Louis T. Jarmuth Biography


	This biography appears on page 940 in "History of Dakota 
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				LOUIS T. JARMUTH. 

	Among the able and popular young business men of St. Lawrence, 
Hand county, South Dakota, is Louis T. Jarmuth, cashier of the First 
State Bank of that city. He was born on the 21st of March, 1884, in 
Chicago, of the marriage of Henry and Lena (Reusch) Jarmuth, who 
subsequently became pioneers of Jackson, Minnesota, where they are 
still residing. 

	Louis T. Jarmuth received his education in Mankato, Minnesota, 
and was in school until twenty-one years of age. He then accepted his 
present position as cashier of the First State Bank of St. Lawrence, 
this state, arriving there on the 29th of August, 1906. He has done 
much to promote the growth of the institution in the nine years that he 
has been connected with it and his reputation in local banking circles 
is high. He owns stock in the First State Bank and also in the bank at 
Vayland, this state In addition to these interests he deals in real 
estate to some extent, writes insurance and oversees the operation of a 
farm and engages in raising stock. His duties at the bank have required 
the greater part of his time and it is as cashier of the First State 
Bank that he is best known. 

	Mr. Jarmuth was married in Jackson, Minnesota, on the 25th of 
September, 1907, to Miss Ida W. Grabow, a daughter of Fred W. and 
Wilhelmina Grabow, the former of whom is still living at Peru, 
Illinois. The mother died in 1906 and is buried at Peru. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Jarmuth has been born a son, Alton. Mr. Jarmuth is a republican 
and defends his political belief by able argument. Fraternally he is a 
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen and he is much interested in the work of those 
organizations. Since locating at St. Lawrence he has won a high place 
for himself in the estimation of his fellow citizens and is considered 
a leading resident of that place