Eugene E. Ring Biography


	This biography appears on page 1757 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	EUGENE E. RING, president of the Bowdle Roller Company, merchant 
millers, was born at Owatonna, Minnesota, August 27, 1864, the son of 
Nathaniel and Mary (Wheeler) Ring. The parents were natives of Maine and 
Vermont, respectively. They were pioneers of Minnesota and South Dakota, 
coming to this state in 188; and locating in Potter county, where the 
father took up land and farmed. He removed to Bowdle in 1903. He is now 
in his sixty-eighth year, while his wife is fifty-eight years old. Both 
are members of the Free Methodist church.

	The subject was reared to manhood in Minnesota, where he attended the 
country schools and also an academy, finishing his education with a 
course at a commercial college. He came to South Dakota in 1885 and took 
up land in Potter county, where he farmed for twelve years. He then 
located at Bowdle, where he became interested in an electric light plant 
which had been incorporated by other parties. In 1900 he engaged in the 
milling business, he and his brother, Simon C. A., purchasing a half 
interest in the Bowdle Roller Company, which had been incorporated in 
1897, combining the two corporations together. In 1902 the brothers 
bought sixty-six out of one hundred shares of the mill stock, thus 
securing a controlling interest, and they reorganized the company, with 
the subject as president. The plant has a capacity of one hundred and 
forty barrels daily, and the company also ships from one hundred 
thousand to one hundred and sixty thousand bushels of wheat annually. 
The nominal value of the plant and mill is thirty thousand dollars.

	Mr. Ring married Miss Jennie Z. Wilson, who was born at Owatonna, 
Minnesota, the daughter of Charles and Zettela (Thompson) Wilson, now 
deceased. Their children are as follows: Mabel F., Eunice C., Lois A. 
and Lucile Z. Mr. Ring is a Republican in politics; in religion is a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal church and fraternally is affiliated 
with the Knights of the Maccabees, carrying life insurance in the same, 
also in several old line companies.