Ellzey W. McLaughlin Biography


	This biography appears on page 188 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				ELLZEY W. McLAUGHLIN.  

	Ellzey W. McLaughlin, an attorney of Hayti, has continued in the 
practice of law for thirty-seven years and has been a member of the 
South Dakota bar for twenty-one years. He was born in Lorain county, 
Ohio, on the 1st of July, 1856, a son of James and Ann C. McLaughlin, 
both of whom are deceased. The father devoted his life to farming and 
thus provided for the support of his family. The son pursued a public-
school education, which included the high-school course, and later took 
a preparatory course in civil engineering. In 1875 he entered the 
University of Michigan in order to prepare for the bar and won his 
professional degree upon graduation with the class of 1877. He was 
admitted to practice in the courts of Michigan in the spring of that 
year, and for a time followed his profession in Charlotte and in 
Jackson, Michigan. While in the State University he was under the 
tutorship of Thomas M. Cooley, dean of the faculty.  

	On the 20th of January, 1893, Mr. McLaughlin arrived in South 
Dakota, where he has since been continuously engaged in practice, 
locating first at Castlewood, where he remained until 1911, when he 
removed to Hayti. He is now serving as state's attorney, which position 
he is filling for the second term. He is an able, learned and 
experienced lawyer, who thoroughly understands the necessity of careful 
preparation as well as the clear presentation of a cause before the 
courts. His devotion to his clients, interests is proverbial, yet he 
never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of 
the law.  

	On the 22d of December, 1884, Mr. McLaughlin was united in 
marriage to Miss Adele Irene Maxson, and in Hamlin county and 
throughout that section of the state they have become widely and 
favorably known. Religiously Mr. McLaughlin is an adherent of the 
Universalist belief, while his wife attends the Methodist church. His 
political views accord with the principles of the republican party and 
upon that ticket he has been elected to office. Fraternally he is 
connected with the Knights of Pythias, the Odd fellows and the Red Men, 
and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit which constitutes the 
underlying principle of those orders. During the period of his 
residence in South Dakota he has become widely known, not only on 
account of his skill and prominence in his profession. but also by 
reason of his devotion to the public good along lines that have 
resulted in immediate benefit to county and state.