Robert Jasmann, D. D. S. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1252-1253 in "History of Dakota 
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				ROBERT JASMANN, D. D. S. 

	Dr. Robert Jasmann is a well known dentist residing in Scotland, 
South Dakota, where his birth occurred July 17, 1880. He has the 
distinction of being the first white child born in that town and is a 
son of Christian and Katherine (Vatz) Jasmann, who were natives of 
Russia, although of German descent. They came to this country with 
eighteen other families who sailed for America from Hamburg on the ship 
Cecelia in October, 1872. On the 24th of that month they landed in New 
York after a stormy voyage of twenty-one days. They passed the first 
winter with friends at Sandusky, Ohio, but the following spring 
continued their journey westward, arriving at Yankton, South Dakota, on 
the 13th of April. They located ten miles southeast of Scotland, 
forming what was known as the Odessa settlement. They were of deep 
religious convictions and in 1875 built a church. The parents of our 
subject took up their residence upon a half section of land in the 
Odessa settlement and followed farming until 1879. In that year a 
removal was made to Scotland and the father entered the mercantile 
business, conducting a general store. Later he sold out and engaged in 
raising high grade cattle until his death. Five children were born to 
him and his wife: Amelia, now Mrs. E. Geist, of Faulkton, this state; 
Emilie, who married Harry Wright, of Spokane, Washington; Robert, of 
this review; Wilhelmina, now Mrs. William Griess, of Shockham, 
Nebraska; and Elsie, a teacher in Aberdeen, Washington. 

	Dr. Jasmann entered the Scotland schools at the usual age and 
continued his education at the Wartburg Academy at Clinton, Iowa, for 
two years. Subsequently he took a three years, course in the Chicago 
College of Dental Surgery, being graduated therefrom in the spring of 
1902. Not long afterward he opened an office in Scotland and has since 
remained there. He has built up a fine practice and is considered one 
of the best dentists in the state. A vacancy occurring on the board of 
dental examiners, Governor Byrne appointed Dr. Jasmann to the place, 
and upon the expiration of that term he was appointed for the full term 
of five years, which expires in 1919. 

	Dr. Jasmann was married November 26, 1908, to Miss Nina Wallace, 
a native of Monticello, Wisconsin, and a daughter of William and 
Elizabeth (Moore) Wallace. Mrs. Jasmann attended the South Dakota 
University at Vermillion, and subsequently engaged in teaching school 
there. 

	Dr. Jasmann is a Mason, belonging to the blue lodge and chapter 
at Scotland, the commandery and consistory at Yankton. He is a member 
of the International Dental Congress and the South Dakota State Dental 
Society. His wife belongs to the Presbyterian church and he attends its 
services. He finds needed rest and recreation in hunting and fishing 
and spent his vacation in the fall of 1913 hunting in the Black Hills. 
Although he is still a young man, he remembers the memorable blizzard 
of January 12, 1888, as he was in school at the time and his father 
sent a man to the schoolhouse to take him home. He has inherited the 
courage and determination of his pioneer parents and under changed 
conditions is working with equal loyalty for the best interests of his 
community and state. He has won not only a high place in his profession 
but has also gained the esteem and goodwill of all who know him.