Frank J. Klapperich Biography


	This biography appears on page 1055 in "History of Dakota 
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				FRANK J. KLAPPERICH. 

	Frank J. Klapperich, who owns a farm of one hundred and sixty 
acres on section 25, Sumner township, Spink county, is a native of that 
township, born December 27, 1882, of the marriage of Jacob and Anna 
(Lenz) Klapperich. The father died in 1897 and is buried at Turton, but 
the mother is still living and resides in that city. They were both 
born in Germany and upon emigrating to this country in 1882 became 
pioneers of South Dakota. 

	Frank J. Klapperich attended the public schools of Spink county 
until he was a youth of sixteen years, when he turned his attention to 
farming, assisting his father with the work of the homestead. He 
remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-six years of age 
and then he rented the home place and began operating on his own 
account. He later bought the farm and in addition to this quarter 
section he now rents four hundred and eighty acres, cultivating in all 
about five hundred and fifty acres. He not only raises the usual field 
crops, but also keeps about twenty-eight horses, fifteen cattle and 
forty hogs. He understands conditions in this state and adapts his 
methods of farming thereto with the result that his profit from his 
labor each year is a gratifying one. 

	On the 22d of February, 1909, Mr. Klapperich was married at 
Turton to Miss Leah Remialy, a daughter of William and Adell (Bourell) 
Remialy. The latter died when her daughter, Mrs. Klapperich, was but an 
infant, but the father survives and lives near Doland, to which place 
he emigrated from Illinois in 1907. The mother is buried at Manteno, 
Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Klapperich have been born three children: Roy 
W., who was born on the 19th of December, 1909; Erdine Adell, whose 
birth occurred May 8, 1911; and Clarence J., born November 18, 1912. 

	Mr. Klapperich is arepublican and for about eight years has 
served efficiently as road overseer. He is a communicant of the 
Catholic church and fraternally is connected with the Knights of 
Columbus and the Catholic Order of Foresters. He has great faith in the 
future of his native state and has definitely cast in his lot with that 
of South Dakota. His public spirit is commendable and his aid can 
always be counted upon in the promotion of any worthy cause.