Charles M. Stilwill


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	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	CHARLES M. STILWILL, one of the able and successful young members 
of the bar of the state, established in the practice of his profession 
at Tyndall, Bon Homme county, was born in Hopkinton, Delaware county, 
Iowa, on the 8th of November, 1875, being a son of Charles H. and Marion 
(Kirkwood) Stilwill. His father is now postmaster of Tyndall and is 
individually mentioned on other pages of this work, so that a 
recapitulation of the family history is not demanded at this juncture. 
The subject has passed practically his entire life in .South Dakota, 
since he was a child of about five years at the time when his parents 
removed here from Iowa, and here his early education was received in the 
public schools, after which he continued his studies in Yankton College. 
In 1892 he began reading law under the preceptorship of James D. 
Elliott, of Tyndall, United States district attorney at this time, and 
in 1894 he was matriculated in the law department of the Iowa State 
University, at Iowa City, where he was greduated in the spring of 1896. 
After his graduation Mr. Stilwill associated himself with the law firm 
of Shull & Farnsworth, of Sioux City, Iowa, remaining with this concern 
until April 1, 1897, when his former preceptor, J. D. Elliott, was 
appointed United States district attorney and the subject accepted a 
partnership with him, and here he has since remained as a partner to Mr. 
Elliott, while through his ability and discrimination he has gained 
distinctive prestige in his chosen profession, to which he gives his 
undivided attention. In politics he gives an inflexible allegiance to 
the Republican party and has been an active worker in its cause. For the 
past four years he has been secretary of the Republican committee at 
Tyndall. He is a member of the Congregational church at Tyndall, and is 
treasurer of the church at the time of this writing, taking a zealous 
interest in all departments of its work. Fraternally he is a member of 
Bon Homme Lodge, No. 101, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is 
secretary; and he is also identified with the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen and the Modern Woodmen of America. 

	On the 27th of December, 1899, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. 
Stilwill to Miss Mary A. McAuley, of Tyndall, and they are the parents 
of three children, Helen C., Ruth M. and Charles Frederick.