Charles Parker Warren Biography


	This biography appears on pages 350 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				CHARLES PARKER WARREN. 

	Charles Parker Warren, attorney at law of Huron, was born at 
Oronoco, Minnesota, April 28, 1873. His father, Josiah H. Warren, was 
both a farmer and builder and after living for a considerable period in 
Minnesota removed to Dakota territory in 1882, settling in Kingsbury 
county. where he engaged in farming until his death in 1902. His wife, 
who bore the maiden name of Mary A. Gibson, is now living in Highmore, 
South Dakota. 

	In their family were four children of whom Charles Parker Warren 
is the third ID order of birth. He was a lad of nine years when brought 
to this state and in the district schools be acquired his early 
education, later attending the high school at Iroquois, South Dakota, 
and the Western Normal School at Lincoln, Nebraska. He then entered the 
University of South Dakota, in which he pursued his classical course, 
and afterward became a student in the Law University of Minnesota, from 
which he was graduated with the class of 1901. Mr. Warren located for 
practice at De Smet, South Dakota, and while there residing served for 
two terms as states attorney, making a creditable record in that 
position. After a residence there of about nine years he removed to 
Huron in 1910, joining ex-Governor Coe I. Crawford in a partnership 
under the firm style of Crawford & Warren. This relation is still 
maintained and the firm occupies an enviable position at the bar of the 
state. 

	In his political views Mr. Warren has always been a republican 
since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He is identified 
with several leading fraternal organizations, including the Masons, the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Huron 
Commercial Club and is filling the office of president. His interest in 
behalf of the general welfare is manifest in many tangible and 
effective ways and his cooperation proves a potent force in advancing 
the general interests of the community. He belongs to the South Dakota 
State and the American Bar Associations and in his profession has 
steadily advanced. He worked his way through college, teaching at 
intervals between college terms, and the strength of character which 
enabled him to pursue that course has been one of the potent elements 
on which he has builded his later success. Since beginning the active 
work of the profession he has constantly advanced, and the court 
records bear testimony to his ability in the practice of law.