Leslie C. Kroh Biography This biography appears on pages 828-829 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm LESLIE C. KROH. Leslie C. Kroh, engaged in the lumber business in Yankton, is a native of Illinois. He was born in Albany, that state, on the 15th of November, 1862, and is a son of William G. Kroh, who was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, while the grandfather was born in Germany. William G. Kroh conducted business as a hardware merchant and in 1882 removed to the far west, spending his last days in Idaho, where he passed away in 1894. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Alice Alvoid, was a native of Pennsylvania and in their family were five children. Leslie C. Kroh, the third in order of birth, was educated in the graded and high schools of Lyons, Iowa, and in a business college, becoming thus well qualified for entrance into commercial circles. He first became connected with the lumber trade at Clinton, Iowa, as an employee of the Clinton Lumber Company, with which he remained for three years. He afterward spent one year in the employ of J. H. Queal & Company at Des Moines, Iowa, and subsequently removed to Maurice, Iowa, where he remained for a year. He afterward spent a decade in Sutherland, Iowa, as manager of a lumberyard, and in 1897 the present business was established in Yankton with Mr. Kroh in charge. He also has supervision over fourteen other branch yards and the company with which he is connected is one of the most extensive lumber concerns of the state, their business constantly growing and expanding along substantial lines. Mr. Kroh is familiar with every phase of the lumber trade, knows the condition of the market and the demands of the public, and his readiness to serve the people in an honorable and efficient manner is a potent feature in his success. He is a stockholder in and superintendent of the Queal interests and is the auditor. On the 3rd of April, 1887, Mr. Kroh was united in marriage to Miss Mollie E. Brown, a daughter of James Brown, a native of Maryland, and to them have been born two children: Mabel Alice, a graduate of the Maryland College for Women at Lutherville, Maryland; and William Leslie, who is a graduate of the high school at Yankton and is now with his father as assistant auditor of a system of lumberyards controlled by Mr. Kroh. The family hold membership in the Congregational church and occupy a prominent social position. Mr. Kroh is a valuable representative of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in the consistory. He is a republican in his political views, but votes independently when there is no issue before the people. His strong and salient characteristics are such as have qualified him for leadership. He possesses much of the spirit of initiative and seems to readily recognize the various conditions which point out the path to success. His close application and indefatigable industry have continuously advanced him in his business career until he now ranks among the foremost lumber merchants of the northwest.