Charles Delaney Biography


	This biography appears on pages 966, 969 in "History of Dakota 
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				CHARLES DELANEY. 

	During the last two decades Charles Delaney has been closely 
connected with the clothing trade and is now one of the proprietors of 
a leading store of this kind in Sioux Falls, the business being 
conducted under the name of the Buxbaum Clothing Company. His 
progressive spirit is manifest in the large and well-selected lines of 
goods carried and in the business methods which are followed. Mr. 
Delaney was born in Plattsburg, New York, October 31, 1866, a son of 
Christopher and Katharine (Burns) Delaney, both of whom were natives of 
New York, but have now passed away, the father having died in 1897, 
while the mother's death occurred in 1908. 

	Charles Delaney pursued his education in the schools near 
Plattsburg. Subsequently he entered a sewing machine factory at that 
place in which he was employed for a year, his wage being but a dollar 
and a half per week, yet he had to pay two dollars and a half per week 
for board. On the expiration of a twelfth month he left that position 
and entered a grocery store in Plattsburg, where he continued for four 
years. Thinking that better business opportunities might be enjoyed in 
the middle west, he made his way to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1887, and spent 
a year as an employee in a fish and game market. In 1889 he arrived in 
East Sioux Falls, where he became head clerk for the Sioux Falls 
Granite Company, but in 1891 that firm went into the hands of a 
receiver and the business was sold to Childs & Allison. Mr. Delaney 
remained with them for four months until their affairs were closed up. 
He next entered the employ of a clothing merchant, Alexander Stern, of 
Sioux Falls, and later was associated with the firm of Buxbaum & Stern, 
which was organized in 1894. His association with the house continued 
until January, 1910, when he resigned his position and became a partner 
in the clothing firm of Olson, Delaney & Berdahl, which connection was 
maintained until July, 1913, when Mr. Delaney withdrew and in 
partnership with Carl Berdahl bought out the Buxbaum Clothing Company. 
They have since carried on the business and their establishment is not 
only well known in Sioux Falls, but throughout the entire state and 
over large sections of northern Iowa and western Minnesota. In every 
particular the business has kept pace with the growth and development 
of the city. A large and carefully selected stock is carried and the 
store not only has the goodwill of the public, but also of its 
employee, showing that the relation between the proprietors and the 
salesmen is a most friendly and cordial one. They work together in 
harmony for the good of the business and every effort is made to please 
the patrons as to price, fit and quality of the goods purchased. Theirs 
has become one of the large retail establishments of the city, owing to 
judicious advertising, capable management and enterprising methods. 
Each fall and spring they conduct sales offering at very low rate 
everything of the summer and winter stock respectively in order not to 
carry anything over to another season. This keeps their stock 
thoroughly up-to-date in style, workmanship and material, and the store 
ever presents a neat and tasteful appearance. 

	On the 18th of November, 1896, Mr. Delaney was united in marriage 
to Miss Ella K. Martin and their children are: Martin C., Catharine G. 
and Margaret M. The family attend the Catholic church, and Mr. Delaney 
holds membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His 
political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he served as 
a member of the city council in East Sioux Falls. He may truly be 
called a self-made man, for he has been both the architect and builder 
of his own fortunes. He started out in life empty-handed at an early 
age and has since been dependent upon his own resources, working his 
way upward through energy, determination and ability, until he now 
occupies a prominent and enviable position among the leading 
representatives of commercial activity in Sioux Falls.