Adam Pressler Biography


	This biography appears on page 873 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				ADAM PRESSLER. 

	Adam Pressler has been engaged in the operation of a milling 
plant at Hosmer since 1904, the business being conducted under the name 
of the Hosmer Mill Company. He has also installed and is operating an 
electric light plant and is the owner of mercantile interests and also 
of valuable land holdings in his part of the state. His life record is 
an indication of what may be accomplished when there is the will to 
dare and to do. A native of Prussia, a realization of the opportunities 
offered in the new world led him to come to America in 1874, at which 
time he located on a tract of wild land in what is now Hutchinson 
county, South Dakota. The experiences and hardships of pioneer life 
confronted him, but with resolute spirit he set to work to reclaim the 
land for the purposes of civilization and soon the wild prairie grasses 
were replaced by waving grain and substantial harvests were annually 
gathered. For about thirty years Mr. Pressler lived upon his farm and 
as opportunity offered added to his landed possessions until he is now 
the owner of five hundred and sixty acres of valuable farm property He 
broadened the scope of his activities when in 1903 he removed to 
Edmunds county and the following year he purchased the mill which he 
has now been operating for eleven years under the name of the Hosmer 
Mill Company, the excellence of the output insuring a ready sale of the 
product. He is also the owner of a half interest in a hardware store in 
Hosmer and has recently completed an electric light plant, which he is 
now operating in connection with the mill. His business interests are 
thus broad and varied and bring to him a substantial return. 

	In 1892 Mr. Pressler was married to Miss Barbara Goehring, a 
native of Prussia, and they became the parents of eleven children, 
eight of whom are living: Adam, who is married and resides in Hosmer; 
and Martha, Lydia, Emil, Melita, Esther, Huldah and Lea, all yet at 
home. 

	Mr. Pressler is a republican and has served as a member of the 
town board and also of the school board, which indicates that his 
interests have never been self-centered but extend to those things 
which are a matter of public concern and which involve every man's 
obligations to his community. In business his progress has been 
continuous, but his success has not been gained without self-
sacrificing effort. He has worked earnestly and steadily and all that 
he possesses has come to him as the direct result of his perseverance.