L. D. Kepple Biography


	This biography appears on page 380 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				L. D. KEPPLE. 

	L. D. Kepple is known in financial circles of his community as 
the able young cashier of the Brandon Savings Bank, which institution 
he has thus served since 1910 and of which he is one of the heaviest 
stockholders. His birth occurred in Iowa on the 1st of April, 1883, his 
parents being Fred and Laura Kepple, who are now living retired. He 
acquired his education in the graded and high schools and also pursued 
a commercial course at Des Moines. 

	After putting aside his textbooks Mr. Kepple was identified with 
banking interests at Whittemore, Iowa, for four years and then entered 
the First National Bank of Salem, that state, as assistant cashier, 
serving in that capacity for four years. On the expiration of that 
period he came to Brandon, South Dakota, as cashier of the Brandon 
Savings Bank and has held that important position continuously since 
1910. At that time the deposits of the institution amounted to forty 
thousand dollars, and the last statement showed deposits of one hundred 
and sixty-six thousand six hundred and eighty dollars and six cents, 
and will doubtless amount to two hundred thousand dollars by the first 
of 1916. The bank now averages over five hundred dollars deposits for 
each depositor, it having the largest deposits per capita of any bank 
in South Dakota. These deposits are all local. Mr. Kepple is one of its 
heaviest stockholders and has contributed in large degree to its 
continued growth and prosperity. He likewise deals in real estate to 
some extent. 

	On the 1st of June, 1910, Mr. Kepple was joined in wedlock to 
Miss Margaret Cloman, her parents being Samuel and Emma Cloman, among 
South Dakota's earliest pioneers, now residing at Salem, South Dakota. 
Mr. Kepple is a republican in his political views but not bitterly 
partisan, exercising his own judgment in determining the worth of men 
and measures before giving them his support. Fraternally he is 
identified with the Knights of Pythias. He is fond of motoring and 
tennis and is a popular member of the Sioux Falls Tennis Association. 
In all the relations of life his actions have conformed to the highest 
standards, and he justly deserves the full measure of confidence and 
respect now entertained for him by all who know him.