Charles S. McDonald Biography


	This biography appears on page 938 in "History of Dakota 
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				CHARLES S. McDONALD. 

	Charles S. McDonald, a successful real-estate dealer of Sioux 
Falls, was born in Cromwell, Iowa, September 17, 1879, a son of Charles 
W. and Dora A. (Cochrane) McDonald. He acquired his early education in 
the public schools of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, 
afterward d attending the Iowa State University at Iowa City; In 1900 
he went to Butte, Nebraska, and there turned his attention to the real-
estate business, remaining in that city for three years. At the end of 
that time he returned to Council Bluffs but after one year came to 
Sioux Falls, where since 1904 he has been connected with real-estate 
interests. He controls a large and rapidly growing clientage, for he is 
known as an expert judge of land values and a man of far-reaching 
sagacity and unquestioned integrity. 

	On the 25th of April, 1906 at Sioux Falls, Mr. McDonald married 
Miss Alice E. Keenan, a daughter of J. H. Keenan, deceased. They have 
become the parents of two children, Charles J. and Marian Maud. 

	Mr. McDonald belongs to the County and the Dacotah Clubs and is 
affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, serving as 
secretary of the state association in 1912. He gives his political 
allegiance to the republican party and from 1912 to 1913 served as a 
member of the United States Mint Commission under appointment by 
President Taft. He is popular in both business and social circles, and 
is today regarded as one of the leading citizens of the community.