Frank Drew Biography


	This biography appears on pages 753, 755 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				FRANK DREW. 

	Frank Drew is well known in Hyde county, for he is financially 
interested with his brother, S. Drew, in the Bank of Highmore, although 
at the present time he is acting as manager of the Bank of Tomah at 
Tomah, Wisconsin, while his brother is managing the Bank of Highmore. 
He is a native son of Wisconsin, his birth having occurred in Portage, 
September 22, 1858, his parents being Thomas and Anna (Ruge) Drew, of 
whom mention is made in connection with the sketch of S. Drew. 

	The common schools of his native town afforded Frank Drew his 
educational privileges until he came to Dakota territory in 1874, when 
a youth of sixteen years, locating at Yankton. He worked with his 
brother in the banking house of Mark Parmert, this being the first bank 
in the territory, founded in 1869. There he continued for two years, 
after which he returned to Wisconsin and engaged in the hardware 
business, continuing there for about nine years, or until 1880. He then 
again came to South Dakota and formed a partnership with his brother, 
S. Drew, in the lumber business, establishing yards at Egan, Dell 
Rapids and at Madison, South Dakota. They continued in that line until 
1882, when they sold out and in the spring of that year removed to St. 
Paul, Minnesota, where they engaged in the wholesale hardware business, 
conducting their enterprise until June, 1885, when they returned to 
South Dakota and established the Bank of Highmore, conducting it 
successfully for several years. In 1893, however, Frank Drew returned 
to Wisconsin and established the Bank of Tomah. He and his brother, 
however, remained in partnership as owners of the Bank of Tomah and of 
the Bank of Highmore, Frank Drew having charge of the former and S. 
Drew of the latter. 

	On the 3d of July, 1881, Frank Drew was united in marriage to 
Miss Lillian White, of Egan, South Dakota, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry White, who removed from Rochester, Minnesota, to this state in 
the early '80s the father devoting his life to farming. Mr. and Mrs. 
Drew have become the parents of four children: Delia, now the wife of 
the well known cartoonist, Frank O. King; Walter, an electrical 
engineer; Frank H., who is cashier of the Bank of Tomah; and Doris, who 
is attending school. 

	Mr. Drew is a Mason in his fraternal relations and is loyal to 
the teachings and purposes of the craft. Politically he is a republican 
and upon that ticket was elected to the South Dakota legislature in 
1890. He made an excellent record as a member of the general assembly 
and at all times he has been known as a public-spirited and progressive 
citizen, putting forth earnest and effective effort to promote the 
welfare of every community in which he has lived.