's author.


	DELOSS PERRY, farmer, stock raiser and representative citizen, is 
a native of Bradford county, Pennsylvania. He spent his youth and early 
manhood in his native state, attending the public schools of Bradford 
county. He remained on the home farm and assisted to cultivate the same 
until his twenty-fourth year, and was united in marriage with Miss 
Melvina Bennett, of Tioga, Pennsylvania, after which he purchased a 
small farm and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture for himself. Four 
years later he came to Minnehaha county, South Dakota, and entering a 
quarter section of land, lived on the same until he removed to a claim. 
in the county of Kingsbury. Mr. Perry brought with him a good team of 
horses, a number of cattle and after building a small board house was 
better fixed for farming than the majority of his neighbors. Mr. Perry 
persevered in his attempts to found a home and get a start in the west 
and how well he succeeded is attested by his present large farm and 
live-stock interests and the prominent position he occupies among the 
leading agriculturists and stock raisers of Kingsbury county. He owns 
one of the finest and most valuable farms in this part of the state, 
besides a large amount of excellent grazing land and keeps on his place 
at all times blooded horses, cattle, sheep and the best breed of hogs. 
He is also engaged in the dairying business, this as well as his other 
enterprises proving quite profitable.

	Mr. and Mrs. Perry have five children. In politics Mr. Perry 
formerly supported the Republican party, but of recent years he has 
been voting irrespective of political affiliations. He is a member of 
the Pyramids, a fraternal organization, and with his wife and family 
belongs to the Congregational church.