Frank D. Peckham Biography


	This biography appears on page 168 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				FRANK D. PECKHAM. 

	Frank D. Peckham, who has been a resident of Hanson county for 
more than a third of a century, or during nearly his entire life, has 
for the past six years served as cashier of the First National Bank of 
Alexandria. His birth occurred in Portage, Wisconsin, on the 20th of 
March, 1877, his parents being J. E. and Almira Peckham, of whom more 
extended mention is made on another page of this work in connection 
with the sketch of Charles Herbert Peckham, brother of our subject. 

	F. D. Peckham, who was but two years of age when the family home 
was established in this state, attended the public schools in the 
acquirement of an education, and after putting aside his textbooks was 
apprenticed to newspaper work, devoting his time thereto for five 
years. Subsequently he served as deputy in different county offices, 
and later followed the profession of teaching for a year, afterward 
securing a position as stenographer with a law firm. In 1898 he entered 
the employ of the First National Bank of Alexandria in a subordinate 
position, but his ability and worth brought him recognition and in 1909 
he was chosen cashier of the institution. In that capacity he has since 
served and his efforts have been an appreciable factor in the steady 
growth and success which the bank has enjoyed. He is also president of 
the Emery State Bank of Emery, this state. Moreover, he is interested 
in the raising of thoroughbred stock and owns one hundred head of 
shorthorn cattle and a half section of land near Alexandria. 

	On the 7th of May, 1898, Mr. Peckham was united in marriage to 
Miss Florence Durkee, a daughter of F. A. and Mary (Wakeman) Durkee. 
Their children are five in number, namely: Ellsworth, Donald, Howard, 
Norma and Francis. Politically Mr. Peckham is a stanch republican, and 
for seven years he served as city treasurer. His religious faith is 
that of the Methodist church. Fraternally he is a worthy exemplar of 
the Masonic order, having attained the thirty-second degree of the 
Scottish Rite and belonging to the consistory at Yankton and the Mystic 
Shrine at Sioux Falls. Steadily he has worked his way upward, improving 
the opportunities which have come to him, and his energy and 
persistency of purpose have made him not only a successful business man 
but also a valued citizen of his community.