Jacob M. Muggli Biography


	This biography appears on pages 687-688 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				JACOB M. MUGGLI. 

	Prominent among the enterprising, energetic and progressive 
business men of Ramona is Jacob M. Muggli, who through individual 
effort has advanced from a humble position in commercial circles until 
he stands as a leader among the representatives of trade interests in 
Lake county, where he is extensively and successfully engaged as a 
dealer in farm implements, furniture and lumber. He was born in 
Switzerland on the 10th of November, 1869, and is a son of Joseph and 
Anna Muggli, who in 1872 left the land of the Alps, accompanied by 
their children, crossing the Atlantic to the new world and settling at 
Stillwater, Minnesota. After six years the family came to Lake county, 
South Dakota, and the parents now live in Ramona.  

	Jacob M. Muggli is one of a family of four children, two sons and 
two daughters. He was scarcely three years of age at the time of the 
emigration to the new world and was a little lad of but nine summers 
when they came to South Dakota, so that he has been largely reared in 
Lake county, sharing with the family in all of the hardships and 
privations incident to pioneer life. He is indebted to the public 
school system of the state for the educational advantages which he 
enjoyed and through the period of his boyhood and youth, when not busy 
with his textbooks, he assisted his father on the farm, devoting his 
attention to general agricultural pursuits until 1902, when he came to 
Ramona, where he embarked in the implement business. The beginning was 
small, but his trade increased year by year, and in addition to 
handling farm machinery he afterward added a stock of furniture. The 
scope of his business was later broadened and he established a lumber 
yard in Ramona. He is now conducting a growing and profitable business 
as a dealer in farm implements, furniture and lumber, finding at all 
times a ready sale for the products which he handles. He has closely 
studied the trade situation, has acquainted himself with the needs and 
wishes of his patrons and is thus able to meet all of the demands made 
upon him. He is likewise known in other business connections, being the 
manager, secretary and one of the stockholders of the Citizens Light & 
Power Company of Ramona and president of the Woodmen Opera House 
Company.  

	On the 27th of June, 1906, 311 Muggli was united in marriage to 
Miss Frances Lawless, a daughter of Richard Lawless, and to them have 
been born four children, Marcella M., Gerald Joseph, Margaret and 
Celestine. Mrs. Muggli was graduated from the State Normal School in 
1899 and taught for six or seven years.  

	Mr. and Mrs. Muggli are members of the Catholic church and he 
belongs also to the Knights of Columbus at Sioux Falls, the Modern 
Woodmen and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. His political 
endorsement is given to the republican party and its principles and he 
keeps well informed on the questions of the day, political and 
otherwise. He is, indeed, a public-spirited citizen and it is well 
known that Jacob M. Muggli will be found among the leaders in every 
movement for the advancement and welfare of city and county. His life 
has been characterized by his spirit of unfaltering determination and 
unabating energy, and the obstacles and difficulties in his path have 
seemed but to serve as an impetus for renewed effort, which has at 
length brought him to the plane of affluence.