Simon Schiager Biography


	This biography appears on page 907 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
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	SIMON SCHIAGER is one of the sturdy sons of the far Norseland who 
has aided in the development of the resources of Lincoln county, of 
which he is an honored pioneer. He was born in Norway, on the 21st of 
August, 1838, being a son of Gunder and Mary Schiager, both of whom 
passed their entire lives in that land. The subject and his brother 
Paul were reared and educated in Norway, whence they emigrated to 
America in 1866, locating in Iowa, where they remained until June, 
1868, when they came with ox teams and wagons to what is now Lincoln 
county, South Dakota, where each took up a quarter section of 
government land.