Capt. Edward T. Eneboe Biography


	This biography appears on pages 890-891 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was 
	scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net.

	This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit 
	organizations for their private use. 

	Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval 
	system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other 
	means requires the written approval of the file's author.

	This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside
	a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at

	http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm


				CAPTAIN EDWARD T. ENEBOE. 

	Captain Edward T. Eneboe is well known in eastern South Dakota as 
manager of the Sioux Valley News and also as captain of Company E of 
the Fourth Regiment of the South Dakota National Guard—the oldest 
military company in the state. He was born in Madelia, Minnesota, on 
the 30th of May, 1882, his parents being Tobias and Mary Eneboe, both 
of whom were natives of Norway, where they were reared and married. In 
the '70s they bade adieu to friends and native land and sailed for the 
United States, making their way into the interior of the country until 
they reached Madelia, where they established their home. The father, 
however, was permitted to enjoy his new home for but a comparatively 
brief period, his death occurring when his son, Captain Eneboe, was an 
infant of but six months. The mother survives and now makes her home 
with her son, Edward T. 

	Captain Eneboe was reared by his mother and at a very early age 
started out not only to earn his own living but to assist in the 
support of the family. When but a boy he became a wage earner. He 
apprenticed himself to the printer's trade even in his school days, 
working mornings, evenings, Saturdays and during the school holidays. 
About 1896 the mother removed with her family to Canton, South Dakota, 
and there Captain Eneboe began to work in the office of the Leader, 
where he remained for two years. At the end of that time he left the 
Leader office and accepted a position on the Sioux Valley News, 
beginning work on that paper on the 1st of June, 1898. Soon afterward 
the foreman, Robert Hartman, resigned to attend college and Captain 
Eneboe was installed as foreman of the plant. Published articles of 
that date quote him as the youngest newspaper foreman in South Dakota. 
From 1898 until 1912 he continued to act in that capacity and in the 
latter year was made business manager of the paper, which position he 
still holds. The News presents an attractive appearance, is well 
assembled and is a paper creditable to the town and county. 

	In 1901 Captain Eneboe became associated with the state militia, 
enlisting in Company E of the First Regiment of the South Dakota 
National Guard. From a private in the ranks he rose through the various 
promotions of corporal, sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant and 
first lieutenant to the captaincy, receiving his commission on the 18th 
of October, 1909. He has since remained at the head of the company. On 
the reorganization of the National Guard of the state the regiment to 
which he belongs became the Fourth South Dakota National Guard, and in 
this connection he still commands his company, whose respect and 
affection he has in high measure. 

	Mr. Eneboe is a member of Silver Star Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. 
M., and of Siroc Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. He also belongs to Centennial 
Lodge, I. O. O. F., and to the encampment, and he is a member of the 
Canton Commercial Club. He is numbered among the representative young 
men of his city and state—alert, enterprising and progressive and 
active in furthering all those interests which he deems of public 
benefit.