Tiffany Brothers' Biographies


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	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	TIFFANY BROTHERS.—Among the leading commercial enterprises in 
Aberdeen may be mentioned the Aberdeen Steam Laundry, which is conducted 
and owned by the subjects of this brief sketch, the firm controlling a 
business which extends into the most diverse sections of South and North 
Dakota and also into Minnesota, local agencies being maintained in the 
various towns. The equipment and accessories of the establishment are 
the best modern type and work is turned out with expedition and in such 
style as to retain t-he patronage of those who have once availed 
themselves of its conveniences. The laundry was established in January, 
1900, and in the same employment is given to a corps of from twenty-five 
to thirty persons, while the work is all under the direct supervision of 
a thoroughly skilled and experienced foreman, the equipment of the 
laundry representing a financial investment of about twenty-five 
thousand dollars. The interested principals are William J. and Oliver M. 
Tiffany, both of whom are actively identified with the conducting of the 
rapid growing business. Prior to coming to Aberdeen they had been 
engaged in the same line of enterprise in Northfield, Minnesota, for a 
period of five years, so that they fully understood how to secure the 
best results and give the most satisfactory service to their patrons. 

	W. J. and O. M. Tiffany were born near Northfield, Minnesota, the 
former on July 4, 1872, and the latter on June 18, 1877, the sons of 
Mathew Tiffany, who was born in Oneida county, New York, and married 
Elizabeth Steadman, of New York state. The parents removed to Minnesota 
during the early 'seventies. 

	W. J. attended the district schools and put in four years at the 
Northfield high school. He received his business training as a clerk in 
a dry-goods store at Northfield, where he spent two and a half years. He 
then engaged in the laundry business in Northfield. 

	O. M. attended the district schools, graduated from the Northfield 
high school, and also graduated from Carlton College (Northfield) in 
1898. He then taught school one year, after which he joined his brother 
in the laundry business, Then came to Aberdeen together. 

	W. J. married Minnie Miller, a native of New York state, who is 
the daughter of Jay Miller, of Glenn, New York. Six children have been 
born of this union: Ernest W., Jay M., Stanley M., Dewey E., Lillian V. 
and Irene V. 

	O. M. married Maude McGandy, of Marshall, Minnesota, daughter of 
James McGandy, and they have one child, Earl.