George Maier Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1241-1242 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was 
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				GEORGE MAIER. 

	George Maier, a representative and successful agriculturist of 
Minnehaha county, is the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of 
land on sections 29 and 31, Valley Springs township, where he has been 
actively engaged in farming during the past fifteen years. His birth 
occurred in Germany on the 1st of March, 1870, his parents being Joseph 
and Catharine Maier, both of whom have passed away. Throughout his 
active business career the father devoted his attention to farming. 

	George Maier acquired his education in the common schools of his 
native land and after putting aside his textbooks turned his attention 
to the work of the fields. When a young man of twenty-three years he 
left the parental roof and set sail for the United States, desiring to 
test the truth of the many favorable reports which had reached him 
concerning the advantages and opportunities of the new world. He made 
his way first to Iowa and in that state was employed as a farm hand for 
a number of years or until 1899, when he came to South Dakota, 
purchasing a quarter of section 31 and a quarter of section 29 in 
Valley Springs township, Minnehaha county. In the operation of that 
property he has been actively and successfully engaged to the present 
time, and in connection with the cultivation of the soil he feeds forty 
head of cattle. He has expended six thousand dollars in the improvement 
of his place and now owns an attractive and productive farm as well as 
all modern implements and equipment. 

	In 1899 Mr. Maier was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth 
Bender, a daughter of Louis Bender. They now have two children, Amy and 
William. Mr. Maier enjoys an extensive and favorable acquaintance 
throughout his home community and well deserves the prosperity that has 
rewarded his efforts.