Thomas J. Sullivan Biography


	This biography appears on page 1035 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				THOMAS J. SULLIVAN.  

	Thomas J. Sullivan has been successfully engaged in business as a 
real-estate dealer of Iroquois since 1901 and also serves as postmaster 
of the town, having been appointed to that position on the 19th of 
October, 1913. His birth occurred in Clermont, Iowa, on the 2d of 
December, 1875, his parents being Patrick and Mary Sullivan, the former 
an agriculturist by occupation. In the acquirement of an education he 
attended the public schools and a business college of his native state 
and subsequently removed to southwestern Minnesota, where he followed 
farming for a short time. He then embarked in the machine business and 
later turned his attention to real-estate operations. In May, 1901, he 
came to South Dakota, locating at Iroquois, in Kingsbury county, where 
he has been continuously engaged in the real estate business to the 
present time, handling considerable property and having gained a 
knowledge of values that has made his advice sought and appreciated by 
clients. He also conducts an insurance business and in this department 
has likewise met with success. On the 19th of October, 1913, he was 
appointed postmaster of Iroquois by President Wilson, the duties of 
which office he has discharged in most capable and creditable manner to 
the present time. 

	On the 25th of November, 1903, Mr. Sullivan was united in 
marriage to Miss Edna Grace Swafford, a daughter of Calvin G. Swafford. 
She passed away on the 5th of March, 1909, leaving one child, Marjorie 
May. Mr. Sullivan gives his political allegiance to the democracy and 
is widely recognized as a loyal and public-spirited citizen whose aid 
and influence are ever given on the side of right, progress, reform and 
improvement. In religious faith he is a Catholic, while fraternally he 
is identified with the Knights of Columbus, the Woodmen and the Royal 
Neighbors. He is a generous supporter of all worthy movements and is 
highly esteemed as a most useful and valued citizen.