Earl G. Clegg, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 74-75 in "History of Dakota 
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				EARL G. CLEGG, M. D.  

	Dr. Earl G. Clegg, the well known practitioner of Harrisburg, 
South Dakota, was born in Ainsworth, Iowa, February 18, 1881, a son of 
James Clegg, a native of Marietta, Ohio, born in 1844. The father 
removed to Illinois shortly after the Civil war and three years later 
went to Iowa, where he engaged in farming, founding the famous Pine 
Grove Stock Farm, which has been noted for many years for its herd of 
registered shorthorn cattle. The property is still owned by members of 
the family, his sons, J. E. and J. M., operating the farm under the 
name of Clegg Brothers. James Clegg passed away in 1907, having since 
1899 survived his wife, who in her maidenhood was Miss Mary McCullough. 
She was a native of Ohio, but was married in Illinois in 1866 and 
became the mother of five children, of whom the subject of this review 
is the youngest.  

	Dr. Clegg received 0a elementary and secondary education in the 
grade and high schools of Ainsworth and at Washington Academy of 
Washington, Iowa. He then entered the Valparaiso University at 
Valparaiso, Indiana, and upon the completion of the collegiate course 
received the Bachelor of Arts degree from that institution He later 
took a law course and was admitted to the bar of South Dakota in 1906. 
After some time spent in practice he decided that the profession of 
medicine was more congenial and, accordingly, went to Chicago, where he 
entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the medical department 
of the University of Illinois. He was graduated with the degree of M. 
D. from that institution with the class of 1910 and in the same year 
took a state board examination in South Dakota and located at 
Harrisburg, where he began practice. He has found the town such a good 
field that he has remained a resident thereof continuously since first 
locating there and has gained a reputation as an able and conscientious 
practitioner. He is careful in diagnosis and is very successful in 
prescribing the best remedies for each case that comes under his 
professional scrutiny. He is a member of the seventh district of the 
South Dakota Medical Association, of the South Dakota State Medical 
Society and of the American Medical Association, and in this way keeps 
in touch with the latest developments in the science and practice of 
medicine. In addition to active practice in his profession, he is the 
owner of a modern drug store. 

	Dr. Clegg was married June 12, 1906, to Miss Ida Bellach, of Tea, 
South Dakota. His political allegiance is given to the progressive 
republican party in national affairs, but he votes independently on 
local issues. He has served two terms as town clerk and in that 
capacity did much able work for the benefit of the municipality. He is 
a member of Harrisburg Lodge, No. 160, I. O. O. F.; Sioux Falls Lodge, 
No. 262, B. P. O. E.; and of Unity Lodge, No. 130, A. F. & A. M., of 
Sioux Falls. He also holds membership in Occidental Consistory of Sioux 
Falls and in the El Riad Temple of the Mystic Shrine at the same city. 
He is fond of out-door recreation, being an enthusiastic hunter, fisher 
and motorist. Dr. Clegg holds the respect of his fellow townsmen, not 
only as a physician of proven ability, but also as a citizen of 
commendable public spirit.