Frederick Carrol Whitehouse Biography


	This biography appears on pages 812-815 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				FREDERICK CARROL WHITEHOUSE. 

	Frederick Carrol Whitehouse is senior partner of the real-estate 
firm of F. C. Whitehouse & Company of Sioux Falls and makes a 
specialty of handling farm lands and loans in which connection he has 
had much to do with the development and prosperity of his section of 
the state. In all things he has followed most progressive methods, and 
his energy and enterprise have brought him to the prominent position 
which he now fills as one of the foremost dealers in farm lands in 
South Dakota. 

	He was born in Boonesboro, Iowa, March 18, 1870, a son of Julius 
Frederick and Elizabeth Morris (Duckworth) Whitehouse, who in the year 
1871 removed to a homestead ill Cherokee county, Iowa. The father was a 
native of Maine and a son of Isaac Whitehouse, who was also born in the 
Pine Tree state. The great-grandfather, Webber Whitehouse, was a native 
of Holland and became the founder of the family in New England. 

	Frederick Carrol Whitehouse was reared amid the usual environment 
and conditions of pioneer life while upon the homestead farm in 
Cherokee county. At the age of thirteen, however, he left home and 
lived with Dr. M. F. Butler in the town of Cherokee, remaining with him 
for three years, during which period he attended school in Cherokee, 
the county seat, completing the high school course in 1887. On leaving 
Cherokee he went to Primghar, the county seat of O'Brien county, Iowa, 
where he engaged in bookkeeping for four years and was also deputy 
county auditor for one year. He next entered the Primghar State Bank 
first in the capacity of bookkeeper but in 1891 was promoted to the 
position of cashier, serving thus for three years. He then left the 
bank and began handling farm lands and loans at Primghar, remaining 
there until 1896, when he removed to Sioux Falls and opened his present 
office. He immediately became active in immigration work and his 
efforts have been attended with immediate, substantial and beneficial 
results. Hundreds of families that are now settled in various rich 
sections of South Dakota and are meeting with prosperity owe their 
present location to the influence and the arguments advanced by F. C. 
Whitehouse. He is himself a firm believer in Sioux Falls and the future 
of South Dakota and bases his belief upon thorough knowledge of the 
natural resources, possibilities and opportunities of the country. The 
offices of F. C. Whitehouse & Company are located on Main avenue. While 
the firm makes a specialty of working in the immigration field, they 
also handle city real estate and have negotiated a number of important 
property transfers in Sioux Falls. 

	On Christmas Day of 1889, at Shellrock, Iowa, Mr. Whitehouse was 
united in marriage to Miss Abigail C. Blake, a daughter of George G. 
Blake, and their children are: Harold R., Leland B. and Marie A. 

	The family attend the Congregational church and Mr. Whitehouse is 
a republican in his political belief. He has attained the Knights 
Templar degree in Masonry, is a member of the Mystic Shrine and also 
belongs to the Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows lodges, to the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America and 
the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His membership list also includes 
the Dacotah Club and the Commercial Club. While in Primghar he served 
for three terms as mayor of the city and in 1904 was elected alderman 
of Sioux Falls, and later a member at large of the school board of 
Sioux Falls. These honors have come to him unsolicited as he has never 
sought office nor asked a man to vote for him. He is deeply and 
actively interested in everything pertaining to the welfare and 
progress of city and state, and his efforts have been a factor in 
promoting civic virtue and civic pride.