John W. Addie Biography


	This biography appears on page 587 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				JOHN W. ADDIE

	John W. Addie has won success as an attorney and is well known 
and highly esteemed in Armour, where he is located. His birth occurred 
in Cresco, Iowa, on the 4th of April, 1872, and he is a son of John and 
Christina Addie. The family removed to South Dakota in 1884 and located 
in Spink county, where the father took up a homestead and also a tree 
claim. He followed agricultural pursuits there until 1902, when he 
removed to Wisconsin, where he is still farming. His wife is also 
living. 

	John W. Addie attended the district schools in his boyhood and 
was subsequently a student in the normal department of Redfield 
College, where he completed the prescribed course. He then matriculated 
in the State University of South Dakota, which conferred upon him the 
Bachelor of Science degree in 1899. He then followed the profession of 
teaching for four years and was for some time principal of schools in 
Armour. He was elected county superintendent, which office he held for 
four years. In 1904 he was admitted to the bar and has since engaged in 
the practice of the legal profession. He has built up a large clientage 
and holds the confidence and respect not only of the general public but 
also of his professional brethren. For six years he filled the office 
of county judge and for four years he was states attorney. 

	Mr. Addie married Miss Mary Hess, a daughter of E. A. Hess. Our 
subject is a stanch republican in politics and takes a deep interest in 
everything relating to the public welfare, an interest which is 
manifested by his membership in the Commercial Club. His fraternal 
affiliations are with the Modern Woodmen of America and with the 
Masonic order, in which he has taken the eighteenth degree in the 
consistory at Yankton. He is recognized as a successful attorney and as 
a valued citizen of Armour.