Donald K. Barrett Biography


	This biography appears on page 209 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				DONALD K. BARRETT. 

	Donald K. Barrett, an able attorney of Plankinton, was born in 
Sigourney, Iowa, on the 23d of April, 1890, a son of J. C. and Emma 
Barrett. In 1903, when he was a youth of thirteen, the family removed 
to South Dakota and located upon a farm in Aurora county in the 
vicinity of Plankinton, where the parents stil reside. 

	D. K. Barrett attended the public schools, was graduated from the 
Plankinton high school, and later entered the State University of South 
Dakota at Vermillion, where, after completing a four years, law course, 
he was graduated with the class of 1913. He returned to Aurora county, 
took up his residence in Plankinton and began the practice of his 
profession. Although young in years and also in his profession, he has 
already demonstrated that he possesses not only a good knowledge of the 
principles of jurisprudence but also that he is fitted by nature for 
the practice of law. 

	Mr. Barrett is a Protestant and in politics supports the 
republican party. South Dakota finds him a loyal, public spirited and 
progressive citizen who can be counted upon to do his pelt to aid in 
the accomplishment of a project calculated to advance the public 
interests.