George P. Scotchbrook Biography


	This biography appears on page 850 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
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	GEORGE P. SCOTCHBROOK is one of the leading business men and 
honored citizens of Wessington, Beadle county, where he has for many 
years operated a grain elevator and been successfully engaged in the 
buying and shipping of wheat and other products.  

	Mr. Scotchbrook is one of the many loyal citizens contributed by 
the state of Illinois to our great and prosperous commonwealth. He was 
born in Whiteside county, that state, on the 25th of August, 1857, and 
is a son of Edward and Mary A. (Pope) Scotchbrook, of whose five 
children four are living. The father of the subject was numbered among 
the pioneers of Illinois, whither he removed in 1854, and his active 
life was devoted primarily to farming and stock raising. His wife died 
in Illinois in 1890 George P. Scotchbrook secured his early education 
in the public schools of his native state, and in 1879 was matriculated 
in the State University of Illinois, at Champaign, where he completed 
the engineering course and was graduated as a member of the class of 
1883, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. Before and after 
leaving college the subject became identified with the practical work 
of civil engineering, in connection with the government survey of the 
Mississippi river, and he was thus engaged until 1884, in September of 
which year he came to Wessington, South Dakota, where he engaged in the 
grain business, operating an elevator at this point in 1884 for G. W. 
Van Dusen & Company, and now having the best of facilities for the 
carrying on of his large and important enterprise, while he is known as 
a progressive and reliable business man, commanding the high regard of 
all who know him. He is a staunch Republican in his political 
proclivities, fraternally is affiliated with the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen, and both he and his wife are active and valued members 
of the Presbyterian church in their home town.  

	On the 9th of June, 1887, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. 
Scotchbrook to Miss Nettie Barden, who was reared in Wellington, Ohio, 
being a daughter of George L. and Charlotte (Young) Barden. Of this 
union have been born two children, Francis Willard and Carl Edward, 
both of whom remain at the parental home.