Charles E. Hyde Biography


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				CHARLES E. HYDE. 

	Charles E. Hyde is connected with industrial interests of Webster 
as a miller, being now president and manager of the Webster Mill 
Company. He was born in Grinnell, Iowa, March 27, 1858, and is a son of 
Lewis L. and Lydia (Hubbard) Hyde. The father was born in Indiana in 
1828 and was a son of Andrew Hyde. When a young man he removed to 
Illinois and in that state married Miss Lydia Hubbard, who was born in 
Springfield, Illinois, in 1836. Lewis L. Hyde was a wagon maker by 
trade but after removing to Wisconsin engaged in business as a 
millwright. Subsequently he became a resident of Lanesboro, Minnesota, 
where he established a wagon shop, continuing in that business until 
his death, which occurred in 1898, when he had reached the age of 
seventy years. His wife died in 1914, at the age of seventy-eight. They 
were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and in his political 
views Mr. Hyde was a republican. Their family numbered six children, of 
whom five are living: George F., who is engaged in the milling business 
at Owatonna, Minnesota; Charles E.; Sarah, who is the widow of E. D 
Udell and lives in Wells, Minnesota; F. L.; and Mrs. Mary E. Barnard, a 
widow, living at Henderlin, North Dakota. 

	Charles E. Hyde pursued his education in the schools of Horicon, 
Wisconsin, to the age of fifteen years and afterward studied during one 
winter in Minnesota In 1874 he entered a mill at Lanesboro, Minnesota, 
and was there employed for three years, after which he removed to 
Winnebago City, that state. His identification with the milling 
business covers altogether forty-one years, during which he has 
operated in various places. He came to South Dakota in 1883 and in 1899 
he removed to Webster, where he engaged in the milling business. Today 
he is president and manager of the Webster Mill Company, which owns a 
plant having a capacity of one hundred and seventy-five barrels daily. 
The excellence of the output assures for the business a liberal 
patronage and long experience has made Mr. Hyde familiar with every 
phase of the work, thus enabling him to wisely direct the operation of 
the mill. 

	On the 1st of September, 1881, Mr. Hyde wedded Miss Maude H. 
Williams, a daughter of James H. Williams, one of the early settlers of 
Houston county, Minnesota, and now a resident of Webster, at the age of 
eighty-three years. Five children have been born to this union, four of 
whom are living: Allan A., who follows farming in North Dakota; Albert 
L., who is filling the offices of county surveyor and city engineer; 
Charles P., at home; and Helen R., who is in school. Roy J. is 
deceased. The mother is a member of the Congregational church. 
Mr. Hyde votes with the republican party and is now serving for the 
eighth year as alderman of Webster, having ever exercised his official 
prerogatives in support of plans and measures for the general good, the 
efficiency of his service being indicated in his frequent reelections. 
He belongs to that class of men who have won the proud American title 
of self-made. He was practically without financial resources when he 
came to Webster but has gradually worked his way upward, his industry 
and his capable business management being the salient features in his 
growing prosperity.