Frank H. Ripley Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1030-1031 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and 
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				FRANK H. RIPLEY. 

	Frank H. Ripley, county auditor of Brookings county and one of 
its native sons, was born June 11, 1881, his parents being Charles S. 
and Sarah M. (Armstrong) Ripley, who in the year 1878 came to South 
Dakota from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Following his arrival the father 
homesteaded the northeast quarter of section 34, Trenton township, 
Brookings county, and subsequently acquired various other farms, of 
which he has disposed at different times, now retaining possession of 
only a half section, which includes the original homestead and a 
quarter section adjoining it on the east. He figured for an extended 
period as one of the leading agriculturists of the county but in 1907 
retired from active farm work and removed to Aurora, where he has since 
lived, giving his attention to his real-estate holdings, and he has 
leisure to enjoy those things which are to him a matter of interest and 
recreation. In politics he is a republican but, while he has served as 
a delegate to county and state conventions, he has never been an 
aspirant for public office. He and his wife hold membership in the 
Methodist Episcopal church. 

	Frank H. Ripley was reared upon the old homestead farm, with the 
usual experiences that fall to the lot of the farm lad upon the 
frontier. After acquiring his preliminary education in the public 
schools he attended the State College at Brookings and when his studies 
were completed he taught school through one term-the winter term of 
1898-9. He then turned his attention to the grain business at Elkton 
and Aurora, buying grain for two different firms. In 1909, in company 
with his brother, Charles A., he embarked in the mercantile business at 
Aurora, in which he still retains his interest. He was actively 
associated therewith up to the time when he assumed the duties of his 
present office on the 1st of March, 1913. It was in November, 1912, 
that he was elected to the position of county auditor and he was 
renominated in the spring primary of 1914, being reelected without 
opposition, a fact which attests strongly his personal popularity and 
the capability with which he discharges his duties. 

	On the 23d of January, 1907, Mr. Ripley was united in marriage to 
Miss Goldie Lombard, of Aurora, also a native of Brookings county. Her 
father, Colmar D. Lombard, came to Brookings county in 1878 from 
Chatfield, Minnesota. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ripley are widely and favorably 
known in this part of the state and the hospitality of the best homes 
is freely accorded them. Mr. Ripley belongs to Elkton Lodge, No. 57, A. 
F. & A. M., and to Brookings Chapter, No. 18, R.A. M., and is also a 
member of the Brookings Commercial Club. He has always resided in the 
county which has honored him with office and the fact that some of his 
stanches" friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the 
present is an indication of the fact that his has been a well spent 
life.