Henry Amos Perriton Biography


	This biography appears on page 933 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was 
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				HENRY AMOS PERRITON. 

	Henry Amos Perriton a representative and esteemed citizen of 
Huron, there opened a drug store in July, 1907, and has since conducted 
the same with gratifying and well merited success. His birth occurred 
in Illinois in 1877, his parents being J. S. and Jean Scott (Lindsay) 
Perriton, who came to South Dakota in 1882 and located at Ashton. The 
father took up a tract of government land and three years later 
embarked in the butchering business. He is now living retired at Huron, 
enjoying the fruits of his former labor in well earned ease. His wife 
was called to her final rest on the 28th of August, 1905. 

	Henry A. Perriton, who was a little lad of five years when he 
came to this state with his parents, acquired his early education in 
the public schools and subsequently attended the University of South 
Dakota at Vermillion for four years, while in 1902 he was graduated 
from the Highland Park College of Pharmacy at Des Moines, Iowa. In 1903 
he removed to Huron and there identified himself with the drug 
business, working in various capacities. In July, 1907, he opened a 
drug store on his own account and has thus remained in business 
throughout the intervening eight years. He carries a complete and 
attractively arranged stock of drugs and druggists, sundries and well 
merits the liberal patronage which is accorded him. 

	On the 1st of July, 1905, Mr. Perriton was united in marriage to 
Miss Elizabeth Lee Halk, of Lexington, Virginia, her parents being 
Alexander E. and Virginia Halk. The father is deceased, but the mother 
survives and now lives with Mr. and Mrs. Perriton. 

	In his political views Mr. Perriton is a republican, strongly 
advocating and supporting the principles of that party. In Masonry he 
is identified with the blue lodge, the chapter, the commandery and the 
Shrine. He is a past commander of La Co Tah Commandery, No. 6, and now 
acts as grand sword bearer of the grand commandery, while his other 
fraternal connections are with the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
Elks and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Perriton possesses a genial, 
courteous manner that has won him many friends among those whom he has 
met in his business capacity, while those whom he meets in social and 
fraternal circles have retained for him warm regard.