Joseph Janousek Biography


	This biography appears on page 110 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				JOSEPH JANOUSEK.  

	Joseph Janousek, an attorney practicing at the bar of Yankton. 
was born at New Prague, Minnesota, on the 4th of July, 1882. His 
father, John Janousek, a native of Bohemia, was one of the pioneers of 
North Dakota of 1881. He was a mason and brick contractor, conducting 
business along those lines until his death. His wife, Mrs. Mary 
Janousek, is also a native of Bohemia and is still living, her home 
being in Walsh county, North Dakota.  

	In their family were eight children, of whom Joseph Janousek is 
the fifth in older of birth. In the public schools of Walsh county, 
North Dakota, he pursued his education and afterward entered St. John's 
University near St. Cloud, Minnesota, from which he was graduated on 
the completion of a classical course in 1902, winning the Bachelor of 
Arts degree. The degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him five 
years later by his alma mater. In 1902 he began the study of law in the 
University of Minnesota and was graduated therefrom in 1905. 
Immediately afterward he opened an office in Lesterville, Yankton 
county, where he remained for three years, and then, seeking the 
broader field of labor offered by the larger city, removed to Yankton 
in 1908 and has been continuously engaged in practice in this city 
since that time.  

	On the 23d of May, 1910, Mr. Janousek was married to Miss Emma 
Chladek, a daughter of Frank and Mary Chladek, who were among the early 
settlers of Yankton county, and they have one child, Joseph. The 
political allegiance of Mr. Janousek is given the republican party and 
for four years, beginning in 1909, he filled the office of state's 
attorney. He holds membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of 
Elks and the Knights of Columbus and he is also a communicant of the 
Church of the Sacred Heart.