Charles A. Alseth Biography


	This biography appears on page 1042 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				CHARLES A. ALSETH. 

	Charles A. Alseth has since 1911 been a factor in financial 
circles of Lake Preston. His birth occurred near Whitewood, South 
Dakota, on the 26th of November, 1883, his parents being John O. and 
Martha Alseth, pioneers who settled in Yankton county, South Dakota, in 
1869 and removed to Kingsbury county in 1878. He homesteaded on section 
21, township 110, range 54, and also took up a tree claim, devoting his 
attention to general agricultural pursuits with excellent results for a 
number of years. At the present time he is living retired in Lake 
Preston, enjoying a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves. 

	Charles A. Alseth pursued his early education in the public 
schools and subsequently entered Yankton College, which institution 
conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1910. The 
following year he entered the Merchants Exchange Bank of Lake Preston 
as cashier, having purchased an interest in the institution, of which 
he remained a director and stockholder until January 1, 1915. In 1915 
Mr. Alseth organized and became one of the incorporators of the Farmers 
National Bank of Lake Preston, which has a capital of twenty five 
thousand dollars, and he is serving as cashier of that institution. In 
his capacity of cashier he has contributed to the growth and success of 
the bank in no uncertain degree and enjoys an enviable reputation as a 
popular, courteous and able official. He was likewise one of the 
organizers of the Lake Preston Lumber Company. 

	In politics Mr. Alseth is a stanch republican, while fraternally 
he is identified with the Masons and the Yeomen. His religious faith is 
that of the Congregational church, the teachings of which he 
exemplifies in his daily life. He has gained a creditable measure of 
success in business and financial circles for one of his years, and 
South Dakota is proud to number him among her native sons.