Mandin Henry Henne Biography


	This biography appears on pages 843-844 in "History of Dakota 
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				MANDIN HENRY HENNE. 

	Mandin Henry Henne, president of the State Bank of Buffalo Gap, 
Custer county, South Dakota, is also the owner of a mill in that city 
and likewise holds title to considerable real estate. He was born in 
Bucks county, Pennsylvania, on the 2d of February, 1862, the fifth in 
order of birth in the family of six children born to Levi and Sarah 
(Philips) Henne, both natives of Pennsylvania. The father was a farmer 
by occupation and both he and his wife passed away in the Keystone 
state. 

	Mandin Henry Henne attended school in his native state and when 
fifteen years of age started out upon his own account, emigrating 
westward to Iowa. He was employed for some time as a farm hand, but in 
1881 went still farther west, settling at Long Pine, Nebraska, where he 
was employed in well drilling. Upon turning his attention to other 
pursuits he became connected with the flour mill there and assisted in 
building the mill and installing the machinery. He was connected with 
the mill for five years and learned the business thoroughly, working up 
until he was placed in charge. In 1886 the owner sold out and Mr. Henne 
came to South Dakota, arriving at Buffalo Gap on the 16th of march, of 
that year. He went into the Black Hills immediately and cut timber for 
the building of a mill. He had the lumber sawed and hauled to Buffalo 
Gap and in the winter of 1886 began the erection of his mill. In the 
summer of the following year it was completed and during the twenty-
eight years that have since elapsed Mr. Henne has been continuously 
engaged in milling. For a time a Mr. Alexander, now of Joliet, 
Illinois, was his partner and they also conducted a general store but 
in 1896 Mr. Henne purchased Mr. Alexander's interest and has since been 
the sole owner of the mill, which is equipped for general milling and 
feed grinding, and he is accorded a large patronage. In 1906 he was one 
of the organizers of the State Bank of Buffalo Gap and has served as 
president of the institution continuously since, proving astute and 
able in the direction of the policy of the bank. He is likewise 
president of the W. G. Flat Telephone Company and also owns 
considerable land in the state and holds title to several residence 
properties in Buffalo Gap. 

	Mr. Henne was married in 1896 to Miss Sarah H. Cook, who was born 
in England but in her childhood accompanied her parents on their 
emigration to America. The family settled in Vermont and there her 
parents passed to the great beyond. In politics Mr. Henne is a 
democrat. He is at present clerk of the school board and he takes a 
keen interest in everything relating to the welfare of the public 
schools. He is president of the Buffalo Gap Fair Association, which he 
aided in organizing and with whose development he has been closely 
connected. His religious faith is that of the Lutheran church and 
fraternally he is a charter member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He 
has succeeded admirably in his various undertakings and has won the 
full respect of those who have been associated with him.