Albert E. Stirrett Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1098-1101 in "History of Dakota 
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				ALBERT E. STIRRETT.

	Albert E. Stirrett is state,s attorney of Lawrence county and a 
well known lawyer of Deadwood. He is one of the younger representatives 
at the bar but already has gained a reputation that many an older 
practitioner might well envy. He was born at Forest, Ontario, Canada, 
October 4, 1885, a son of Robert and Olivia (Hoskins) Stirrett, both of 
whom were natives of Uttoxeter, Ontario, the former born July 5, 1854, 
and the latter December l, 1861. The ancestors in the Stirrett line 
came from Scotland, and the paternal grandfather of our subject was 
born in Pennsylvania. His wife was a native of Ireland. Robert Stirrett 
followed farming in Canada, where he resided until 1896, when he became 
a resident of Colorado, settling at Cripple Creek, where he engaged in 
mining. He passed away February 1, 1915. When a young man he was a 
member of the Canadian militia and he held various local offices in 
Canada. 

	Albert E. Stirrett is the eldest in a family of four children. He 
was a youth of eleven years when his parents went to Colorado, and 
after attending the public schools at Cripple Creek he entered the 
University of Colorado at Boulder' from which he was graduated on the 
completion of the law course with the class of 1910. After completing 
his high-school course at Cripple Creek, however, he worked for one 
year in Cripple Creek and then attended school in the west for a year, 
starting in the fall of 1906. During his college days he continued to 
work for others and thus secured the means of providing for his own 
support. Completing his law course in 1910, he made 0a way to Lead, 
South Dakota, in the fall of that year and was physical instructor in 
the Lead high school for one year. He then entered upon the practice of 
law there in the fall of 1911 and in 1912 was elected state's attorney 
for Lawrence county, entering upon the duties of that position in 
January, 1913, at which time he removed to Deadwood. He now devotes his 
entire attention to his official duties and to the general practice of 
law, and his ability has gained him wide recognition as one of the 
abler among the younger members of the bar. 

	On the 24th of May, 1913, Mr. Stirrett was united in marriage to 
Miss Edith A. McPherson, a native of Deadwood and a daughter of D. A. 
McPherson. Mr. Stirrett belongs to the Business Men's Club of Deadwood 
and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He attends the 
Episcopal church, although not a member. His political allegiance has 
always been given the republican party since age conferred upon him the 
right of franchise and he has made a creditable record in office.