R. A. Hodgson Biography


	This biography appears on page 725 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				R. A. HODGSON. 

	R. A. Hodgson, well known as one of the leading business men of 
Aberdeen, where he is manager of the local branch of the Crane-Ordway 
Company, dealers in plumbing and heating supplies, was born in South 
Dakota in 1885, a son of R. C. and Emma Hodgson, who came to Codington 
county, Dakota territory, in 1882. The father took up government land 
and engaged in farming for a number of years, later turning his 
attention to the meat business in Watertown. 

	R. A. Hodgson acquired his education in the public schools, and 
following the completion of his studies entered the plumbing supply 
business, with which he has since been connected. He joined the Crane-
Ordway Company in 1903, and in 1913 was appointed manager of their 
Aberdeen branch, succeeding A. E. Doyle, deceased. This enterprise was 
established here April 1, 1910, and has had a steady and rapid growth 
since that time. The branch supplies a territory including North and 
South Dakota and eastern Montana and is the headquarters for four 
traveling salesmen. The plant at Aberdeen is a modern five-story 
structure, one hundred by sixty-six feet in dimensions, and with 
additional pipe sheds and a storage warehouse. It is situated on the 
Great Northern Railroad and a large business is transacted in the 
office, which under the able management of Mr. Hodgson has become one 
of the important branches of the parent concern. 

	Mr. Hodgson is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of 
Elks and is well known in fraternal and social circles of Aberdeen. He 
occupies an enviable position with the Crane-Ordway Company and is 
known as a reliable, progressive and resourceful businessman.