Herbert Leon Moses Biography


	This biography appears on pages 448 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				HERBERT LEON MOSES. 

	Herbert Leon Moses, a well known attorney of Rapid City, was born 
in Lima, Grant county, Wisconsin, on the 4th of July, 1874, a son of 
Martin L. and Mary G. (Watkins) Moses, the former a native of Trumbull 
county, Ohio. The paternal grandfather, Luke Moses, was one of the 
early settlers in the Western Reserve, a section of what is now 
northern Ohio and which was at that time claimed by Connecticut. He 
removed to Grant county, Wisconsin, with his family in 1850 and took up 
a homestead there. The maternal grandparents of our subject were 
Stephen Decatur and Mary (Hirst) Watkins, the former of whom was one of 
General Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys in the Revolutionary war. Mr. 
and Mrs. Martin Luke Moses are the parents of six children, of whom the 
subject of this review is the eldest. They are yet living and reside at 
Platteville, Wisconsin. 

	Herbert Leon Moses received his elementary education in the 
district schools and continued his studies in the high school at 
Platteville and in the Platteville Normal School. He attended the 
University of Wisconsin and in 1894 was graduated from the law school 
there with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Soon after finishing his 
legal course he settled at Lancaster, Wisconsin, for the practice of 
his profession as a member of the firm of Bushnell, Watkins & Moses. At 
the time of the excitement due to the discovery of gold in Alaska he 
went north and spent three years in Alaska and the Klondike country, 
after which he returned to Lancaster and resumed the practice of law as 
a member of the above mentioned firm. In February, 1910, he removed to 
Rapid City, South Dakota, where he has since remained, and in the five 
years that he has resided there has built up a gratifying practice. He 
is well versed in the underlying principles of law, is familiar with 
precedent and statute, and his care in preparing his cases, combined 
with his skill in their presentation, enables him to generally win a 
verdict favorable to his clients. 

	Mr. Moses was united in marriage on the 8th of September, 1907, 
to Miss Mabelle Lou Beig, a daughter of John H. and Mary (Wagner) Beig, 
residents of Lancaster, Wisconsin, and natives of Germany. 

	Mr. Moses is a progressive democrat in political matters, is a 
Mason and is a member of the Congregational church. His wife is also a 
member of that church is active in the work of the Ladies Aid Society 
and is also prominent in the Fortnightly Club. Mr. Moses' recreation is 
found chiefly in gardening. He realizes fully the power that rests in 
the hands of the members of the legal profession and in his practice 
places the dignity and honor of the law above all other considerations, 
thus gaining the confidence of his colleagues and of the general 
public.