William O. Tenold Biography


	This biography appears on pages 552-555 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				WILLIAM O. TENOLD. 

	William O. Tenold, one of the worthy native sons and leading 
business men of Flandreau, is the proprietor of a clothing and 
furnishings store which is a modern and up-to-date establishment in 
every respect. His birth occurred on the 21st of October, 1886, his 
parents being John P. and Bertha (Johnson) Tenold, the former a native 
of Chicago, Illinois, and the hitter of Norway. Bertha Johnson, who 
emigrated to the United States with her parents when a child of seven 
years, gave her hand in marriage to John P. Tenold in Calmar, lowa. The 
father of our subject devoted his attention to general agricultural 
pursuits in Winneshiek county, Iowa, for a number of years and 
subsequently took up his abode in Ridgeway, that county, where he was 
employed in the mercantile establishment of D. O. Aker for about nine 
years. About 1879 he came to South Dakota, locating in Flandreau, where 
he secured a clerkship in the store of Landin & Nelson. Two years later 
he embarked in business on his own account, continuing as a successful 
merchant of the city throughout the remainder of his life His demise, 
which occurred on the 4th of March, 1911, was the occasion of deep and 
widespread regret, for he had been a resident of the community for more 
than three decades and had gained an-extensive circle of friends here. 
His widow, who survives, makes her home with our subject. 

	William O. Tenold was reared at home and in the acquirement of an 
education attended the public schools of his native city, subsequently 
pursuing a two-year course in Luther College of Decorah, Iowa. He then 
entered his father's store at Flandreau and assisted in its conduct 
until he succeeded to the business at the time of his father's death 
The dry-goods department had previously been disposed of and Mr. Tenold 
gives his entire attention to the sale of clothing, furnishings and 
shoes. He is an alert, enterprising and up-to-date young business man 
who enjoys an enviable patronage as proprietor of one of the most 
modern establishments of its kind in his section of the state. He is a 
devoted and consistent member of the Lutheran church and is favorably 
known and very popular throughout the community which has always been 
his home.