Samuel Speier Biography


	This biography appears on page 857 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				SAMUEL SPEIER. 

	A man who has founded success in business upon industry, 
enterprise and well directed ambition is Samuel Speier, proprietor of 
the Shipley laundry in Sioux Falls. He was born in Washington, Kansas, 
November 10, 1878, and is a son of Julius and Helen (Ellinger) Speier. 
The father, who was born in Germany in 1849, came to America in 1864 
and died in Denver, Colorado, in 1900. The mother survives him and 
makes her home in Lincoln, Nebraska. They were the parents of three 
children: Samuel, of this review; Rose, the wife of Dr. Frederick 
Eliscu of St. Joseph, Missouri; and Albert, of Lincoln, Nebraska. 

	Samuel Speier acquired his early education in the public schools 
of Washington, Kansas, and later took a business course at the Western 
Normal School at Lincoln, Nebraska. He began his independent career in 
that city as clerk in a clothing store and at the end of two years he 
went to Beatrice, the same state, where he opened a clothing 
establishment of his own. This enterprise he conducted for five years 
and then, in 1905, came to Sioux Falls, buying the Shipley laundry, 
which he has since conducted. He has made this a prosperous and growing 
enterprise and by intelligent management and farsighted business 
methods has secured a large and representative patronage. 

	On the 1st of June, 1911, Mr. Speier was united in marriage to 
Miss Irma Josephine Gottschall, and they have become the parents of two 
children, Harold Julius, born May 22, 1912, and Edwin Louis, born 
September 26, 1913. 

	Mr. Speier belongs to the Elks, the Country, the Dacotah and 
Commercial Clubs and gives his political allegiance to the republican 
party. He always keeps well informed on questions and issues of the day 
and in matters relating to public affairs he occupies a progressive 
stand as is manifest in his cooperation with many movements for the 
public good. In business circles he is regarded as a man of insight and 
ability and he holds the esteem and confidence of all who are 
associated with him.