Henry B. Wardman Biography This biography appears on pages 420-423 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm HENRY B. WARDMAN. Henry B. Wardman, engaged in the hardware, plumbing and sheet metal business at Deadwood, was born in Buffalo, New York, August 22, 1845, a son of William and Jane (Martin) Wardman. The father was born in Yorkshire, England, and the mother was a native of Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Wardman followed farming, and after his marriage, which was celebrated in Canada, came with his young wife to the United States, settling in Buffalo, New York, where he died in 1848. His widow long survived and passed away in Buffalo about 1883. Henry B. Wardman was only four years of age at the time of his father's death. He attended the public schools of Buffalo and in his youthful days learned the tinner's trade in that city. In 1868 he came west, making his way to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and afterward working as a journeyman tinner to the coast. In 1878 he arrived in Deadwood, where he worked at his trade until 1884. In that year he entered into partnership with George V. Ayers in the establishment and conduct of a hardware business, in which he continued until 1898, when he sold out to Mr. Ayers and went upon the road as a traveling salesman for a wholesale hardware firm, which he represented for two years. He next went to New Mexico, where he resided for six months in order to benefit his health, which had become somewhat impaired. On the expiration of that period he returned to Deadwood and opened a plumbing establishment. He also deals in hardware and does all kinds of tin and sheet metal work, as well as taking contracts in plumbing. He devotes his entire time to the management and conduct of this business and is also the owner of city property, for he has made judicious investments in real estate here. Mr. Wardman has been married twice. In 1885 he wedded Miss Alma Hammond, who was born in Ohio. Her parents, Thomas B. and Belle Hammond, came to Deadwood in 1878, and after living on Centennial Prairie for a time took up their abode in the city of Deadwood. At a later date they removed to the state of Washington and the father died on a ranch near Winanche. The mother now makes her home in Winanche. Mrs. Wardman passed away in San Diego, California, and her remains were brought back to Deadwood for internment. There were two children of that marriage: Warren, who married a Miss Boase and resides in Los Angeles, California, where he is engaged in the real-estate business; and Ruth, the wife of A. B. Read, also of Los Angeles, who is engaged in the ice-manufacturing business. On the 10th of October, 1899, Mr. Wardman was again married, his second union being with Miss Catherine Phillips, who was born in Fremont, Nebraska, a daughter of Lee and Hattie (Fullenweider) Phillips, who in 1878 arrived in Deadwood, where the father engaged in the grocery business until his death. Mrs. Phillips now resides with Mr and Mrs. Wardman. Mr. Wardman belongs to the Masonic fraternity, is a past master of the blue lodge and has taken the degrees of the Scottish Rite and the Mystic Shrine. He is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and attends the Christian Science church. With him opportunity has spelled success. He has worked his way steadily upward, urged on by ambition and unfaltering determination, and the prosperity which has come to him is the direct result of his own labors.