George M. Caster Biography


	This biography appears on pages 847-848 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				GEORGE M. CASTER. 

	George M. Caster, who is successfully engaged in the practice of 
law at Lake Andes, Charles Mix county, was born in Alton, Missouri, 
January 13, 1861, a son of James and Fannie J. (Wayman) Caster. The 
father was a Presbyterian minister and was highly esteemed by all who 
came into contact with him. Both he and his wife are deceased. 

	George M. Caster attended the public schools in the acquirement 
of his early education and was then a student in Lincoln College at 
Lincoln, Illinois, which is now connected with the James Milliken 
University of Decatur, Illinois. He was graduated from that institution 
in 1885, after the completion of the literary course, and in 1888 he 
took a commercial course in a business college at St. Joseph, Missouri. 
In the meantime he had engaged in educational work and he subsequently 
spent one summer in the Harvard Summer School. He was made 
superintendent of the city schools of Red Cloud, Nebraska, and held 
that position until 1895, when he resigned to enter the College of Law 
of the State University of Nebraska at Lincoln. In the following year 
he was. admitted to the bar and located for practice at Bloomington, 
Franklin county, Nebraska, where he remained until 1904. He then 
removed to Lake Andes, South Dakota, and in the intervening years has 
gained a large and representative clientage, having proved his ability 
as a lawyer. His logical and analytical mind enables him to go to the 
root of a matter at once and this power, combined with his habit of 
careful preparation of his cases and his ability to present his 
arguments in a convincing manner, has resulted in his winning favorable 
verdicts for his clients in a great majority of the cases with which he 
has been connected. He was recently appointed by the come missioners of 
Gregory county to prosecute the cattle rustlers and has already secured 
two convictions. 

	Mr. Caster was married on the 15th of March, 1911, to Miss Isabel 
Simpson, a daughter of Sherdrich Simpson. Mr. Caster is a republican 
and takes a prominent part in local political affairs. He is a member 
of the Commercial Club and his support and cooperation have been of 
value in carrying out the plans of that organization for the commercial 
expansion of Lake Andes. Fraternally he belongs to the consistory of 
the Scottish Rite Masons at Yankton and is also a member of the Odd 
Fellows. Both he and his wife ale identified with the Presbyterian 
Church and do all in their power to further the spread of its 
influence. Mr. Caster is recognized as one of the valued citizens of 
Lake Andes and can be depended upon to work for the advancement of his 
community along the lines of moral, material and civic progress.