Charles F. Raymond Biography


	This biography appears on page 941 "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
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	CHARLES F. RAYMOND, a representative farmer and stock grower of 
Davison county, is a native of the state of Illinois, having been born 
in Kane county, on the 5th of April, 1856, and being a son of Granville 
C. and Sophia (Bumpus) Raymond, to whom were born seven children, 
namely: Laura, Albert, Harvey, Flora, Millie, Belle and Charles F. The 
subject was reared on the homestead farm, and early began to assist in 
its cultivation, waxing strong in mind and bodily vigor under the 
sturdy discipline, while he duly availed himself of the educational 
advantages afforded in the common schools. He continued to be 
associated with agricultural pursuits in his native state until he had 
attained the age of twenty-seven years, when he decided to follow the 
sage advice of Horace Greely and "go west and grow up with the 
country." Accordingly, in 1883, he came to what is now the state of 
South Dakota and forthwith took up one hundred and sixty acres of 
government land in Davison county, where he has ever since made his 
home and to whose industrial progress he has contributed in no slight 
degree. In addition to general farming Mr. Raymond devotes special 
attention to the raising of high grade live stock, and his herd of 
Hereford cattle is unexcelled in this section of the state, while he 
has gained a wide reputation in the raising of standard-bred horses, 
taking special pride and interest in this branch of his farm 
enterprise. Mr. Raymond is a staunch adherent of the Republican party 
and has been actively identified with the promotion of its cause in his 
county, while his distinctive eligibility for positions of trust and 
responsibility has not failed of recognition, since he served as a 
member of the lower house of the state legislature in 1891 and in 1893 
was elected to represent the thirteenth district, comprising the county 
of Davison, in the state senate. He acquitted himself well in both 
branches of the legislative body and effectively represented the 
interests of his constituents and of the state at large.  

	In Kane county, Illinois, on the 15th of February, 1877, Mr. 
Raymond was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Humiston, who was born in 
that state, being a daughter of Clark M. Humiston, and of this union 
have been born six children, namely: Emily I., Jesse F., Clarence, 
Elliott, Charles and Ethel, all of whom remain at the parental home.