Clarence E. Coyne Biography


	This biography appears on pages 668-671 in "History of Dakota 
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				CLARENCE E. COYNE. 

	Clarence E. Coyne, former sheriff of Stanley county for two 
terms, his reelection being proof of his capability and fidelity in 
office, was born in Rock Island, Illinois, on the 23d of December, 
1881, his parents being Foster and Mary Coyne, the former born in Rock 
Island in 1856 and the latter in Camanche, Iowa, in 1857. In the public 
schools of his native city Clarence E. Coyne pursued his education, 
passing through consecutive grades until he had spent two years in the 
high school, after which he was for a year a student in a business 
college. He was for four years connected with the naval militia of 
Illinois in service on the lakes. He came to Dakota in 1905 and during 
the period of his residence here has largely been engaged in public 
duty. He filled the office of game warden of South Dakota for a year 
and in 1911 was elected sheriff of Stanley county, in which he served 
for the second term, discharging his duties without fear or favor. 
During the years 1913 and 1914 he was chief of police of Fort Pierre. 
He then entered the employ of the state, in the secretary of state,s 
office, which position he held until July 1, 1915, when he started the 
Fort Pierre Times and also took over the Stock Growers News, combining 
the two under the name of the Fort Pierre Times. He is also a 
stockholder in the Fort Pierre National Bank. 

	In politics Mr. Coyne is a republican, giving stalwart support to 
the principles of his party, believing that that platform contains the 
best elements of good government. He is well known in Masonic circles, 
having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and also 
crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. 
He likewise holds membership with the Odd Fellows and the Elks and is 
true to the teachings of those organizations. He was married January 4, 
1911, in Pierre, South Dakota, to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Gird, nee 
Throckmorton. Both Mr. and Mrs. Coyne are widely known, having a large 
circle of warm friends who esteem them highly by reason of their many 
sterling traits of character.