Fred S. Pew Biography


	This biography appears on page 661 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
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FRED S. PEW admirably typifies the progressive spirit and conservative 
business judgment which have made the young men of the great west so 
important factors in all branches of industrial activity and civic 
advancement. He is vice-president of the Citizens' State Bank, of 
Andover; president of the Day County Land Company and president of the 
Andover Hotel Company, while he has other important capitalistic 
interests.  

	Mr. Pew was born in Madrid, St. Lawrence county, New York, August 
19, 1861, being a son of George W. and Nancy A. Pew, both of whom were 
likewise born in the old Empire state, being of Irish lineage. The 
subject received his early educational training in the public schools 
of his native town, and there remained until he had attained the age of 
twenty years, when, in the spring of 1881, he accompanied his parents 
on their removal to the territory of Dakota. In the spring of 1883 he 
located in Andover, Day county, and here he was actively and 
successfully engaged in the livery business until 1890, while from that 
time forward to 1898 he was engaged in the real estate and loan 
business. He was one of the organizers of the Day County Land Company 
in 1898, and when the same was incorporated under the laws of the 
state, in 1902, he was made president of the company, which position he 
still retains, the company being capitalized for one hundred thousand 
dollars and controlling an extensive and profitable business in the 
handling of lands in South Dakota and the extending of first-mortgage 
loans. Mr. Pew has also held the office of vice-president of the 
Citizens' State Bank of Andover from the time of its organization, in 
July, 1902, the institution being incorporated with fifteen thousand 
dollars capital and being one of the solid banks of the state. Mr. Pew 
was the prime factor in the organization of the Andover Hotel Company, 
which erected the fine modern hotel known as the Waldorf, in Andover, 
in 1903, and of this company he is president, while he is a member of 
the directorate of other important corporations in the town. In 
politics Mr. Pew is a staunch advocate of the principles of the 
Republican party, and he takes an active interest in public affairs, 
being at the time of this writing mayor of Andover and also secretary 
of the board of education, while he commands the unequivocal confidence 
and esteem of the community to whose advancement and prosperity he has 
so materially contributed through the various enterprises with which he 
is identified. He is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church, and 
fraternally he holds membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen, 
the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of the Maccabees and the 
Degree of Honor.  

	On the 2d of July, 1884, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Pew 
to Miss Jennie M. Miller, who was born in Decatur, Illinois, on the 
28th of December, 1858, being a- daughter of Joseph S. and Mary Miller. 
Of this union have been born two sons, Frank M. and Fred E.