Charles Vertner Caldwell Biography


	This biography appears on pages 242-243 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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			CHARLES VERTNER CALDWELL.  

	Charles Vertner Caldwell, state's attorney of Minnehaha county 
and a prominent and popular resident of Sioux Falls, the consensus of 
public opinion establishing him high in the regard of his fellow 
townsmen, was born on the old Caldwell homestead near Hartford, South 
Dakota, October 18, 1878. He attended the public schools and afterward 
studied in the Sioux Falls high school, from which he was graduated 
with the class of 1898. He subsequently spent two years as a student in 
the Sioux Falls College and later entered the government mail service, 
becoming a carrier in Sioux Falls. He secured that position in order 
that he might earn the necessary sum that would enable him to continue 
his education He worked by the day and studied law at night, continuing 
thus for six years — a fact which indicates the elemental strength of 
his character and the resolute purpose which has been one of the 
salient features in his success. At length he retired from the mail 
service and entered the University of South Dakota in the law 
department. He there completed his course and was graduated with the 
class of 1909.  

	For a year thereafter Mr. Caldwell practiced his profession in 
Hartford and in 1910 entered into partnership with C. J. Morris under 
the firm style of Morris & Caldwell, a connection that has since been 
maintained with mutual pleasure and profit. The firm ranks high at the 
bar of Sioux Falls and eastern South Dakota and has been accorded a 
large and distinctively representative clientage connecting it with 
much important litigation tried in the courts of the district. In the 
fall of 1914 Mr. Caldwell was elected state's attorney of Minnehaha 
county for a term of two years and entered upon the duties of the 
position on the 1st of January, 1915.  

	On the 1st of November, 1899, Mr. Caldwell was united in marriage 
to Miss Cora E Kiltz, a daughter of Barney and Chloe Kiltz, of Lincoln 
county, South Dakota. Her father was a farmer of that county but is now 
living retired, making his home in Sioux Falls. Mr. Caldwell is a 
member of Unity Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Sioux Falls, and the 
principles which govern his conduct are further indicated in the fact 
that he has membership in the Methodist church. His political 
allegiance is given to the republican party and he keeps well informed 
on the questions and issues of the day aria is ever ready to support 
his position by intelligent argument, preferring always to concentrate 
his energies upon his professional duties which have been of growing 
importance.