Don E. Hopkins Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1067-1068 in "History of Dakota 
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				DON E. HOPKINS. 

	Among the successful business men of Presho, Lyman county, is Don 
E. Hopkins, who does the most extensive loan, land and abstract 
business in the county. He was born in York, Nebraska, August 31, 1885, 
a son of George Hopkins, who was born in Cambridgeshire, England, but 
emigrated to the United States in 1866 and settled in Shenandoah, Iowa, 
whence he removed to Nebraska, where he died in 1912. He was a clothing 
merchant and won a gratifying measure of success in business. His wife, 
who bore the maiden name of Margaret Dickey, is a native of 
Pennsylvania and is now living at Presho. They were the parents of 
three children, of whom the subject of this review is the second in 
order of birth. 

	Don E. Hopkins attended the York (Neb.) high school and also the 
York Business College, after which he entered the Northwestern 
University at Evanston, Illinois, which conferred upon him the degree 
of Bachelor of Arts in 1908. On leaving school he located in 
Minneapolis and engaged in the lumber business there for about a year, 
but at the end of that time came to South Dakota, locating at Presho, 
where he took charge of an abstract business, which he purchased in 
1913. In addition to the abstract business he deals in land and in 
loans and has gained a large patronage as he is energetic, possesses 
excellent judgment and keeps informed as to local business conditions. 
He also owns valuable farm lands in Lyman county and is one of the 
substantial men of Presho. 

	On the 1st of June, 1911, occurred the marriage of Mr. Hopkins 
and Miss Agnes Regnier, of Marshall, Minnesota, a daughter of Joseph I. 
and Zepherine Regnier. 

	Mr. Hopkins is a republican and takes the interest of a good 
citizen in public affairs although he is not an office seeker. He is 
identified with the Masonic order and is also a member of Sigma Alpha 
Epsilon, a college fraternity. He has always been fond of outdoor 
sports and while in college played on his class football team and also 
on the baseball team. When he can spare the time from his business he 
goes hunting and fishing and finds that such recreation increases his 
efficiency as well as affords him pleasure. He is greatly in favor of 
good roads and, in fact, cooperates in all movements seeking the 
community advancement, as he possesses marked public spirit. His 
success is based upon integrity and enterprise and personally he is 
popular.