Willard C. Huyck Biography


	This biography appears on pages 860-861 in "History of Dakota 
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				WILLARD C. HUYCK. 

	Willard C. Huyck, the popular and capable postmaster of 
Vermillion, was born in Linn county, Iowa, January 4, 1878, a son of 
Oren T. and Mary C. (Brazelton) Huyck, natives of Ohio and Iowa 
respectively. The maternal grandparents were among the early settlers 
of the Hawkeye state and the father followed farming there until his 
removal to Emery, South Dakota, in 1884. He then engaged in the grain 
business and continued to devote his energies to the management of his 
interests in that connection until his death, which occurred in 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 17, 1903. He lived in various cities 
in the northwest, including Minneapolis, Minnesota, Wahpeton, North 
Dakota, and Mitchell, South Dakota. The mother is living in Winnipeg, 
Canada, with her daughter, Mrs. Peck. Our subject is the oldest of four 
children, the others being: Edgar, a chemist residing in Torrence, 
California; Ethel I., the wife of Owen K. Peck, assistant to the chief 
engineer of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad Company, and a resident of 
Winnipeg, Canada; and Ralph L.. who is engaged in the piano business at 
Mason City, Iowa. 

	Willard C. Huyck was reared in Mount Vernon, Iowa, until he was a 
child of six years, when he accompanied his parents to South Dakota. He 
attended the public schools of Emery, this state, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, and Wahpeton, North Dakota, and later was a student in 
Mitchell University at Mitchell, South Dakota, and in the Northern 
Illinois Normal School at Dixon, Illinois, where he remained for two 
years. After leaving that school he returned to Mitchell, South Dakota, 
and finished his business course in the university there, being 
graduated in 1895. He then went to Springfield, South Dakota, and was 
engaged in the grain business for one year, at the end of which time he 
went again to Mitchell and took a position in the Commercial Savings 
Bank as assistant cashier. He held that office until 1902, when he 
removed to Vermillion and accepted the position of teller in the First 
National Bank. In 1909 he severed his connection with that institution 
and engaged in business upon his own account but two years later was 
appointed postmaster of Vermillion and has since served in that 
capacity. He is proving a very efficient official and his never failing 
courtesy is winning him much commendation. 

	Mr. Huyck was married July 4, 1904, to Miss Rose E. Chaussee, a 
native of Clay county, South Dakota, and a daughter of Abraham and Rose 
(Bruyer) Chaussee, early settlers of that section. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Huyck has been born a daughter, Ethel Mary, who is now a year and a 
half old. 

	Mr. Huyck is a republican but has never sought nor desired 
elective office. He was one of five candidates for the position of 
postmaster and easily won the office. His fraternal relations are with 
the blue lodge, chapter and Shrine in the Masonic order, the Royal 
Arcanum, the Homesteaders and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. 
He has taken a prominent part in local Masonic affairs and has held a 
number of offices, being at present recorder in the blue lodge. He is 
well known in Vermillion and Clay county and the number of his friends 
is almost as great as that of his acquaintances.