Harry Platt Monheim Biography


	This biography appears on pages 956-957 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was 
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				HARRY PLATT MONHEIM. 

	Harry Platt Monheim, an employee of the Homestake Miring Company, 
makes his home at Piedmont. He was born at Brownsville, Lawrence 
county, South Dakota, his father being at that time manager of the 
Homestake store at that place, and is a son of John and Mattie (Platt) 
Monheim. The father,s birth occurred near Berlin, Germany, and the 
mother was born in Whiteside county, Illinois. The youthful days of our 
subject were uneventfully passed until he reached the age of seventeen 
years, when he made his initial step in the business world by securing 
employment in a store at Sturgis, where he remained for about four 
years. He then removed to Piedmont, and through the succeeding tour 
years was engaged in farming. He next entered the employ of the 
Homestake Mining Company, with which he is still connected in the 
capacity of track foreman. His long identification with the business 
indicates his faithfulness, capability and trustworthiness. He is also 
engaged in the live-stock business to a considerable extent and has 
recently erected a comfortable and commodious residence in Piedmont. 

	On the 6th of July, 1904, Mr. Monheim was united in marriage to 
Miss Marie A. Gore, who was born at Carroll, Iowa, a daughter of James 
H. and Mary T. (Webber) Gore, both natives of Michigan. In early life 
the father followed various lines of work, including railroading and 
contracting. He became one of the pioneers of the territory, and his 
cousin, Mahlon Gore, filed on the first homestead in Dakota territory, 
and established the Sioux City Journal. J. H. Gore came to the Hills 
about 1878 and entered the employ of the Homestake Mining Company. He 
resided in Lead until 1890 and then removed to Piedmont, where he now 
resides, operating a ranch near that town. Mrs. Monheim is the eldest 
in a family of three children. The second, Ursula, is Mrs. S. R. 
Cleaver, of Denver, Colorado, where she is employed on one of the 
leading dailies as commercial artist. James Gore, Jr., resides at 
Goldendale, Washington, where he is agent for the Oregon Railway & 
Navigation Company. Mrs. Monheim is a graduate of the Spearfish Normal 
School, taught for several years in Lead and Sturgis, and was also 
county superintendent of schools for Meade county. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Monheim have been born four children: John Henry, born November 21, 
1906; Harold Maxwell, May 30, 1908; Margaret, July 18, 1910; and James 
Nesbit, November 15, 1912. 

	Mr. Monheim's political allegiance is given to the democratic 
party. He has always been a stalwart champion of the cause of public 
education and has served as both president and treasurer of the school 
board. He is yet a comparatively young man, but his worth in business 
connections and in citizenship is widely acknowledged and he merits the 
goodwill and confidence which are universally accorded him.