T. W. Taubman Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1867-1868 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	T. W. TAUBMAN, of Plankinton, Aurora county, is a native of the 
state of Iowa, having been born in Cedar Falls, on the 18th of April, 
1865. He received his early educational discipline in the public 
schools of his native town, where he later continued his studies in the 
State Normal School. After leaving school at the age of eighteen years, 
he came to Plankinton, Aurora county, South Dakota, where he secured 
employment in a lumber yard, remaining thus engaged until 1885, in the 
autumn of which year he became an employe in the office of the Aurora 
County Standard, where he received his training in newspaper work. In 
the fall of 1888 he established the Plankinton Herald, which he has 
since successfully conducted. It has the largest circulation of all 
papers in the county, and its influence is indicated in this fact. The 
office of the Herald is well equipped, including a good job department. 
Mr. Taubman is a staunch supporter of the principles and policies of 
the Democratic party, and during the second administration of President 
Cleveland he served four years 'as postmaster at Plankinton. He was 
also a member of the village council for a period of four years. He was 
one of the eight delegates of the Democratic party who represented 
South Dakota in the national Democratic convention in Kansas City, 
1896, and was a member of the committee which notified Mr. Bryan of his 
nomination. Fraternally he is identified with the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen and the Knights of the Maccabees.

	Mr. Taubman was united in marriage to Miss Muriel G. Samuels, of 
Mount Vernon, this state, and of this union was born one child, who 
died in infancy.