Fred H. Kluckman Biography


	This biography appears on pages 282-283 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				FRED H. KLUCKMAN. 

	Fred H. Kluckman is the cashier of the Farmers State Bank of 
Kranzburg and throughout much of his life has been identified with the 
banking business, so that he is thoroughly familiar with its general 
phases and capable of conducting the interests of the institution with 
which he is now associated. He was born in Deuel county, South Dakota, 
on Christmas day of 1888 and is a son of Fred and Gusta Kluckman. The 
family came to this state about 1880 and purchased a preemption claim 
west of Clear Lake in Deuel county, where the father still carries on 
general farming. In 1913 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his 
wife, who passed away on the 6th of January of that year. In their 
family were seven children, four sons and three daughters. 

	Fred H. Kluckman was educated in the country schools and in the 
high school at Clear Lake, where he spent one year, while later he 
pursued a commercial course at Grand Island, Nebraska. When his studies 
were finished he returned to the home farm, upon which he lived for a 
brief period. Thinking to find other pursuits more congenial, however, 
he entered the law office of Law & Knight at Clear Lake on the 1st of 
November, 1909, but the condition of his eyes caused him to abandon his 
studies after six months. He then returned to the farm for a short time 
and afterward entered the First National Bank at Julesburg, Colorado, 
as bookkeeper, spending a year and a half in that place. He next went 
to Cheyenne, where he continued for three months, being connected with 
the Kelly Mercantile Company as bookkeeper. On the expiration of that 
period he returned home but continued on the farm for only a little 
time, when he entered the Farmers State Bank at Thomas, serving as 
cashier for a year. On the 16th of December, 1912, he assumed the 
duties of cashier in the Farmers State Bank of Kranzburg, taking charge 
of the organization of the bank, of which he is now one of the 
stockholders and directors. He is also a stockholder and the secretary 
of the Farmers Elevator Company. 

	Mr. Kluckman has filled the office of justice of the peace, his 
decisions being strictly fair and impartial, and for the past two years 
he has been township assessor. His political endorsement is given the 
republican party. He has membership in the Methodist church and with 
the Royal Highlanders—associations which indicate much of the nature of 
his interests and the rules which govern his conduct. When he has 
leisure he enjoys motoring, hunting and fishing. He is a progressive 
young man, his future full of promise, and the qualities which he has 
already displayed prevent any hesitancy in predicting for him success, 
advancement and honor in the future.