Mrs. Susie P. Swartout Biography


	This biography appears on page 1085 in "History of Dakota 
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				MRS. SUSIE P. SWARTOUT. 

	Mrs. Susie P. Swartout, residing in Faulkton and filling the 
office of county superintendent of schools of Faulk county, is a native 
of Columbia county, Wisconsin, her birth having occurred near Portage. 
Her parents, A. E. and Lena (Arch) McCall, were also natives of that 
county. The father followed the occupation of farming there for many 
years and in 1900 removed to Buffalo county, South Dakota, where he and 
his wife lived for a decade. They then returned to Wisconsin and are 
now residents of Polk county, that state, the father being practically 
retired from business. 

	Mrs. Swartout is the eldest of a family of four daughters. She 
pursued her education in the schools of her native county, completing a 
course in the Portage high school by graduation with the class of 1900. 
On the 6th of October, 1900, she gave her hand in marriage to Carl E. 
Swartout, who was born at Gladbrook, Tama county, Iowa, July 5, 1879, 
and is a son of the Rev. E. P. and Mary (Kunes) Swartout, the former a 
native of Michigan and the latter of Baltimore, Maryland. The father is 
now a minister, preaching for the Congregational church at Ree Heights, 
South Dakota. His son earl was the fourth in a family of seven 
children. He is at present engaged in the barbering business at 
Faulkton and has a liberal patronage. To Mr. and Mrs. Swartout have 
been born three children: Bernice N., whose natal day was January 4, 
1902; Carroll E., born November 13, 1903; and Maybel L., born August 
18, 1905. 

	Mr. Swartout belongs to the Modern Woodmen camp and also to the 
Odd Fellows lodge at Faulkton and in the latter is serving as vice 
grand. Mrs. Swartout holds membership with the Daughters of Rebekah and 
is also a member of the Swastika Club at Faulkton She belongs to the 
Congregational church and exerts a strong and beneficial influence on 
the side of progress, improvement and right. Her political views accord 
with the principles of the republican party and upon its ticket she was 
elected to the office of superintendent of schools of Faulk county, 
assuming the duties of that position in January, 1915. She is intensely 
and earnestly interested in the cause of public education and is doing 
everything in her power to further the interests of the schools and 
raise the standard of instruction that the children may thereby be 
better qualified for life's practical and responsible duties. 
Advancement has ever been her watchword and her efforts have been an 
element in the material, social and moral progress of the community.