Charles E. Arneson Biography


	This biography appears on pages 817-818 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				CHARLES E. ARNESON. 

	Charles E. Arneson, a farmer and stock-raiser residing on section 
34, Valley Springs township, is thoroughly identified with the 
interests of South Dakota. He is a native of the state, born on the 
place where he now resides, his parents, A. T. and H. M. Arneson, being 
pioneers of Minnehaha county. The father came from Norway in 1873 and 
upon arriving in Minnehaha county took up a tree claim of three hundred 
and twenty acres. The mother homesteaded a separate claim and the 
family eventually held title to a large tract of land. The father 
passed away November 13, 1893, but the mother who is a native of 
Michigan, survives and makes her home at Montrose. 

	Charles E. Arneson was given the usual opportunities of the 
country boy and attended the schools of the neighborhood in his 
acquirement of an education. He determined to devote his life to 
agriculture and as he wished to thoroughly prepare himself to be a 
successful farmer, he attended the Agricultural College at Brookings 
for a short time. He is progressive and up-to-date in his work and uses 
all of the modern farming implements, which fact, together with his 
knowledge of scientific methods of agriculture, insures a good yield 
annually. He also raises cattle and hogs quite extensively and engages 
in the buying and selling of sheep. He operates one hundred and sixty 
acres, renting the other quarter section of the homestead. 

	Mr. Arneson was united in marriage on the 30th of June, 1910, to 
Miss Fanny Staples, a daughter of Fred and Ellen Staples, both of whom 
are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Arneson have one child, Allen Eugene. They 
are members of the Methodist church and take an active part in its 
work. Mr. Arneson gives his political allegiance to the republican 
party and fraternally belongs to Crystal Lodge, K. P., of Valley 
Springs. His parents were among those who performed the arduous labor 
necessary in transforming the state from a wild region to a prosperous 
agricultural section. He and his sister, Mrs. H. A. Dickenson, of 
Montrose, remember much of interest concerning the days when South 
Dakota was on the frontier. Every movement that is inaugurated for the 
purpose of advancing the interests and welfare of his community and 
state finds in him an enthusiastic worker for its success, and this 
public spirit has commended him to the respect and esteem of all who 
knew him.