August F. Grimm Biography


	This biography appears on page 439 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				AUGUST F. GRIMM.  

	August F. Grimm, who has lived in South Dakota for about three 
decades, is the pioneer merchant of Parkston and has long been 
recognized as an influential, prosperous and leading citizen of his 
community. He carries an extensive stock of general merchandise and his 
establishment is regarded as one of the finest of its kind in the 
state. His birth occurred in Wisconsin on the 9th of February, 1861, 
his parents being Henry and Carrie Grimm, the former a merchant. He 
attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education and when 
sixteen years of age left the parental roof and became connected with 
mercantile interests.  

	In 1885, when twenty-four years of age, Mr. Grimm came to South 
Dakota, first locating about three miles southeast of Parkston, in 
which town he took up his abode at the end of a year and a half, when 
the railroad was built through. Here he embarked in business as a 
merchant and his was the first store of the locality. The enterprise 
was necessarily a modest one in the beginning, but with the settlement 
and development of the community his patronage has steadily grown until 
his is now one of the most extensive and best equipped establishments 
of the character in the entire state. Other business interests have 
also claimed his attention to a considerable extent, for he is at the 
head of the Parkston Canning Factory, is the proprietor of the well 
known St. Charles Hotel of Parkston and also organized the creamery, of 
which he served as manager for seven years. His connection with any 
undertaking insures a prosperous outcome of the same, for it is in his 
nature to carry forward to successful completion whatever he is 
associated with. He has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a 
careful man of business and in his dealings is known for his prompt and 
honorable methods, which have won him the deserved and unbounded 
confidence of his fellowmen.  

	On the 26th of January, 1888, Mr. Grimm was united in marriage to 
Miss Clara Bell Emery, her father being James Emery, a homesteader of 
this state. Their children are two in number, namely: Dacotah Bell, now 
the wife of Edward B. Lucius of Chicago; and Emery L., a merchant of 
Iowa.  

	Mr. Grimm is a republican in politics and has been a prominent 
figure in the local ranks of the party, having served for six years as 
mayor of Parkston, for a number of years as a member of the city 
council and also on the school board. He is likewise the president of 
the Commercial Club and a recognized leader in all movements instituted 
for the benefit and upbuilding of the community and the promotion of 
its best interests. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, 
belonging to the commandery at Mitchell and the Mystic Shrine at Sioux 
Falls. Mr. Grimm is regarded as one of the wealthiest men of his 
section, and his career has ever been such that he enjoys the 
unqualified confidence and high esteem of all with whom he has been 
associated.