Edward H. Warren Biography


	This biography appears on pages 326-328 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
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				EDWARD H. WARREN.  

	Edward H. Warren, owner and editor of the Queen City Mail, 
published at Spearfish, was born in Horicon, Dodge county, Wisconsin, 
February 6, 1859, a son of James H. and Augusta B. (Horton) Warren. The 
father was born in Eden, Erie county, New York, September 4, 1820, and 
his wife's birth occurred in western Pennsylvania, March 12, 1831. In 
early life he went to Ohio and in 1845 removed to Wisconsin, settling 
near Milwaukee. He taught penmanship and other branches and also 
followed the trades of a carpenter and mason, but later in that year he 
returned to Ohio, where he took up the study of medicine. He also made 
several trips to the Allegheny mountains, gathering blazing star root 
and other herbs of medical value, which he took to Cincinnati and sold. 
Returning to Wisconsin he settled in Dodge county, near Mayville, where 
he engaged in hunting, and sold deer skins, which were manufactured 
into mittens and gloves. He also gathered wild honey, for which he 
found a market, and in fact he resorted to every honorable method to 
secure a dollar and gain a start in life. In 1852 he entered the employ 
of the firm of Hamilton & Bishop, proprietors of a linseed oil mill, 
remaining thus employed for a year or more. In 1859 he established his 
home in Trempealeau county, Wisconsin. He remained for a year at 
Arcadia and in 1862 went to Eau Claire, where he worked for the Daniel 
Shaw Lumber Company as a scaler in the summer and as head millwright in 
the winter months. 

	There he continued until May, 1866, when he built a flatboat 
thirty-three feet long, twelve feet wide and three feet deep. With the 
family aboard the boat floated down to Dubuque, where they sold the 
boat and by rail proceeded to Iowa Falls and thence by team to Algona, 
Kossuth county. They took up their abode in an old log cabin south of 
Algona where a number of months were spent, and later they became 
residents of Algona, where the father engaged in carpenter work. In 
1866 he purchased a newspaper plant of Mrs. Read and without experience 
in that line of work began the publication of a paper, the Upper Des 
Moines. In order to make ends meet be found it necessary to work at his 
trade of building houses, plastering or laying brick, at all of which 
he was proficient, and he wrote his copy for the newspaper in the 
evenings. During the first year or two of his career as a newspaper 
publisher the only press which he had was one of the Washington type, 
the first one brought into Iowa. In 1868 he purchased a Ruggles job 
press at Fort Dodge, the first ever introduced in that county, and it 
did service until 1880. In 1870 the Upper Des Moines purchased a 
cylinder press and Mr. Warren went to Milwaukee and bought a Potter 
cylinder, which did good service until the Upper Des Moines ceased to 
exist as a separate business in 1902. When he settled in Iowa the 
nearest railroad was eighty miles distant and the entire country round 
about was sparsely settled. It was uphill work establishing a 
profitable newspaper, for at that time paper sold for from eight to 
twelve dollars per bundle. He served as postmaster at Algona, Iowa, for 
three years and as deputy United States revenue collector for three 
years. He was also county supervisor at Estherville, Emmet county, 
Iowa. At the time of the Civil war he attempted to enlist but because 
of physical disability was not accepted.  

	In the summer of 1888 he made his way to the Black Hills and in 
January, 1889, established the Queen City mail at Spearfish, conducting 
it as a daily paper for five years. The daily, known as the Daily 
Bulletin, was discontinued in August, 1894, but the weekly edition was 
published. Mr. Warren remained at Spearfish until the July prior to his 
death and was active in the management of the paper. He passed away 
August 31, 1895, and his wife died on the 8th of November, 1904. They 
were the parents of three children. Eliza L., who was born February 2, 
1848, was married November 9, 1870, at Algona, Iowa, to Hugh Waterhouse 
and died in 1908. Robert B., born December 1, 1850, is engaged in the 
printing business in Spokane, Washington.  

	Edwin H. Warren, the youngest of the family, attended the public 
schools at Algona, Iowa, and when eighteen years of age, having 
previously learned the printer's trade under his father, was employed 
as foreman in the office of the Vindicator at Estherville, Iowa. He 
remained in that position for eighteen months and then returned to 
Algona, where he continued from January, 1880, until January, 1884. He 
was next at St. Paul on the Pioneer Press for several years, after 
which he again went to Iowa and established a paper at West Bend, Palo 
Alto county, where he continued for a year and a half. In July, 1888, 
he went to Rapid City, South Dakota, where he was connected with the 
Daily Republican until with his father he established the Queen City 
Mail at Spearfish. He has been continuously engaged in the publication 
of this paper since that time except for a period of three years 
following the sale of his plant, and he was also out of the business 
while in the county auditor's office. He repurchased the plant and is 
now actively engaged in the publication of this paper, which he 
publishes in a substantial building that he owns. He now devotes his 
entire time to the Mail and has made it a very readable and attractive 
journal.  

	On the 15th of July, 1881, Mr. Warren was united in marriage to 
Miss Flora C. Bates, who was born July 1, 1860, in the southeastern 
part of Iowa, a daughter of O. C. and Mary (Sweating) Bates, the former 
a native of western Pennsylvania and the latter of Michigan. The father 
was a newspaper man and went to Iowa long prior to the Civil war. Until 
1885 he was continuously engaged in newspaper work at various points in 
Iowa. He removed from that state to Atkinson, Nebraska, where he 
resided until about 1900 and then came to South Dakota. He is now 
living retired and spends most of his time in the home of Mr. and Mrs. 
Warren. His wife passed away in Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1912. He was 
at one time a postmaster in Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Warren have been born 
three children. James R., born June 19, 1882, and now serving as deputy 
postmaster at Spearfish, marries May 9, 1903, Olive May Packard, of 
Sturgis, who was born in 1882. They have one child, Russell Edward, 
born February 22, 1904. Nellie G., born January 2, 1886, is a graduate 
of the Normal School at Spearfish and is now superintendent of schools 
for Lawrence county, South Dakota Hazel, born January 3, 1890, was 
graduated on the completion of a special course in domestic science 
from the Spearfish State Normal School.  

	Mr. Warren belongs to the Masonic fraternity, holding membership 
in the lodge and chapter. He has served through all of the chairs in 
the former and for two terms was master of the blue lodge. He was also 
junior deacon pro tem of the grand lodge in Pierre, and at Huron was 
appointed junior warden. In 1897 he was appointed senior warden at the 
grand lodge in Mitchell. He took his first degree of the chapter in 
1901, was exalted in January, 1902, was elected scribe in 1906 and 
served for two years, afterward filled the office of king for one year, 
then high priest for one year, and in 1912 received the degree of high 
priesthood at the grand lodge in Deadwood. There is no duty too arduous 
for him to undertake to advance the cause of Masonry and he exemplifies 
in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft. He is also connected 
with the Knights of Pythias and the Owls. Politically a stalwart 
republican, he served for two terms in the state legislature during the 
sessions of 1899 and 1901. He was also county auditor of Lawrence 
county for two years and was a member of the board of education of 
Spearfish for two years. His interest in public affairs is deep and 
sincere and he cooperates heartily in all measures and movements which 
he deems of benefit and value to the community and to the commonwealth. 
His life has been a busy and useful one fraught with activity in 
business and in behalf of public interests and his labors have been 
productive of good results.