Elmer L. Syverson, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on page 272 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				ELMER L. SYVERSON, M. D. 

	Dr. Elmer L. Syverson is a well known and successful physician of 
Centerville, where he has been engaged in the practice of medicine and 
surgery since 1900. His birth occurred in Decorah, Iowa, on the 25th of 
June, 1871, his parents being Christopher and Anna Syverson, the latter 
now deceased. In 1881 the family came to South Dakota, locating near 
Webster, in Day county, where the father took up a homestead claim and 
carried on farming for a period of thirty years. He is now living 
retired in California. 

	Elmer L Syverson, who was a youth of ten years when he came to 
this state with his parents, obtained his early education in the 
district schools and also pursued a high-school course in Watertown. 
Subsequently he entered the University of South Dakota at Vermilion, 
from which institution he was graduated in 1896, and then took up the 
study of medicine in the College of Physicians &; Surgeons at Chicago, 
Illinois, winning the degree of M. D. in 1900. He opened an office in 
Centerville, South Dakota, and has there remained to the present time, 
having been accorded a gratifying practice that has steadily grown as 
his skill and ability have become more widely recognized. With the 
advanced work of the profession he keeps in close touch through his 
membership in the Yankton Medical Society, the South Dakota State 
Medical Society and the American Medical Association. 

	In June, 1904, Dr. Syverson was united in marriage to Miss 
Ethelwyn Austin, a daughter of Dr. H. A. Austin, of Michigan. They now 
have two children, Thelma and Elwyn, who are nine and six years of age 
respectively. The Doctor exercises his right of franchise in support of 
the men and measures of the republican party and is a most public-
spirited citizen who takes a deep and helpful interest in the 
development and progress of his community and commonwealth. His 
religious faith is that of the Congregational church and its teachings 
find exemplification in his life. A third of a century has passed since 
his arrival in South Dakota and the state has long numbered him among 
its able physicians and esteemed citizens.