Charles V. Templeton, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1047-1048 in "History of Dakota 
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				CHARLES V. TEMPLETON, M. D.  

	Recognizing the heavy responsibilities which devolve upon him as 
a practitioner of medicine when the issues of life and death are in his 
hands and performing all of his professional service with a high sense 
of conscientious obligation, Dr. Charles V. Templeton has become 
recognized as a foremost physician of Woonsocket and Sanborn county. He 
was born upon a farm at Winnsboro, Texas, November 24, 1862, a son of 
Thomas W. and Elvira C. (Dickson) Templeton. The Doctor,s grandfather 
on the paternal side was born in Ireland, and emigrated to the new 
world, becoming a resident of Virginia. The father was a native of 
Virginia but in his boyhood days went to Tennessee and in 1849 removed 
to Texas. He was born in the year 1821 and had passed the seventy-
second milestone on life,s journey ere death called him. His wife was a 
native of Tennessee, but the Dickson family is of Scotch-Irish descent.  

	Dr. Templeton was reared in a household numbering twelve 
children, of whom he was the tenth. His education was largely acquired 
at Sulphur Springs, Texas, where he completed the high-school course. 
He afterward attended the State University of Texas at Austin, from 
which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Letters in the 
class of 1887. The following year he entered the University of 
Louisville at Louisville, Kentucky, and there pursued a medical course 
until he won his professional degree in 1892. The same year he came to 
Woonsocket. He had previously practiced as an undergraduate in Texas 
before finishing his college course, so that he was not without 
practical experience when he arrived in South Dakota. He has since 
resided continuously in Woonsocket and his attention has been always 
given to general practice, in which he is very proficient. His 
knowledge of the principles of medicine is comprehensive. For many 
years he has been United States pension examiner. He belongs to the 
State and American Medical Associations and has recently been honored 
with election to the presidency of the Mitchell District Medical 
Society. He reads broadly, thinks deeply and neglects no professional 
duty in the slightest detail.  

	Dr. Templeton has been married twice. On the 26th of June, 1893, 
he wedded Miss Annie Murphy, daughter of Mrs. Jane Murphy. She passed 
away in November, 1898, leaving two children, John D. and Charles V. On 
the 11th of March, 1902, the Doctor was again married, his second union 
being with Miss Mary Minty, of Elk Point, South Dakota, her parents 
being the Rev. Walter F. and Marie S. (Remington) Minty, the former a 
Methodist clergyman. By this marriage there are five children, namely: 
Walter M., David D., Lois, Edward E. and Alice L.  

	Dr. Templeton was reared in the faith of the democratic party but 
since 1900 has been a stanch prohibitionist, voting the ticket, taking 
active part in promulgating its principles and serving for many years 
as chairman of the state central committee. The temperance cause has 
indeed in him an earnest, stalwart champion whose labors are effective 
and whose influence in this direction is far-reaching. He has for many 
years been a member of the school board and has always been interested 
in educational matters. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian 
church, in which he is serving as an elder, and in the church work he 
takes a most active and helpful part. When it is possible to enjoy a 
period of leisure he engages in hunting and in more limited hours of 
recreation he takes to motoring. He owns farm lands in Hand county 
devoted to stock raising, and he is also the owner of irrigated land in 
Montana. He is interested in good roads and in fact is the champion of 
all plans and projects for the public good. His course has at all times 
been so thoroughly actuated by a spirit of devotion to the general good 
and he is so fearless in conduct and stainless in reputation that he is 
most highly honored as a physician and as a citizen.